- Title: Painted Tales: Picasso - The Artist's Son
- Date: 4th May 1990
- Summary: IN EACH STORY, A DIFFERENT PAINTING BY A WELL KNOWN ARTIST, EITHER ACTS AS THE TRIGGER FOR THE TALE OR IS WOVEN INTO THE STORY. THIS EPISODE; ' PROTRAIT OF THE ARTISTS SON' BY PICASSO. MR SMELLY MEETS THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE SKETCHING FOR THE SECOND DAY IN THE GALLERY. THE PREVIOUS DAY HAD BEEN 'CHILDREN'S DAY' AND GEORGE DESCRIBES THE CHAOS THAT THE CHILDREN HAD MADE. THE ARTIST HAS STARTED A FRESH DRAWING. THE SMALL HARLEQUIN STATUE OF A BOY COMES TO LIFE AND QUIETLY POSES FOR THE ARTIST. HE SOON TIRES OF THIS GAME AND CLIMBS THROUGH THE BAROQUE MIRROR BY THE ARTIST. THERE HE FINDS A MASKED BALL TAKING PLACE IN A 17TH CENTURY WORLD OF SPANISH INFANTA. HE CREATES HAVOC AND UPSETS THE SPANISH INFANTA. HE ESCAPES BACK THROUGH THE MIRROR TO FIND THE ARTIST HAS COMPLETED HIS PROTRAIT, WHICH NOW HANGS IN THE GALLERY.
- Description:A SERIES OF ANIMATED TALES BASED ON THE ADVENTURES OF CHARACTERS OUT OF FAMOUS PAINTINGS IN AN ART GALLERY TO INTEREST CHILDREN AND ADULTS. ANIMATOR IS KATE CANNING.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:PRODUCTION STUDIO
- Programme Episode:Episode 13
- Transmission Date:04/05/1990
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s