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Painters Painting

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Emile de Antonio's documentary about postwar American painting combines footage of museum shows with interviews with the artists themselves. Besides covering Abstract Expressionism in depth, the film discusses other significant 20th-century art movements, such as color-field painting and Pop Art. Some of the artists who discuss their work include Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning, Frank Stella, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Barnett Newman and Helen Frankenthaler.

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01/16/2014 a must see if you know you must see and have not See more 05/22/2012 Amazing wealth of thought and information about postwar painters from the painters themselves. If you want to understand the works and how they were conceived, this film can be watched over and over again. See more Read all reviews
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Emile de Antonio

Director

Leo Castelli

Actor

Willem De Kooning

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Helen Frankenthaler

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Henry Geldzahler

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Clement Greenberg

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Synopsis Emile de Antonio's documentary about postwar American painting combines footage of museum shows with interviews with the artists themselves. Besides covering Abstract Expressionism in depth, the film discusses other significant 20th-century art movements, such as color-field painting and Pop Art. Some of the artists who discuss their work include Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning, Frank Stella, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Barnett Newman and Helen Frankenthaler.
Director
Emile de Antonio
Producer
Emile de Antonio
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 19, 1973, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2017
Runtime
1h 50m
Sound Mix
Stereo
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