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- DirectorBille AugustStarsBirgitte Hjort SørensenSøren Sætter-LassenSverrir GudnasonThe story of the marriage between the painters Marie and P.S. Krøyer.
- DirectorDerek JarmanStarsNoam AlmazDexter FletcherNigel TerryA retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsTim RothPaul RhysAdrian BrineThe familiar tragic story of Vincent van Gogh is broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. The movie also provides a nice view of the locations which Vincent painted.
- DirectorJohn MayburyStarsDerek JacobiDaniel CraigTilda SwintonBiography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.
- StarsRichard ArmitageJulian GloverWill Keen"Three hour mini-series tells the intimate history of a most illustrious brotherhood of Impressionist artists - Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne and Manet. Entirely based on documentary evidence, special effects transport the viewer inside some of the world's best-loved paintings, The Impressionists will recreate the illuminated landscapes, and haunting portraits of late 19th-century France."
- CreatorDavid S. GoyerStarsTom RileyGregg ChilingirianEros VlahosFollows Leonardo Da Vinci during his early days in Florence, as a young artist, inventor and dreamer, trying to change the future.
- DirectorRalf KirstenStarsCarmen-Maja AntoniGerd BaltusGabriele BarthKathe Kollwitz was 47 years old, and already a well established artist in Germany and abroad when Peter, her youngest son, volunteered to join the German army in WWI and was killed two weeks later. This painful tragedy changed Kollwitz's life and art forever.
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsJavier BardemNatalie PortmanStellan SkarsgårdPainter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.
- DirectorCarlos SauraStarsFrancisco RabalJose CoronadoDafne FernándezFrancisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He's living with his much younger wife Leocadia and their daughter Rosario. He continues to paint at night, and in flashbacks stirred by conversations with his daughter, by awful headaches, and by the befuddlement of age, he relives key times in his life, particularly his relationship with the Duchess of Alba, his discovery of how he wanted to paint (insight provided by Velázquez's work), and his lifelong celebration of the imagination. Throughout, his reveries become tableaux of his paintings.
- DirectorMario AndreacchioStarsKiefer SutherlandNastassja KinskiAlun ArmstrongA successful 19th century French stockbroker (Sutherland) leaves his profession to become an artist in Paris.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsCharlton HestonRex HarrisonDiane CilentoThe biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.
- DirectorPeter WatkinsStarsGeir WestbyGro FraasKerstii AllumThis biopic of Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch focuses on the influences that shaped his art, his devastating affair with a married woman that will haunt him for the rest of his life
- DirectorBob BalabanStarsJoan AllenJeremy IronsEd Begley Jr.Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
- DirectorJulie TaymorStarsSalma HayekAlfred MolinaGeoffrey RushA biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
- DirectorManuel Gonzalez CasanovaStarsDavid Alfaro Siqueiros
- DirectorHéctor OliveraStarsLuis MachínCarla PetersonAna CelentanoWhile in Argentina, renowned Mexican muralist David Siqueiros paints the mural "Ejercicio plástico" at the country home of newspaper owner Natalio Botana. Set in the 1930's, this lovely historical reconstruction serves as a testament to the creation of a masterpiece, while depicting the controversial private and public events that shaped its materialization. A complex storyline which includes Argentina history, romance, drama and much more. A story of ethics, infidelity, love and hate around the renowned David Siqueiros, no one is innocent here; everybody shows weakness and values as well, there is no black and white. There are multiple tones, as in a Siqueiros painting.
- DirectorBrian O'DohertyStarsJohn ClancyLloyd GoodrichHelen Hayes
- StarsMark RylanceChe CartwrightSherwin NulandAn exploration of the life of Leonardo da Vinci.
- DirectorPeter WebberStarsScarlett JohanssonColin FirthTom WilkinsonA young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.
- DirectorCharles MattonStarsKlaus Maria BrandauerRomane BohringerJean RochefortIconic artist Rembrandt van Rijn worked in the fields of painting, drafting, and printing, becoming the most iconic artist in all of Dutch history. This documentary profiles the story of a man whose varied works left an indelible mark on the world.
- DirectorAlexander KordaStarsCharles LaughtonGertrude LawrenceElsa LanchesterThe respected painter takes to drink and faces down scandal after his wife dies.
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsMartin FreemanEva BirthistleJodhi MayAn 'essayistic' documentary in which Greenaway's fierce criticism of today's visual illiteracy is argued by means of a forensic search of Rembrandt's Nightwatch. Greenaway explains the background, the context, the conspiracy, the murder and the motives of all its thirty-four painted characters who have conspired to kill for their combined self-advantage. Greenaway leads us through Rembrandt's paintings into seventeenth-century Amsterdam. He paints a world that is democratic in principle, but is almost entirely ruled by twelve families. The notion exists of these regents as charitable and compassionate entities. However, reality was different.
- DirectorGerard RuttenStarsAnny de LangeJan de VrijPaul MeyerThe life of Rembrandt van Rijn, famous Dutch painter.
- DirectorRaúl RuizStarsJohn MalkovichVeronica FerresStephen DillaneA portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
- DirectorJohn GoldschmidtStarsFelix MittererKaroline ZeislerJeanette HirschbergerBiographical TV movie about controversial Austrian artist Egon Schiele.
- DirectorHerbert VeselyStarsMathieu CarrièreJane BirkinChristine KaufmannThe life of cursed painter Egon Shiele, specialized in nudes, and on his late conflicting love for two women.
- DirectorMick DavisStarsAndy GarciaElsa ZylbersteinOmid DjaliliThe story of Amedeo Modigliani's bitter rivalry with Pablo Picasso, and his tragic romance with Jeanne Hebuterne.
- DirectorPaul MorrisonStarsRobert PattinsonJavier BeltránMatthew McNultyAbout the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.
- DirectorJean-Christophe AvertyStarsGala DalíDonyale LunaTony KinaA documentary about surrealist artist Salvador Dali, narrated by Orson Welles.
- DirectorAndy WarholStarsSalvador DalíNicoLou ReedThe reunion of two art geniuses: the Pop Art master Andy Warhol directs the master of Surrealism Salvador Dalí in this short film where the Spanish artist pays a visit to The Factory where he gets the chance to meet rock group The Velvet Underground.
- DirectorKim EvansLana JokelStarsAndy WarholPaul MorrisseyVivaThe first major profile of the American Pop Art cult leader after his death in 1987 covers the whole of his life and work through interviews, clips from his films, and conversations with his family and superstar friends. Andy Warhol, the son of poor Czech immigrants, grew up in the industrial slums of Pittsburgh while dreaming of Hollywood stars. He went on to become a star himself.
- DirectorLana JokelStarsMario AmayaBrigid BerlinDavid BourdonKnown for his Pop imagery, avant-garde films, and enigmatic muses, Andy Warhol was a vital figure in the New York City art scene. Making a name for himself throughout the 1960's with his eccentric portrayal of commercialism and pop culture, Warhol soon became a much sought after artist, attracting the attention of both Manhattan's elite and those marginalized in society. In reference to Warhol's ability to draw a crowd, art critic David Bourdon observes, "I think Andy is quite conscious of everything that he's doing. He's a little but of a provocateur in that he always foresees what the reaction will be to a work before he starts it." (David Bourdon). Warhol predicted cultural and artistic trends while simultaneously holding a mirror up to those who perpetrated them. His iconic muses such as Candy Darling and Brigid Polk fueled his desire for artistic voyeurism and represented Warhol's aesthetic extremes. Through his Superstars Warhol both flirted with and mocked the idea of fame and what it meant to be "known" in a city like New York.
- DirectorAlison ChernickA documentary on the life and work of artist Jeff Koons, told through the perspective of Koons himself, curators, gallerists, and fellow artists (Chuck Close, Julian Schnabel, etc.).
- DirectorTamra DavisStarsJean Michel BasquiatJulian SchnabelLarry GagosianDirector Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. His dense, bebop-influenced neoexpressionist work emerged while minimalist, conceptual art was the fad; as a successful black artist, he was constantly confronted by racism and misconceptions. Much can be gleaned from insider interviews and archival footage, but it is Basquiat's own words and work that powerfully convey the mystique and allure of both the artist and the man.
- DirectorBruno WollheimThe film charts David Hockney's return to the theme of the double portrait, using interviews with his family and closest friends to explore the personal and private nature of his art. It creates an intimate psychological portrait of the artist as he paints the relationships in his own life.
- DirectorRandall WrightStarsDavid HockneyMichael BovaArtist David Hockney discusses his theory that artists were secretly using optical devices such as mirrors and lenses in creating their work as early as the 15th century. Examples from Flemish and Italian art are studied as he examines how famous paintings have had their noted mysteries newly solved; he also makes comparisons to modern film and digital imagery.
- DirectorJake AuerbachStarsNicola BoweryIsobel BoytRose BoytA portrait of portrait painter Lucian Freud as told by the people he paints.
- DirectorRick Tejada-FloresStarsJohn CageMerce CunninghamJasper JohnsIn the late 1950's, Jasper Johns emerged as force in the American art scene. His richly worked paintings of maps, flags, and targets led the artistic community away from Abstract Expressionism toward a new emphasis on the concrete.
- DirectorHeinz BütlerStarsBalthusErnst BeyelerHenri Cartier-BressonA journey through the life's work of Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
- DirectorDavid HintonStarsFrancis BaconMelvyn Bragg
- DirectorMichael BlackwoodStarsFrancis BaconJohn DeakinDavid SylvesterPairing his collection of figurative paintings with an astute conversation surrounding mortality and humanity, "Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact" offers personal insight into the mind of an artist. In an interview led by friend and art critic, David Sylvester, Bacon opens up about his work and the, often times, grotesque and macabre tone of his paintings. His representations of the human figure in portraits and triptychs link him, in his view, to the distorted realism of Van Gogh and Picasso. With his unique take on life and death, Bacon explains to us the dichotomy of his art through an unexpectedly optimistic thesis which he dubbed the "brutality of fact". As Bacon's striking art conveys, with the acceptance of death comes a passionate vitality for life.
- StarsMason AdamsErma BombeckThomas S. BuechnerBiography of the American Painter and Illustrator, Norman Rockwell.
- DirectorHenri de GerlacheStarsSylvia De CuevasMichel DraguetCharlie DupontAn actor supposed to play René Magritte on a film decides to do some research on the life of the famous surrealist painter, interviewing experts on his art and revisiting some of the places where he had been.
- DirectorAdrian MabenStarsRené MagritteDocumentary about the Belgian surrealist artist who died in 1967.
- DirectorEd HarrisStarsEd HarrisMarcia Gay HardenRobert KnottA film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock.
- DirectorDanièle HuilletJean-Marie StraubStarsDanièle HuilletJean-Marie StraubAn exchange of memories spanning over 250 years interweaves everything from the philosophy of Empedocles to excerpts from Madame Bovary, to extant paintings by Cézanne, to the buildings of the artists' village at Mont Sainte-Victoire.
- DirectorMike AkesterStarsGwendolyn GourvenecFabien HoussayeSam SpiegelHe was bullied at a small French provincial school until a bigger boy protected him. He encouraged that boy to paint and brought him to Paris. He became a cult writer and made a fortune. Then he wrote an autobiographical novel in which he portrayed his old friend as a failure. This is the story of Emile Zola and Paul Cezanne and the drama that unfolds between them . I used the characters from Zola's book to investigate his Parisian world and find out why he used them to attack the Impressionists and humiliate his dear friend. I did not want to serve up a straight period drama or doco drama - I wanted to take a new approach.
- DirectorGilles BourdosStarsMichel BouquetChrista ThéretVincent RottiersSet on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir -- son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste -- returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenates, enchants, and inspires both father and son.
- DirectorSacha GuitryFrédéric RossifStarsAndré AntoineLysiane BernhardtSarah BernhardtWith family connections to some famous French artists, writers, and musicians of the time, Sacha Guitry decided to film the individuals in action, to celebrate the greatness of his culture, threatened by Germany in the ongoing Great War.
- Pierre August Renoir's brilliant Le Moulin de la Gallette created immense controversy in its day. Famous for his use of hot reds, orange and gold to portray nudes in sunlight, Renoir's later life was blighted by arthritis, which crippled his hands. This fascinating story of a man and his work includes a visit to the artist's home.
- It was Claude Monet's impression "soleil levant" which gave the impressionist school it's name. Famed for seeing the subtle nuances of color, light and atmosphere in landscape, Monet's great works include "Haystacks" and "Water Lillies". This program features footage from L'Orangerie and from Monet's house and gardens at Giverny plus special film shot at London's Savoy Hotel, from where Monet painted his famous views of London.
- DirectorRichard MozerStarsAmy BrennemanCharlotte SullivanEmma Taylor-IsherwoodCassatt's Parisian solitude is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of her brother's three kids, but she soon finds herself inspired and uses the children as models.
- StarsWaldemar JanuszczakArt writer Waldemar Januszczak explores the revolutionary achievements of the Impressionists.
- This program tells the story of one of the art world's most colorful characters. A true maverick and a highly controversial figure in his day, Edouard Manet became a father figure to the Impressionist movement because of his stand against the restrictions and conventions of the French salon.
- This is the story of the life and work of Camille Pissarro, the West-Indian born leader of the original Impressionists and the only artist from that school to exhibit at all eight of the exhibitions from 1874 to 1886. Pissaro's great works include the famous Boulevard Montmarte which hangs today in the National Gallery, London.
- Profoundly influenced by the Renaissance painters, Hilaire Degas pioneered precision of line and the use of the human form in space within the Impressionist school. This unique study of his life and times includes delightful new footage of the Royal Ballet, Birmingham, England.
- This program is a profile of Georges Pierre Seurat, the inventor of the technique known as Pointillism in which a whole picture is made up of tiny rectangles of pure color, which merge together when viewed from afar.
- DirectorRoger PlanchonStarsRégis RoyerElsa ZylbersteinAnémoneLife, passion, love...all these were part of Toulouse-Lautrec's art. His artistic development among the masters of the postimpressionism.
- DirectorDavid DevineStarsThomas Jay RyanAlison PillKathryn LongSearching for inspiration, impressionist Edgar Degas hires a struggling young ballerina to pose for him. However, their critical attitudes and equally stubborn opinions push both towards greater heights. Based on actual events.
- DirectorYannis SmaragdisStarsNick Clark WindoJuan Diego BottoLaia MarullThe story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".
- DirectorManuel Hernández SanjuánStarsRafael de PenagosShort documentary based on an study made by Aureliano de Beruete y Moret about the painter Diego de Silva Velázquez
- DirectorSusanna BoehmStarsDulcie Smart"Alfons Mucha - Visionär im Jugendstil" pictures the astonishing development from Mucha's famous poster designs to his artistic masterpiece - the monumental paintings of "The Slav Epic".
- DirectorJames IvoryStarsAnthony HopkinsNatascha McElhoneJulianne MooreThe passionate Merchant Ivory drama tells the story of Françoise Gilot (Natascha McElhone), the only lover of Pablo Picasso (Sir Anthony Hopkins) who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty, and move on with her life.
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsPablo PicassoHenri-Georges ClouzotClaude RenoirA filmed record of Pablo Picasso painting numerous canvases for the camera, allowing us to see his creative process at work.
- DirectorDidier BaussyA profile of French painter Edouard Manet (1832-1883).
- DirectorBruno NuyttenStarsIsabelle AdjaniGérard DepardieuMadeleine RobinsonCamille Claude impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and she also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow.
- DirectorHiroshi TeshigaharaStarsYoshi KatôA documentary about the life and art of wood-block artist Katsushika Hokusai.
- DirectorMichael TrabitzschStarsErnest Ludwig KirchnerBiographic documentary on the German artist.
- DirectorHeinz-Günter Zeiss
- StarsThommy BerggrenStina EkbladTomas BolmeIn this six part series August Strindberg is portrayed as a misogynous, selfish and racial. And he loses everything, for the sake of the art.
- DirectorLesley Keen
- DirectorKim EvansStarsSaul GreenbergJoe MeliaThe film follows Marc Chagall's life through the eyes of an English artist, beginning in the Parisian artistic colony "La Ruche" and taking us on a journey into the magical world of Chagall.
- DirectorJeffrey WolfStarsRosalie SorrelsRobert StorrTerry WintersA Documentary on James Castle that reveals the artist's life and creative process, as told by family members, art historians, curators, artists, collectors, and members of the deaf community. A true case of triumph of the spirit, Castle's inspirational story is one of monumental achievement.
- DirectorKerry FranzmanStarsReginald GrayIn his Paris studio, Reginald Gray, the 69 year-old Irish-born painter chronicles his life and his art as he paints his latest commissioned portrait. In this celebration of skill and discipline, the tasks of making paint are no less absorbing and rewarding than the process of making a painting. Gray is internationally known as a portraitist whose subjects rarely, if ever, have been willing to sit for a portrait - Francis Bacon most notably. Fortunately, Gray's portrait of Samuel Beckett, lost or stolen in the 1960's from a Royal Academy exhibit, was rediscovered during the making of this program. Gray's stories take you on a journey both visual and emotional. From Paris to Normandy, London to Dublin, you'll get an intimate look at Reginald Gray's life and art through his own stories and the colorful opinions of his family, friends, critics and fellow artists.
- DirectorAndrew D. CookeStarsMichael ChabonMax Allan CollinsWill EisnerA documentary about the legendary sequential artist, Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit.
- DirectorStephen Peter SmithStarsRenato CortesiAngelo AlberiMichael John AngelThe first and only film to tell the story of Annigoni. From his artistic birth in Florence, to the height of his fame and fortune Annigoni pursued his own path, standing alone against the forces of modernism in art.
- DirectorTerence GrossStarsLuc LeestemakerMaria-Elena LaasEtan BoritzerPortrait of Luc Leestmaker, what it takes to be a successful working artist in the 21st century.
- DirectorAndrew SheaThe story of a Nazi-looted painting, Egon Schiele's 'Portrait of Wally,' that was discovered on the walls of the Museum of Modern Art in 1997, triggering a historic court case that pitted the Manhattan District Attorney, the United States Government and the heirs of a Viennese gallery owner against a major Austrian Museum and MoMA.
- DirectorLauro VenturiStarsMarc ChagallClaude DauphinVincent PriceChagall is a 1963 short documentary film directed by Lauro Venturi which focuses on the work of artist Marc Chagall.
- DirectorChuck OlinStarsMarc ChagallA rare opportunity to view famed artist Marc Chagall at work in his studio creating two extraordinary pieces of monumental art in mosaic and stained glass - the Four Seasons, Chagall's large and magnificent free-standing mosaic, and The America Windows, the artist's glorious stained glass tribute to America installed at The Art Institute of Chicago. The films not only provide an unusually intimate view of the artist at work, but chronicles the collaborative relationship between artist and artisan in bringing Chagall's vision to life.
- DirectorHarry RaskyStarsJean GasconJames MasonJoseph Wiseman
- DirectorEleanor YuleStarsMichael PalinIn 2005, Michael Palin set out to unlock the mysteries and find out about the background and life of Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi. Hammershøi painted around the start of the 20th century and many of his pictures have a distinct coolness and distance about them. Palin, wanting to know of his inspirations and the reason for these mystical pictures, starts his search in Hayward Gallery in London, goes to Amsterdam and finally the painters home town, Copenhagen (Denmark).
- StarsHenry HeerupHenry Heerup carves and paints in his garden in Vanløse.
- DirectorDavid WillcockStarsWendy BeckettSister Wendy Beckett tours the Norton Simon Museum, and offers detailed analysis of various works.
- DirectorWaldemar JanuszczakStarsWaldemar JanuszczakArt Critic Waldemar Januzczak presents this documentary which details french artist Toulouse-Lautrec's life.
- DirectorDominique MougenotChildren and naturalism are the hallmarks of Mary Cassatt's work during the 1880's and 1890's. She absorbed from her Impressionist colleagues Caillebotte, Degas, and Renoir, as well as her study of Japanese prints, the modern idea that the background of a painting might be as significant as the foreground.
- DirectorDominique MougenotGeorgia O'Keeffe was an American abstract painter, famous for the purity and lucidity of her still-life compositions. O'Keeffe moved to New Mexico in 1949, and is best known for her large paintings of desert flowers and scenery, in which single blossoms or objects such as a cow's skull are presented in close-up views.
- DirectorDominique MougenotFrida Kahlo began to paint in 1925 while recovering from a streetcar accident that left her permanently disabled. Many of her 200 paintings directly relate to her experiences with physical pain. They also chronicle her turbulent relationship with artist Diego Rivera. Today Kahlo's work is critically and monetarily as prized as that of her male peers, sometimes more so.
- DirectorColin ClarkStarsKenneth ClarkHenri Rousseau
- DirectorNiels BirkemoseStarsAsger Jorn
- CreatorPeter BowkerFranny MoyleStarsSamuel BarnettSam CraneJosie FarmiloePeriod drama set in London about the rise of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.