Painters Painting

Release date: 1-Jun-2009

Director: Emile de Antonio
Cast: Philip Leider, Willem de Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Frank Stella

Originally released in 1973 but never before available on DVD, Painters Painting is the definitive documentary on the New York School of painters from 1940-1970. Director Emile de Antonio (Point of Order and Millhouse) interviews artists in their studios about their art from the period of Abstract Expressionism, through Hard Edge and Colour Field painting to Pop Art.

Among the featured painters are Robert Rauschenberg, Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Helen Frankenthaler, Frank Stella, Barnett Newman, Hans Hofmann, Jules Olitski, Philip Pavia, Larry Poons, Robert Motherwell and Kenneth Noland.

Certificate: E
Genres: Arthouse Documentary Film

Soundtrack:

Stereo

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