Painting Movies

Documentary about the painters Augustus John and James Dickson Innes who, in 1911, left London for the wild Arenig Valley in North Wales. Over three...

A Struggling artist encounters a mysterious stranger on a beach, who claims to be from the future, and offers her a glimpse of the life she will lead...

A man plots to murder his half-brother so he claim his earldom and an inheritance.

Forty years in the making, 'The Painter Sam Francis' is artist Jeffrey Perkins' intimate portrait of abstract expressionist painter Sam Francis. The...

Born in Portugal, Paula Rego is one of Britain's leading artists. This intimate film follows the artist from her retrospective in Madrid to the...

A young artist and his friend reevaluate their contradicting perceptions on life and who they're becoming to eachother.

This critofilm analyzes painting in Pompeii between 59 and 79 AD, the year of the eruption of Vesuvius. Through long continuous shots, various works...

A ranger whose passion is nude painting comes to work in a remote Bosnian village. He asks the local women to pose naked for him. They are shy at...

This documentary brings alive a remarkable artist’s passionate journey through a turbulent century. Both epic and surprisingly intimate, the...

Impression and interpretation: A film that relies on sensory techniques to tell a story about depression, alienation and ultimately loneliness.

Elena has just been diagnosed with MSMDS, a condition which leaves her with permanently blurry eyesight. Although her brother, Noah, attempts to...

Acting as part ode and through a series of interpretations, Claudette’s Star depicts young artists considering with sheer wonder who is given a...

Vincent, a 36-year-old employee of an art gallery in Manhattan, has an affair with a young girl. The girl sells him a painting of a girl with a...

AGNI, a visual artist in the twilight of his life, is rushing to complete his monumental work. Caught up in a frantic creative routine despite his...

Profile focusing on the life and work of the American realist painter, Edward Hopper. His subject is the face of America - haunting, unforgettable...

When a passionate gallery janitor accidentally messes up a preserved painting, she and her friend have to clean up her mess before their egotistical...

The Quays' interest in esoteric illusions finds its perfect realization in this fascinating animated lecture on the art of anamorphosis. This...

An artist, surrounded by the mess in her studio, struggles with frustration as she tries to find inspiration for her new painting.

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka the one-ideaed Hungarian painter was thought to be crazy by his peers, but he eventually became a significant artist.