História da Arte (Art History)

Focused on French painter Paul Gauguin's affair with a younger lady in Tahiti.

A look into the love story between post-impressionist painter Gauguin and the French Polynesia.

Based on the turbulent life of the temperamental French painter, Paul Gauguin, and his compulsive search for creative freedom which caused him to abandon his wife and five children in Paris for a life of contentement in Tahiti.

In 1903, on the island of Hiva Oa in the Marquesas, a syphilitic and alcoholic Frenchman called Paul Gauguin died of a heart attack. At that point nobody realised the incredible impact Gauguin's work was to have on modern art. Art critic and broadcaster Waldemar Januszczak wrote and directed this examination of a man who was not only a great painter but sculptor, wood carver, musician, print maker, journalist and ceramicist. As well as telling the remarkable story of Gauguin's life, Januszczak also celebrates Gauguin's achievements and examines the various accusations of sexual misconduct, familial neglect and racism that are frequently made against him. The film contains many of Gauguin's masterpieces and includes paintings put on show at the Hermitage in St Petersburg which haven't been seen in public since their disappearance during World War II.

Narrated by Willem Dafoe and with Alfred Molina as the voice of Paul Gauguin, this film was made in conjunction with the exhibition Gauguin: Maker of Myth at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Gauguin (1848-1903) abandoned impressionism to create an art driven less by observation than by imagination. His gifts as an artist were matched by a talent for creating myths about places, cultures, and, most of all, himself. This film explores his search for an authenticity he felt missing in modern Europe, a search that took him to ever more remote lands: Brittany, Martinique, and Polynesia. Never finding the paradise of his dreams, he recreated it in his paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints.

Paul Gauguin, sick and dying, is subjected to a trial by French authorities in Tahiti while he obsesses over painting his last great work.

Nearly 30 years after his death, this documentary film of Jean-Michel Basquiat details how the self-taught Brooklyn-born artist rose to be one of the greats on the international art marketplace.

From Brooklyn to the Bronx, Soho to Greenwich, Union Square to Wall Street... Join us and the friends, collaborators and gallery owners who supported Jean-Michel Basquiat throughout his life. The first ever recognized graffiti artist, who saw international success as a neo-expressionist painter in the 80s, Basquiat is a true contemporary hero who died at the peak of his career.

A candid interview with a the artist Basquiat near the end of his life.

Jean-Michel Basquiat's origins and rise to fame, seen as never before through the eyes of Macklemore, Al Diaz, and Toxic.

Set 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.

This stunning film, based on the remarkable Renoir collection at Philadelphia's Barnes Foundation, explores the artist's later work, which still provoke extreme reactions - some people are repulsed by them and others seduced.

Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.

Francis Bacon was the loudest, rudest, drunkest, most sought-after British artist of the 20th century. Twenty-five years after his death, his canvases regularly exceed £40million at auction. Bacon's appeal is rooted in his notoriety - a candid image he presented of himself as Roaring Boy, Lord of Misrule and Conveyor of Artistic Violence. This was true enough, but only part of the truth. He carefully cultivated the facade, protecting the complex and haunted man behind the myth. In this unique, compelling film, those who knew him speak freely, some for the first time, to reveal the many mysteries of Francis Bacon.

British interviewer Melvin Bragg talks with Francis Bacon about his paintings. Bacons approach, subject matter, and general feelings about life are discussed at length.

The Other Francis Bacon reveals a new archive of 500 previously unknown sketches that caused controvery in the art world. It shows an extraordinary collection of work from 1930's to the 1960's.

A film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock.

In this documentary, veteran filmmaker Harry Moses exposes the controversy in the world of high priced artwork. He paints a vivid picture of how art is bought and sold in America.

The story of the most pivotal painting in American modern art.

A documentary about the life of artist Jackson Pollock.

A look at the life of painter Vincent van Gogh during the time he lived in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France.