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Painters in Their Studios
Art Scenarios series
Editor(s) of the series: Alain Bergala
This series aims to analyze the major themes of painting with concepts generally applied to film. "The collection is not a catalog, still less an encyclopedia. Each film sets out freely on the paths of art history" (Alain Bergala).
Director(s): François Fronty
Genre
Documentary
Copyright
2002
Length
26 minutes
Producer(s)
Dominique Gibrail, Les Films du Tambour de Soie
Co-producer(s)
Musée d’Orsay, Centre Pompidou, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, La Cinquième / France 5, Musée du Louvre
A painting is constructed in the painter's studio through a complex process of display and concealment. This film investigates the construction of painted representations.