Elaine de Kooning Paints a Portrait

Elaine de Kooning Paints a Portrait

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1976

Runtime

0h 18m

Original Title

Elaine de Kooning Paints a Portrait

Director

Betty Jean Thiebaud

Description

In filmmaker Betty Jean Thiebaud’s own portrait of the Abstract Expressionist artist, Elaine de Kooning discusses her work as she paints a new portrait of her friend and fellow artist, Aristodimis Kaldis. Over de Kooning’s musings on Rembrandt, conceptual art, and experience vs. ideas in the artistic process, Thiebaud observes her in her studio, working briskly but with care and method, and in constant dialogue with her cohorts.