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Portrait of the Artist: Films About Famous Painters

by mike_sean created 19 Mar 2011 | last updated - 09 Jul 2014
Biopics featuring noted artists of the brush.

List order is from newest to oldest (by year of release), and titles are sorted alphabetically within each year.

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Image of Big Eyes
1.
Big Eyes (2014)
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A drama about the awakening of the painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s. (106 mins.)
Director: Tim Burton
Stars: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter
“ Margaret Keane (1927--) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Mr. Turner
2.
Mr. Turner (2014)
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An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life. (150 mins.)
Director: Mike Leigh
Stars: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey
“ J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Renoir
3.
Renoir (2012)
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Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir -- son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste... (111 mins.)
Director: Gilles Bourdos
Stars: Michel Bouquet, Christa Théret, Vincent Rottiers, Thomas Doret
“ Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Georgia O'Keeffe
4.
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009 TV Movie)
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Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz. (89 mins.)
Director: Bob Balaban
Stars: Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons, Ed Begley Jr., Kathleen Chalfant
“ Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Little Ashes
5.
Little Ashes (2008)
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About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca. (112 mins.)
Director: Paul Morrison
Stars: Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltrán, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell
“ Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Oscar: The Color of Destiny
6.
Oscar: The Color of Destiny (2008)
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"Óscar. The Color of Destiny" is a revealing portrayal of a forgotten icon of French Surrealism: Spanish painter Óscar Domínguez... (108 mins.)
Director: Lucas Fernández
Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, Victoria Abril, Emma Suárez, Jorge Perugorría
“ Óscar Domínguez (1906–1957) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Séraphine
7.
Séraphine (2008)
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Based on the life of French painter Séraphine de Senlis. (125 mins.)
Director: Martin Provost
Stars: Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent, Geneviève Mnich
“ Séraphine Louis (1864–1942) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Caravaggio
8.
Caravaggio (2007 TV Movie)
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The tumultuous and adventurous life of Michelangelo Merisi, controversial artist, called by Fate to become the immortal Caravaggio... (180 mins.)
Director: Angelo Longoni
Stars: Alessio Boni, Elena Sofia Ricci, Jordi Mollà, Paolo Briguglia
“ Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of El Greco
9.
El Greco (2007)
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The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco". (119 mins.)
Director: Yannis Smaragdis
Stars: Nick Ashdon, Juan Diego Botto, Laia Marull, Lakis Lazopoulos
“ El Greco (1541-1614) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Nightwatching
10.
Nightwatching (2007)
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An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting 'The Night Watch'. (134 mins.)
Director: Peter Greenaway
Stars: Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Eva Birthistle, Jodhi May
“ Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Factory Girl
11.
Factory Girl (2006)
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Based on the rise and fall of socialite Edie Sedgwick, concentrating on her relationships with Andy Warhol and a folk singer. (90 mins.)
Director: George Hickenlooper
Stars: Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce, Hayden Christensen, Jimmy Fallon
“ Andy Warhol (1928-1987) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Goya's Ghosts
12.
Goya's Ghosts (2006)
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Painter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk. (113 mins.)
Director: Milos Forman
Stars: Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgård, Randy Quaid
“ Francisco Goya (1746-1828) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Klimt
13.
Klimt (2006)
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A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. (131 mins.)
Director: Raúl Ruiz
Stars: John Malkovich, Veronica Ferres, Stephen Dillane, Saffron Burrows
“ Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Modigliani
14.
Modigliani (2004)
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The story of Amedeo Modigliani's bitter rivalry with Pablo Picasso, and his tragic romance with Jeanne Hebuterne. (128 mins.)
Director: Mick Davis
Stars: Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Omid Djalili, Hippolyte Girardot
“ Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of My Nikifor
15.
My Nikifor (2004)
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Story of the last eight years of life of Nikifor Krynicki, famous "naive artist". (97 mins.)
Director: Krzysztof Krauze
Stars: Krystyna Feldman, Roman Gancarczyk, Jerzy Gudejko, Jowita Budnik
“ Nikifor (1895-1968) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Girl with a Pearl Earring
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Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
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A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works. (100 mins.)
Director: Peter Webber
Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt
“ Johannes Vermeer (c.1632-1675) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Paradise Found
17.
Paradise Found (2003)
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A successful 19th century French stockbroker (Sutherland) leaves his profession to become an artist in Paris. (93 mins.)
Director: Mario Andreacchio
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Alun Armstrong, Thomas Heinze
“ Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Painted Fire
18.
Painted Fire (2002)
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In a time of political and social unrest in nineteenth-century Korea, an uncouth, self-taught painter explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him. (120 mins.)
Director: Kwon-taek Im
Stars: Min-sik Choi, Sung-kee Ahn, Ho-jeong Yu, Yeo-jin Kim
“ Owon (1843 - 1897) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Frida
19.
Frida (2002)
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A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work. (123 mins.)
Director: Julie Taymor
Stars: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Mía Maestro
“ Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)
Diego Rivera (1886-1957) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Bride of the Wind
20.
Bride of the Wind (2001)
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This movie is a biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka. (99 mins.)
Director: Bruce Beresford
Stars: Sarah Wynter, Vincent Perez, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Verhoeven
“ Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980)
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Pollock
21.
Pollock (2000)
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A film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock. (122 mins.)
Director: Ed Harris
Stars: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Tom Bower, Jennifer Connelly
“ Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Lee Krasner (1908-1984) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Goya in Bordeaux
22.
Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
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Francisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux... (100 mins.)
Director: Carlos Saura
Stars: Francisco Rabal, José Coronado, Dafne Fernández, Eulàlia Ramon
“ Francisco Goya (1746-1828) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Mary Cassatt: An American Impressionist
23.
Mary Cassatt: An American Impressionist (1999 TV Movie)
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Cassatt's Parisian solitude is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of her brother's three kids, but she soon finds herself inspired and uses the children as models. (56 mins.)
Director: Richard Mozer
Stars: Amy Brenneman, Charlotte Sullivan, Emma Taylor-Isherwood, Jonathan Koensgen
“ Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Lautrec
24.
Lautrec (1998)
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Life, passion, love...all these were part of Toulouse-Lautrec's art. His artistic development among the masters of the postimpressionism. (125 mins.)
Director: Roger Planchon
Stars: Régis Royer, Elsa Zylberstein, Anémone, Claude Rich
“ Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
25.
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
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Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook. (91 mins.)
Director: John Maybury
Stars: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton
“ Francis Bacon (1909-1992) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Artemisia
26.
Artemisia (1997)
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Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was one of the first well-known female painters. The movie tells the story of her youth... (98 mins.)
Director: Agnès Merlet
Stars: Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Predrag Manojlovic, Luca Zingaretti
“ Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-c.1653) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Basquiat
27.
Basquiat (1996)
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Basquiat tells the story of the meteoric rise of youthful artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Starting out as a street artist... (108 mins.)
Director: Julian Schnabel
Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Benicio Del Toro, Claire Forlani
“ Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Julian Schnabel (1951--) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of I Shot Andy Warhol
28.
I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
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Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 60s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto... (103 mins.)
Director: Mary Harron
Stars: Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Martha Plimpton, Lothaire Bluteau
“ Andy Warhol (1928-1987) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Surviving Picasso
29.
Surviving Picasso (1996)
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The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty and move on with her life. (125 mins.)
Director: James Ivory
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone, Julianne Moore, Joss Ackland
“ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Carrington
30.
Carrington (1995)
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The platonic relationship between artist Dora Carrington and writer Lytton Strachey in the early 20th century. (121 mins.)
Director: Christopher Hampton
Stars: Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, Steven Waddington, Samuel West
“ Dora Carrington (1893-1932) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Dalí
31.
Dalí (1991)
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Biography of famed artist Salvador Dali, focusing mainly on his relationship with girlfriend Gala and the time they spent in New York City in 1940 and his early days in Spain collaborating with filmmaker Luis Bunuel. (106 mins.)
Director: Antoni Ribas
Stars: Lorenzo Quinn, Sarah Douglas, Michael Catlin, Katherine Wallach
“ Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Surmatants
32.
Surmatants (1991)
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Director: Tõnu Virve
Stars: Tõnu Aav, Rudolf Allabert, Maria Avdjushko, Andres Dvinjaninov
“ Bernt Notke (c.1435-c.1509) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Van Gogh
33.
Van Gogh (1991)
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The final sixty-seven days of Van Gogh's life is examined. (158 mins.)
Director: Maurice Pialat
Stars: Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Bernard Le Coq, Gérard Séty
“ Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Yumeji
34.
Yumeji (1991)
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(128 mins.)
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Stars: Kenji Sawada, Tomoko Mariya, Masumi Miyazaki, Tamasaburô Bandô
“ Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Vincent & Theo
35.
Vincent & Theo (1990)
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The familiar tragic story of Vincent van Gogh is broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. The movie also provides a nice view of the locations which Vincent painted. (138 mins.)
Director: Robert Altman
Stars: Tim Roth, Paul Rhys, Adrian Brine, Jean-François Perrier
“ Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Caravaggio
36.
Caravaggio (1986)
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A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld. (93 mins.)
Director: Derek Jarman
Stars: Noam Almaz, Dexter Fletcher, Nigel Terry, Sean Bean
“ Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Oviri
37.
Oviri (1986)
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This biographical film, based on the life of French artist Paul Gauguin (Donald Sutherland), follows... (90 mins.)
Director: Henning Carlsen
Stars: Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow, Jean Yanne, Sofie Gråbøl
“ Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of American Playhouse: Sunday in the Park with George
38.
American Playhouse (1981 TV Series)
Episode: Sunday in the Park with George (1986)
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Video production of the Pulitzer-prize winning musical stage production. In the first act, "George"...
Stars: Robert Minkoff, Deanna Dunagan, Sada Thompson, Elizabeth Franz
“ Georges Seurat (1859-1891) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment
39.
Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment (1981)
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(95 mins.)
Director: Herbert Vesely
Stars: Mathieu Carrière, Jane Birkin, Christine Kaufmann, Kristina Van Eyck
“ Egon Schiele (1890-1918) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Vincent
40.
Vincent (1981 TV Movie)
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A one-man filmed play of Leonard Nimoy's adaptation of "Van Gogh" (1979) by Phillip Stephens. (88 mins.)
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Stars: Leonard Nimoy
“ Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Csontváry
41.
Csontváry (1980)
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(112 mins.)
Director: Zoltán Huszárik
Stars: Itzhak Finzi, István Holl, Andrea Drahota, Margit Dajka
“ Tivadar Kosztka Csontváry (1853-1919) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of The Adventures of Picasso
42.
The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
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Already in his childhood, Pablo Picasso show talent for painting and is sent to the Academy of Arts in Madrid... (115 mins.)
Director: Tage Danielsson
Stars: Gösta Ekman, Hans Alfredson, Margaretha Krook, Lena Olin
“ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Dagny
43.
Dagny (1977)
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(85 mins.)
Director: Haakon Sandøy
Stars: Lise Fjeldstad, Daniel Olbrychski, Per Oscarsson, Nils Ole Oftebro
“ Edvard Munch (1863-1944) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Edvard Munch
44.
Edvard Munch (1974 TV Movie)
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Following a rough chronology from 1884 to 1894, when Norwegian artist Edvard Munch began expressionism... (210 mins.)
Director: Peter Watkins
Stars: Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Kerstii Allum, Eric Allum
“ Edvard Munch (1863-1944) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci
45.
The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci (1971 Mini-Series)
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(60 mins.)
Stars: Philippe Leroy, Giulio Bosetti, Antonio Gallo, Bruno Piergentili
“ Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Pirosmani
46.
Pirosmani (1969)
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The story of self-taught Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani. (105 mins.)
Director: Giorgi Shengelaya
Stars: Avtandil Varazi, Dodo Abashidze, Givi Aleksandria, Spartak Bagashvili
“ Niko Pirosmani (1862-1918) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Andrei Rublev
47.
Andrei Rublev (1966)
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The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer. (205 mins.)
Director: Andrey Tarkovskiy
Stars: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko, Nikolay Sergeev
“ Andrei Rublev (c.1360s-c.1430) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of El Greco
48.
El Greco (1966)
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(95 mins.)
Director: Luciano Salce
Stars: Mel Ferrer, Rosanna Schiaffino, Adolfo Celi, Mario Feliciani
“ El Greco (1541-1614) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of The Agony and the Ecstasy
49.
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
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The biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II. (138 mins.)
Director: Carol Reed
Stars: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews
“ Michelangelo (1475-1564) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Modigliani of Montparnasse
50.
Modigliani of Montparnasse (1958)
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Biographic movie about the last year of the famous Italian painter Modigliani. Modigliani, a poor painter in Paris of 1919... (108 mins.)
Director: Jacques Becker
Stars: Gérard Philipe, Lilli Palmer, Lea Padovani, Gérard Séty
“ Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Lust for Life
51.
Lust for Life (1956)
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The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh. (122 mins.)
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Stars: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald, Pamela Brown
“ Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Moulin Rouge
52.
Moulin Rouge (1952)
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Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. (119 mins.)
Director: John Huston
Stars: José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Colette Marchand, Suzanne Flon
“ Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) ” - mike_sean
 
Image of Rembrandt
53.
Rembrandt (1936)
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This character study joins the painter at the height of his fame in 1642, when his adored wife suddenly dies and his work takes a dark... (85 mins.)
Director: Alexander Korda
Stars: Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester, Edward Chapman
“ Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) ” - mike_sean