Elaine de Kooning

Movies

Picturing the Presidents
Herself (Archive Footage)
We go behind the scenes and into the minds of artists as they capture, commemorate, and, at times, condemn our presidents.
Jackson Pollock
Herself
This British documentary examines the life of painter Jackson Pollock--from his childhood in Wyoming to his death in a car crash on Long Island in 1956--in an effort to understand both the development of his work and its place in the history of art.
Elaine de Kooning Paints a Portrait
Herself
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.