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Philip Guston: A Life Lived: Directed by Michael Blackwood. With Clark Coolidge, Musa Guston, Philip Guston, Henry Hopkins. Philip Guston is a powerful staple of the abstract expressionist movement, though he would prefer it be referred to as the New York School.
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- Michael Blackwood
- 1981
1981 / 58 min. / color. Directed by Michael Blackwood. Philip Guston is a powerful staple of the abstract expressionist movement, though he would prefer it be referred to as the New York School. Along with composers, choreographers and his fellow visual artists, Guston found his place in the avant garde. Often times finding modern art almost ...
Sep 19, 2016 · Duration: 59 minutes. Subtitles: English, Chinese (Traditional) Availability: Worldwide. Narrated by the artist. Interviews by Roberta Smith, Jan Butterfield, Henry Hopkins, Charles Shere, Michael Blackwood. Late in life, the artist looks back over a career that originated in social realism during the '30s, moved to the center of Abstract ...
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- Michael Blackwood Productions
Jul 22, 2020 · Guston was a largely self-taught artist. Born in Montreal in 1913, Guston was born the youngest of seven children to Russian-Jewish parents, who had fled persecution in Europe in the early 1900s ...
- Claire Selvin
Jun 16, 2023 · Musa Guston Mayer takes us into the studio of her father, the artist Philip Guston, reflecting on her relationship with him and the future of his legacy. Philip Guston (American, born Canada, 1913–80). The Line, ca.1978. Oil on canvas, 71 × 73 1/4 in. (180.3 × 186.1 cm). Promised Gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Philip Guston, a staple of the abstract expressionist movement, found his place amongst the avant garde New York School. Relying on motif and repetition, he portayed the importance of his often political subjects with heavy brush strokes that turn and travel expressively across the canvas.
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Late in life, Guston looks back over a career that originated in social realism during the '30s, moved to the center of Abstract Expressionism, and culminated in a return to figuration. Filmed at his retrospective in San Francisco in 1980 and at his Woodstock studio where he is seen painting.
