Soulages: The Radiance of Black • 2016 • episode "9" Behind the Artist

Category: Creativity

Pierre Soulages, the painter of the anti-image, who uses a palette of black, is the subject of this fascinating documentary. The preeminent painter of contemporary France, his paintings are stark and plain and painted with unconventional materials.

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