If you are also among those who are interested in the art and lives of famous artists, the following list of ten films will definitely go on your "bucket list".
1. Moulin Rouge (1952)
Cognac, singing and dancing - this is the atmosphere in which the artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec worked in a famous area of Paris, whose life got complicated when he fell in love with the beautiful Marie.
2. Basquiat (1996)
The story of street artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, who rose to fame after being discovered by Andy Warhol, is the story of the high price paid by the extraordinary artist for his fame.
3. Artemisia (1997)
One of the first known female painters, Artemisia Gentileschi, is today known as one of the most important Baroque artists, and her story is also the tragic fate of a woman who had to defend herself in court for raping her teacher.
4. Pollock (2000)
The film shows us the artistic journey of the abstract painter Jackson Pollock and his extravagant life in New York in the 1940s.
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5. Frida (2002)
The film about the life of one of the most charismatic artists of all time, Frida Kahlo, earned actress Salma Hayek an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
6. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
Based on Tracy Chevalier's novel, the film tells the story of Johannes Vermeer's famous painting The Girl with a Pearl Earring and stars Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson.
7. Exit through the Gift Shop (2010)
A French amateur cameraman wants to film street artists at work, and of course he also wants to get to the mysterious Banksy. He maintains his anonymity and instead he makes a film about an eccentric Frenchman and his failed attempt to film street artists.
8. Museum Hours (2012)
The film about a security guard at Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum, who befriends a Canadian visitor, reveals to us the beauty of art, which is not only hidden in works of art, but at every step of life.
9. Camille Claudel 1915 (2013)
In the French film about the sculptor Camille Claudel, the extraordinary Juliette Binoche convincingly plays the role of an artist who is sent to an asylum by her family due to mental problems. Paul Claudel's sister also had a relationship with the famous sculptor Auguste Rodin and therefore had an enormous influence on his work.
10. Mr. Turner (2014)
The British painter of the first half of the nineteenth century, JMWTurner, despite being an extremely popular member of the Royal Academy of Arts, lived a life full of excesses, and actor Timothy Spall convincingly plays him in the film.
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