Journey into the Shadows: Portrait of Gwen John 1876-1939 (1984)
• January 1st, 1984 • 0h 0min
TV Movie, Drama
Overview
Moving out from under the shadow of her artist brother Augustus John, Gwen John moved to Paris in 1903, working as an artist's model until becoming the mistress of famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. After Rodin's death, she concentrated on her work as an artist, rivalling her brother's reputation with her own expressive portraits.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Andrei Rublev
Released on: 1966-12-16
Drama, History
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei R...
The Travelling Players
Released on: 1975-07-01
Drama, War, History
This expansive Greek drama follows a troupe of theater actors as they perform around their country d...
Charlotte
Released on: 2022-04-22
Animation, Drama, War, History
The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the...
All About Yves Montand
Released on: 2021-07-07
Documentary, TV Movie
Yves Montand would have been 100-years-old in 2021. A journey through the 20th century by the son of...
The Seventh Seal
Released on: 1957-02-16
Fantasy, Drama
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country ...
Frida
Released on: 2002-08-29
Drama, Romance
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous ...
Untitled (Without Sound)
Released on: 2025-03-11
Comedy, Drama
A highfalutin art movie crumbles into a meta-fictional disaster that betrays its director’s incompet...
The Lovers on the Bridge
Released on: 1991-10-16
Drama, Romance
Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a lov...
The Curse of Modigliani
Released on: 2025-12-07
Drama
An American artist in Helsinki discovers an antique diary that belonged to the legendary painter Ame...
El Greco
Released on: 1966-08-15
Drama, History
Greek painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (Mel Ferrer) woos a beauty (Rosanna Schiaffino) and faces the...
Hasan Everywhere
Released on: 2010-02-01
Drama, Animation
Hasan Everywhere is an animation which broaches the subtlety of a relationship between a man and a w...
Where the Crawdads Sing
Released on: 2022-07-14
Drama, Mystery, Romance
Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When...
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Released on: 1971-07-01
Drama
Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artis...
Le Divorce
Released on: 2003-08-08
Drama, Romance, Comedy
While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a p...
Clint
Released on: 2017-08-11
Drama
Based on the life of Edmund Thomas Clint, who died at the mere age of six due to kidney failure, Cli...
Losing Ground
Released on: 1982-06-02
Comedy, Drama
Sara, a cold college professor, and her husband, an ecstatic painter, spend a summer away from the c...
Hannah and Her Sisters
Released on: 1986-02-07
Comedy, Drama
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondri...
Jack Kerouac's Road: A Franco-American Odyssey
Released on: 1987-03-01
Drama, Documentary
Part documentary, part drama, this film presents the life and work of Jack Kerouac, an American writ...
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Released on: 1998-09-16
Drama
In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. Th...
Before Night Falls
Released on: 2000-09-03
Drama
Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet an...