This group of artists, active here in Fort Worth from roughly 1943 to 1958, is closely associated with The Modern. As artists, teachers and mentors, they helped to shape the city’s appreciation for modernism now expressed in its museums and private collections. We look at a few signature works and their development.
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Becoming a mother at a very early age shaped Asia's relationship with her teenage daughter, Vika. Despite living together, Asia and Vika barely interact, but their routine is shaken when Vika's health deteriorates rapidly. Asia must step in and become the mother Vika so desperately needs. Vika's illness turns out to be an opportunity to reveal the great love within this small family unit.
London, 18th century. Casanova, famous for his taste for pleasure and gambling, arrives from Paris, forced into exile. In this city he knows nothing about, the libertine meets on several occasions a young courtesan, Marianne de Charpillon. She attracts him to the point that he starts disregarding all other women.
“Pretty people behaving poorly in beautiful settings is something we don't see as much of in cinema as we used to. This is a master class in the subgenre, and one of unusual depth.” Glenn Kenny, New York Times.
