Painters Painting is a 1972 documentary by Emile De Antonio... This film is part of the essential history of American art and the definitive history of the New York school painters as well as the visual documentation of the New York art scene from 1940 to 1970. After WWII Paris which had been the art capital of the world was cut off giving rise to America's painters and making New York City the art capital of the world. Take some time to get cultured and watch Painters Painting .