American Masters
Season 25 Episode 9 - Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter
From 1941 to 1978, this husband-and-wife team brought unique talents to their partnership. He was an architect by training, she was a painter and sculptor. Together they are considered America’s most important and influential designers, whose work helped, literally, shape the second half of the 20th century and remains culturally vital and commercially popular today. They are, perhaps, best remembered for their mid-century modern furniture, built from novel materials like molded plywood, fiberglass-reinforced plastic, bent metal wire and aluminum – offering consumers beautiful, functional, yet inexpensive products. Revered for their designs and fascinating as individuals, Charles and Ray have risen to iconic status in American culture. But their influence on significant events and movements in American life – from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age – has been less widely understood. Charles and Ray Eames are now profiled as part of American Masters. A film by Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey. Narrated by James Franco.
Episodes in Season 25
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
90 min
Troubadors: Carole King/James Taylor & the Rise of the Singer-Songwriter
90 min
John Muir in the New World
90 min
James Levine: America's Maestro
90 min
Pearl Jam Twenty
90 min
Bill T. Jones: A Good Man
90 min
Woody Allen: A Documentary (1)
90 min
Woody Allen: A Documentary (2)
90 min
Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter
90 min
