Séraphine
Séraphine

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Séraphine

Philo
Philo
OVID
OVID
Fandor Amazon Channel
Fandor Amazon Channel
Kanopy
Kanopy (Free)
6.7(133 votes)
2008
2h 5m
HistoryDrama

Overview

The tragic story of French naïve painter Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis (1864-1942), a humble servant who becomes a gifted self-taught painter. Discovered by prominent critic and collector William Uhde, she came to prominence between the wars grouped with other naïve painters like Henri Rouseau only to descend into madness and obscurity with the onset of the Great Depression and World War II.