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The Greatest Living Painter (1995x1)

Air date: Feb 21, 1995

Examines the life and work of Willem de Kooning. Diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease in 1988, he was declared legally incompetent a year later. Despite this he has continued to paint, with his later work being the subject of controversy. The programme asks whether the works are the late, great blooming of a real talent or the daubings of an ill man.