Spark: Robert Bechtle

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For more than forty years Robert Bechtle has been widely recognized as one of the founders of American Photorealism, a style of painting that rivals the detail and objectivity of the photograph. Spark watches Bechtle at work rendering one of his favorite subjects -- his Potrero Hill neighborhood -- and talking about his motivations and images as he prepares for a retrospective exhibit of his work at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (February 12 through June 5, 2005).

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Spark watches Robert Bechtle at work rendering one of his favorite subjects -- his Potrero Hill neighborhood. Original air date: February 2005.

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