American Masters — Season 1, Episode 2: Philip Johnson, Self Portrait

Episode synopsis

One of America's best-known architects is profiled, with emphasis on his early career and his later movement away from minimalism.

About American Masters

American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Private Conversations: On the Set of 'Death of a Salesman'
• E3Katherine Anne Porter: The Eye of Memory
• E4The Unknown Chaplin (1)
• E5The Unknown Chaplin (2)
• E6The Unknown Chaplin (3)
• E7Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady Day
• E8James Levine: A Life in Music
• E9Aaron Copland: A Self Portrait
• E10Thomas Eakins: A Motion Portrait
• E11Georgia O'Keeffe
• E12Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts