A New Clyfford Still Documentary Explores the Life and Work of the Enigmatic Abstract Expressionist

In 1958, artist, collector, and sugar-fortune heir Alfonso Ossorio received an unannounced visit from Clyfford Still. The men had been arguing over Ossorio’s refusal to return one of Still’s paintings: a large black-and-purple abstraction. The disagreement came to a head when Still, a notoriously cantankerous member of the New York School, decided to take action. With his wife and daughter, Still took a taxi to Ossorio’s East Hampton mansion, burst onto the property, located th