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The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak

The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak

U2020•7.3/10
Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.3/10(3)

Art historian Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden within some of the greatest paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Seurat .

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Production

ZCZ Films

Language

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

March 17, 2020

Last Aired

April 7, 2020

Networks

BBC Four

Created By

Waldemar Januszczak

Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear by Vincent Van Gogh
Air date: 2020-03-17
Van Gogh's Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear is one of his most famous works of art. However, hidden inside the painting is a startling secret, a steamy tale of geishas, brothels, bullfights, broken love and artistic jealousy.
E2
Les Poseuses by Georges Seurat
Air date: 2020-03-24
Waldemar investigates the mysteries behind the painting Les Poseuses by the French pointillism master Georges Seurat, best known for his masterpiece La Grande Jatte, a painting which also mysteriously appears in Les Poseuses.
E3
The Vision After the Sermon by Paul Gauguin
Air date: 2020-03-31
Waldemar explores Paul Gauguin's forbidden romance which sparked the creation of The Vision After the Sermon, one of Gauguin's most famous, personal and cryptic religious paintings.
E4
The Card Players by Paul Cezanne
Air date: 2020-04-07
Waldemar explains why The Card Players by Paul Cezanne is one of the most cryptic examples of Cezanne's ambition to combine classic religious art with modernity, and how the cult of Mary Magdalene in French Provence influenced Cezanne.

Cast

Waldemar Januszczak

Waldemar Januszczak

Host, Narrator

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