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The Art Mysteries episode 4

Art / 3 minutes of reading / December 20, 2021 / By HDclump

The Art Mysteries episode 4: The Card Players is one of Cezanne’s best-known pictures, but it is also one of his most mysterious. Why did the so-called father of modern art paint two old men hunched over a game of cards? What is the picture trying to tell us? By exploring Cezanne’s puzzling religious beliefs and his passion for Mary Magdalene, the patron saint of Provence, Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the surprising secrets of a haunting masterpiece. The Art Mysteries episode 4 Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the […]

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Art – Cézanne – Portraits of a Life episode 5

Art / 2 minutes of reading / June 13, 2019 / By HDclump

Art – Cézanne – Portraits of a Life episode 5: described by Picasso and Matisse as “the father of us all”, Cézanne is considered one of the greatest artists of all time. Despite this, Paul Cézanne remains somewhat unknown, somewhat misunderstood. Yet one can’t appreciate 20th-century art without understanding the genius of Cézanne and this film reveals the true man. Featuring interviews with curators and experts from the National Portrait Gallery London, MoMA New York, National Gallery of Art Washington, and Musée d’Orsay Paris as well as correspondence from the artist himself, the film takes audiences beyond the

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Impressionists episode 6 – Paul Cézanne

Art / 2 minutes of reading / May 12, 2019 / By HDclump

Paul Cézanne has been called the artist’s artist as his work was bought by most of the great artists of his time, as well as Picasso who described Cézanne as ‘his only master’. Impressionists and their circle have become the international superstars of Western painting. But whilst their popularity is greater than ever, it is easy to forget the revolutionary nature of the Impressionists’ art. In this series, Tim Marlow takes us on a journey through the great art movement of the late nineteenth-century and explores some of the most beautiful paintings ever created. Impressionists episode 6

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The Riviera – A History in Pictures

Art / 2 minutes of reading / March 27, 2018 / By HDclump

The Riviera – A History in Pictures, two-part sun-filled series in which Richard E Grant follows in the footsteps of artists who have lived, loved and painted on France’s glorious Cote d’Azur. The Riviera – A History in Pictures part 1 : Painting Paradise Revealing the intertwined relationship between modern art and the development of the French Riviera as an international tourist haven, Grant explores how Impressionist painters Cezanne, Monet and Renoir first discovered the region in the 19th century when the newly built railway arrived there. Captivated by the light and colour of this undiscovered landscape, the painters

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Great Art : The Impressionists and the Man who Made them

Art / 2 minutes of reading / February 3, 2018 / By HDclump

The Impressionists and the Man who Made them: Monet, Cezanne, Degas and Renoir are some of the world’s most popular artists. Their works, and that of their contemporaries, fetch tens of millions of dollars around the globe. Who were they and how exactly did they paint? To help answer these questions, this film focuses on the man credited with inventing impressionism as we know it – 19th-century Parisian art collector Paul Durand-Ruel. It was his brave decision to back these radical artists and then, on the verge of bankruptcy, to exhibit them in New York in 1886 that

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