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Back to SearchSeason 1, Ep. 8: Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden - Otto Dix
Season 1 Episode 8
This portrait, painted in 1926, came about when German artist Otto Dix passed the journalist in the street and exclaimed ‘I must paint you! I simply …
5 years, 2 months ago
Season 1, Ep. 7: The Descent from the Cross - Peter Paul Rubens
Season 1 Episode 7
This masterpiece, painted by Rubens in 1612-1614 for Antwerp Cathedral is this week’s Painting Of The Week. What makes it so famous? Phil & Laura tak…
5 years, 2 months ago
Season 1, Ep. 6: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Picasso
Season 1 Episode 6
The most important painting of the 20th century marks the end of the transition of Pablo Picasso from a young lad in Malaga to the art-world giant in…
5 years, 2 months ago
Season 1, Ep. 5: Train Landscape - Eric Ravilious
Season 1 Episode 5
Eric Ravilious’s Train Landscape is one of his best-loved watercolours. Painted in 1939 it shows the Westbury Horse in Wiltshire as seen from the win…
5 years, 3 months ago
Season 1, Ep. 3: The Two Fridas - Frida Kahlo
Season 1 Episode 3
Frida Kahlo’s painting The Two Fridas is the subject of this episode of Painting of the Week. It was completed shortly after her divorce and shows tw…
5 years, 3 months ago
Season 1, Ep. 1: The Fighting Temeraire - J. M. W. Turner
Season 1 Episode 1
Welcome to the first episode of our Painting of the Week podcast! In this episode Phil and Laura look at Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire, which was o…
5 years, 3 months ago
Season 1, Ep. 2: Sunflowers - Claude Monet
Season 1 Episode 2
In this episode we explore Monet’s Bouquet of Sunflowers, painted in 1881. A work that was revered by critics and artists alike, and was the inspirat…
5 years, 3 months ago
Season 1, Ep. 4: The Death of Marat - Jacques-Louis David
Season 1 Episode 4
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David in 1793 depicts the body of Jean-Paul Marat lying dead in his bath after his murder, and is one of the most…
5 years, 3 months ago