The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak
Art historian Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden within some of the greatest paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Seurat .
- Created By
Waldemar Januszczak
- First Aired on
Mar 17, 2020
- Popularity: 0.4464
- 2 votes
- Networks
- (GB)
- Production
ZCZ Films (GB)
- Status: Returning Series
In Production
1 seaons till Apr 07, 2020
Last episode: The Card Players by Paul Cezanne
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 4 episodes
Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear by Vincent Van Gogh28 min
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.
Episode 2Les Poseuses by Georges Seurat28 min
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.
Episode 3The Vision After the Sermon by Paul Gauguin28 min
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.
Episode 4The Card Players by Paul Cezanne28 min
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.
Crew & Team
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