Great Art

- Season 4

(2020)

Journeying from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam to Van Gogh's home in Provence and on to Japan itself, this film provides a fascinating look at the profound influence Japan had on Van Gogh.

The life of 19th century French Impressionist painter Claude Monet told through his letters and paintings.

Tim Marlow tells the story of Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer's life, detailing many of the artist's most captivating works, and new research reveals how Vermeer's technique and materials affected his works.

London's Tate Modern and New York's MoMA once-in-a-lifetime joint exhibition of classic painter Henri Matisse's cut paper collages from his less known later period.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir is known and loved for his impressionist paintings of Paris. These paintings count among the world's favourites. Renoir, however, grew tired of this style and changed course. This stunning film - based on the remarkable collection of 181 Renoirs at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia - examines the direction he then took and why it provokes such extreme reactions right up to today. Some claim they are repulsed by Renoir's later works and some claim they are seduced. What may surprise many is that among the many artists who sought Renoir's new ...