The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak

Episode 01

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear by Vincent Van Gogh

Mar 17, 2020 · 28 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 02

Les Poseuses by Georges Seurat

Mar 24, 2020 · 28 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 03

The Vision After the Sermon by Paul Gauguin

Mar 31, 2020 · 28 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 04

The Card Players by Paul Cezanne

Apr 7, 2020 · 28 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.