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Great artists with Tim Marlow: Rembrandt
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Great artists with Tim Marlow: Rembrandt

Rembrandt van Rijn, primarily a portrait painter, painted religious, historical and contemporary scenes, as well as landscapes and animals. In this 14 part series, art historian Tim Marlow explores the lives and works of the greatest artists in hist...

Great artists with Tim Marlow: Bruegel
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Great artists with Tim Marlow: Bruegel

Very little is known of the life of Pieter Breugel the elder whose enigmnatic, humorous, sometimes grotesque paintings remain among the most distinctive examples of Netherlandish art. In this 14 part series, art historian Tim Marlow explores the li...

Art of the Netherlands : the Dutch masters: Vermeer
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Art of the Netherlands : the Dutch masters: Vermeer

Born in 1632, only three dozen canvases survive from Johannes Vermeer's working life. A resident of the Dutch city of Delft, it is Vermeer’s subject matter that is the first point of interest in his work. Unusually, he chose to depict scenes of or...

Art of the Netherlands : the Dutch masters: Rembrandt
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Art of the Netherlands : the Dutch masters: Rembrandt

Some art lovers believe that Rembrandt’s abilities as a portraitist have never been surpassed, and it is perhaps his famous series of self-portraits that best demonstrate his genius. Painted over the course of his life, they reveal nothing less th...

Art of the Netherlands : the Dutch masters: Bosch
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Art of the Netherlands : the Dutch masters: Bosch

The career of Hieronymous Bosch is amongst the most mysterious of all the great artists of history. Though he was well-known by the time of his death in 1516, virtually nothing of his life is known today. His surviving works are also deeply enigmati...

Great artists with Tim Marlow: Vermeer
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Great artists with Tim Marlow: Vermeer

Little is known about Johannes Vermer, the pre-eminent Dutch genre painter, other than he painted very few paintings and died penniless. His genius is his ability to transform a placid everyday event into a scene of mystery and intrigue. In this 14 ...

Great artists with Tim Marlow: Van Gogh
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Great artists with Tim Marlow: Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh was one of the true pioneers of modern painting. Active as an artist for only ten years before succumbing to the mental illness that eventually lead to his taking his own life, he completed 1,250 paintings and established himself as...