Release Date

16 Feb, 2001

Runtime

00:50: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

30/10

Synopsis

Private Life of a Masterpiece is a BBC arts documentary series that tells the stories behind great works of art reaching from the Renaissance to modern art. David by Michelangelo, The Scream by Edvard Munch, The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya, The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijn, Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso, The Annunciation by Jan van Eyck, ... The Art of Painting by Johannes Vermeer. For behind the beautiful canvases and sculptures are tales of political revolution, wartime escapes, massive ego clashes, social scandal, financial wrangling and shocking violence. The series reveals the full and fascinating stories behind famous works of art, not just how they came to be created, but also how they influenced others and came to have a life of their own in the modern world.

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Specials

11 Apr, 2009

Renaissance Masterpieces

16 Feb, 2001

Seventeenth Century Masters

09 Feb, 2002

Masterpieces 1800-1850

26 Jan, 2003

Masterpieces 1851-1900

18 Jan, 2004

Impressionism and the Post-Impressionists

02 Feb, 2005

Masterpieces of the Twentieth Century

15 May, 2005

Masterpieces of Sculpture

15 Jan, 2006

Christmas Masterpieces

24 Dec, 2006

Season 9

11 Apr, 2009

Season 10

03 Apr, 2010

Actors