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Caravaggio

50 min

Bernini

50 min

Rembrandt

50 min

Jacques-Louis David

50 min

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Turner

50 min

Van Gogh

50 min

Picasso

50 min

Rothko

50 min

Simon Schama's Power of Art

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Turner

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Nov 16, 2006

One of Britain's most celebrated artists, Turner showed exceptional artistic talent from an early age and entered the Royal Academy aged fourteen. His English landscapes made his name but there was a darker side to his paintings that was difficult for the critics to swallow, both in the increasingly informal use of paint and the subject matter that was critical of the romanticised vision of Britain in the late nineteenth century. Turner bequeathed 300 of his paintings and 20,000 watercolours and drawings to the nation. He led a secretive private life. He never married, but had a mistress and fathered two children. He died in a temporary lodging in Chelsea, under the assumed name of Booth.

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Simon Schama's Power of Art

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200650m8.2

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Turner

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Nov 16, 2006

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