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The Divine Sun

on BBC Radio 4 FM

A portrait of Pierre-Auguste Renoir , one of the great French Impressionist painters of late 19th-century Paris and its surrounding landscape, with its cafes, gardens, dance-halls, and riverside parties.
Dr John House , co-organiser of the Hayward Gallery
Exhibition, tells the story of Renoir's life and reflects on why this creator of a sunny smiling world was so unhappy with his own time.
With CAROLE BOYD , DAVID BRADSHAW
ARNOLD DIAMOND. DAVID GRAHAM
NIGEL GRAHAM. WILLIAM HOPE
NARISSA KNIGHTS . CRAWFORD LOGAN
MARK STRAKER and MELINDA WALKER Producer JUDITH BUMPUS (Amajorexhibitionofpaintingsby Renoir continues at the Hayward Gallery, London, until 21 April)

Contributors

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Dr John House
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Carole Boyd
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David Bradshaw
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Arnold Diamond.
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David Graham
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Nigel Graham.
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William Hope
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Narissa Knights
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Crawford Logan
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Mark Straker
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Melinda Walker
Producer:
Judith Bumpus
Renoir:
David de Keyser

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