The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak

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Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden in four famous paintings.

Documentary series in which Waldemar Januszczak sets out to uncover the secret meanings hidden in four famous paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Seurat.

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The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak: Series 1: Gauguin's Vision after the Sermon

Gauguin's Vision After the Sermon

Gauguin's Vision after the Sermon

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Waldemar Januszczak investigates Gauguin’s epic religious painting.

Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the symbols and mystery within The Vision after the Sermon - Gauguin’s epic religious painting about good and evil, temptation and desire.

The Vision after the Sermon is a painting full of symbolism and mystery. But what does Gauguin’s famous work have to do with a 17-year-old girl called Madeleine, with Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables and with sumo wrestlers? 

Waldemar Januszczak reveals all as he investigates Gauguin’s epic religious painting about good and evil, temptation and desire.

The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak: Series 1

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