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: Seurat's Les Poseuses

Seurat's Les Poseuses

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Waldemar Januszczak investigates the codes and hidden meanings in Seurat's Les Poseuses.

Why did Seurat place his masterpiece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, in the background of what is probably his least-known painting, Les Poseuses?

Hanging in the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Seurat’s Les Poseuses is probably his least-known painting. It is also a picture brimming with codes and hidden meanings. It shows three nudes in the artist’s studio, but included in the background is Seurat’s famous masterpiece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

Why is it there? What is it trying to say? Why two pictures at once? Waldemar Januszczak investigates.

The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak: Series 1

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