Matt's Old Masters

Series 1

Series Summary

A four-part series about painting, which celebrates the colourful lives of the Old Masters and explores the high ground of painting. Adopting a disarmingly accessible and conversational approach, Matthew Collings looks at the lives of four great painters: three who stand for the highest that painting can go - Titian, Rubens and Velazquez - and one who didn't weigh in quite so heavily - William Hogarth.

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Episodes (4)

  • Episode 1 Titian

    Matthew introduces Titian's 'painterly' style, with 'its melting touch and suave effect', which he invented at the beginning of the 16th…

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  • Episode 2 Rubens

    Matthew Collings examines the work and legacy of Rubens, a man who was a diplomat as well as an artist who painted propaganda for the…

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  • Episode 3 Velazquez

    A fresh look at Velazquez's great masterpiece Las Menias, his early life in Seville and his gradual assent from provincial star to first…

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  • Episode 4 Hogarth

    The first three painters in Matt's Old Masters - Titian, Rubens and Velazquez - stand for the highest that painting can go. The last one -…

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