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Great Paintings Of The World With Andrew Marr

Channel 5, 9pm ‘Art, not politics, is the true passion of my life,’ Andrew Marr confesses as his series returns and he once again presents his selection of the world’s greatest paintings, displaying both scholarship and an almost evangelical zeal in sharing his appreciation of these works of genius.

He begins by making a pilgrimage to Paris – the ‘art capital of the world’ – home of the Musée de l’Orangerie and the room Marr dubs ‘the Sistine Chapel of Impressionism’, which is devoted to Monet’s Water Lilies series of some 250 paintings (right).

These monumental works, adored the world over, are the embodiment of tranquillity and beauty, yet Marr reveals how Monet’s life was actually mired in turmoil, depression, tragedy and war. Watch and you’ll view these iconic works in a new, illuminating light.

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