The Private Life of a Masterpiece

(05/30/2001–12/25/2010)

BBC Two (GB)50 min

The Private Life of a Masterpiece reveals the stories behind famous works of art: how the pieces were created, how they have influenced others and how they have come to have a life of their own in the modern world. All the works featured in the series were revolutionary, often shocking at the time, or a ‘first' in some way.

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Episodes

Season 1

S01E01

Edvard Munch: The Scream

May 30, 2001 at 11:00 AM

S01E02

Michelangelo: David

December 08, 2001 at 12:00 PM

Season 2

S02E01

Édouard Manet: Le déjeuner sur l'herbe

January 18, 2003 at 12:00 PM

S02E02

Diego Velázquez: The Rokeby Venus

January 25, 2003 at 12:00 PM

Season 3

S03E01

Auguste Rodin: The Kiss

January 19, 2004 at 12:00 PM

S03E02

Francisco Goya: The Third of May 1808

January 26, 2004 at 12:00 PM

S03E03

Auguste Renoir: Dance At The Moulin de lA Galette

February 02, 2004 at 12:00 PM

S03E04

Rembrandt: The Night Watch

February 09, 2004 at 12:00 PM

S03E05

Sandro Botticelli: The Primavera

February 16, 2004 at 12:00 PM

S03E06

Hokusai: The Great Wave

April 17, 2004 at 11:00 AM

S03E07

Edgar Degas: Little Dancer, Aged 14

April 24, 2004 at 11:00 AM

S03E08

Vincent Van Gogh: The Sunflowers

May 01, 2004 at 11:00 AM

S03E09

Pablo Picasso: Les Demoiselles D'Avignon

May 08, 2004 at 11:00 AM

S03E10

James Whistler: Portrait Of The Artist's Mother

May 15, 2004 at 11:00 AM

Season 4

S04E01

Eugène Delacroix: Liberty Leading the People

April 02, 2005 at 11:00 AM

S04E02

Johannes Vermeer: The Art of Painting

April 09, 2005 at 11:00 AM

S04E03

Georges Seurat: Sunday on La Grande Jatte - 1884

April 23, 2005 at 11:00 AM

S04E04

Gustav Klimt: The Kiss

April 30, 2005 at 11:00 AM

S04E05

Paolo Uccello: The Battle of San Romano

April 16, 2005 at 11:00 AM

Season 5

S05E01

Leonardo Da Vinci: The Last Supper

April 13, 2006 at 11:00 AM

S05E02

Salvador Dali: Christ of St John of The Cross

April 14, 2006 at 11:00 AM

S05E03

Piero della Francesca: The Resurrection

April 17, 2006 at 11:00 AM

Season 6

S06E01

Jan Van Eyck: The Annunciation

December 24, 2006 at 12:00 PM

S06E02

Pieter Breugel: Census at Bethlehem

December 25, 2006 at 12:00 PM

S06E03

Paul Gauguin: God's Child

December 26, 2006 at 12:00 PM

Season 7

S07E01

Caravaggio: The Taking of Christ

April 11, 2009 at 11:00 AM

S07E02

Sandro Botticelli: Mystic Nativity

December 25, 2009 at 12:00 PM

Season 8

S08E01

Rogier Van Der Weyden: The Descent From The Cross

April 03, 2010 at 11:00 AM

S08E02

Fra Filippo Lippi: The Adoration of the Christ Child

December 25, 2010 at 12:00 PM