Painting of the Week Podcast

A painting based on a drawing based on a poem based on a legend… this week Phil & Laura discuss Hunt’s rendition of the legend of the Lady of Shalott, an Alfred, Lord Tennysonpoem used with great enthusiasm by the Pre-Raphaelites. For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

Worked on by fourteen leading nineteenth century artists and taking 3 years to complete, the stunning ‘Great Bookcase’ is so much more than a piece of furniture. Join Phil in his discussion with Matthew Winterbottom, Curator of Sculpture & Decorative Arts at the Ashmolean as they discuss one of the museum’s most intriguing pieces… For more information and to see the artwork being discussed ple...

This week Phil and Laura take a look at The Bridge at Argenteuil, painted in 1872 by Impressionist Alfred Sisley. A prolific artist who painted numerous riverscapes and seascapes both in England and France… For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

Listen in this week to find out more about Mary Cassatt - a key figure in the impressionist movement who has been frequently overlooked - and her 1878 painting ‘In The Loge’, an exploration of the act of ‘looking’… For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

In this episode, Phil and Laura look at one of the greatest of all British artists: John Constable. He is known best for his Suffolk (eastern England) landscapes but this painting is Brighton on the south coast. Why was he there? What does the painting reveal? www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

An absolute treat this week – from the 5-star exhibition The Art of Tokyo at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, UK. Is it a painting or is it a board game? Phil talks to Clare Pollard, Curator of Japanese Art at the Ashmolean. For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

This painting by Edvard Munch depicts girls standing on a bridge wearing bright clothes and with a bright blue sky overhead, perhaps suggesting that it’s summer. However, the sketchy forms and puzzling nature of the figures suggest it is equally a depiction of Munch’s psychological state, a somewhat darker place. For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-...

This portrait of Victorian art critic John Ruskin was painted by Millais in 1853-4. Ruskin was an early advocate of the pre-Raphaelites and part of their success was down to his efforts. Phil is joined this week by Matthew Winterbottom, Curator of Sculpture & Decorative Arts at The Ashmolean where the painting hangs… For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www....

In this famous scene, painted by Lowry in 1928, we see countless fans hurrying towards the turnstiles to see a football match. As with so many of his industrial landscapes, the picture is a composite of the actual and the imagined… For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

Painted in 1873, The Railway is the last painting by Manet of his favourite model, fellow painter Victorine Meurent. We see her sitting with a sleeping puppy, a fan, and an open book in her lap, while a little girl watches the white clouds of steam as a train passes beneath them. But actually, we are seeing far more than that… For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visi...

In this episode of the Painting of The Week Podcast, Laura and Phil take a look at 'Triumphs of Caesar' by Andrea Mantegna For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

Painted by the extraordinary Spanish artist Diego Velázquez in Rome in 1650, Pope Innocent X considered this portrait to be ‘too true’… Laura and Phil take a closer look. For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

Bridget Riley is one of today’s most prominent artists, having made her name in the 1960s with black and white paintings that explored the dynamic effects of optical phenomena. This week Phil and Laura look at Uneasy Centre from 1963… and somehow manage to mention the rock band Black Sabbath! For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Suppo...

Phil and Laura this week look at a painting by Berthe Morisot, one of the leading French Impressionists. The vivid oil painting features a lady rowing a boat, with geese standing on the edge of a river… or does it? Time to take a closer look… For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

In this episode, Phil and Laura reflect on recent events in Afghanistan by looking at the works of Shamisa Hassani. Born April 1988, Hassani is the first female graffiti artist of Afghanistan. Through her artworks, Shamsia portrays Afghan women in a male dominant society. For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

A one-and-a-half-million-piece marble mosaic that is as stunning as it is fascinating. Found in Pompeii and now in the wonderful archaeological museum in Naples. Phil & Laura take a closer look at both the history and the art… For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

Created by Johannes Vermeer in 1665, this painting is among the most popular ever painted. Phil and Laura look a little closer at this enigmatic portrait to try to understand why that is... For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

This week Phil & Laura explore one of Matisse’s most famous works, created towards the end of his life when he was confined to bed due to ill health…  His materials?  Coloured paper and a large pair of scissors. The result: for many, a masterpiece. For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

Among the greatest of all American painters, Hopper frequently focusses on humans in different forms of isolation. His People in the Sun may seem to be 5 men and women happily sun-bathing – but look again… For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

Hodgkin was one of Britain’s foremost contemporary painters and is hugely popular. India was a place very close to his heart, and the fascinating Mrs Acton in Delhi was painted there between 1967 – 71. For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

The wintry scene painted by Bruegel in 1565 is one of a series depicting rural life at different times of the year. The three hunters are seen returning from what appears to be an unsuccessful trip… For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

This portrait, painted in 1926, came about when German artist Otto Dix passed the journalist in the street and exclaimed ‘I must paint you! I simply must! You are representative of an entire epoch!’… For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

This masterpiece, painted by Rubens in 1612-1614 for Antwerp Cathedral is this week’s Painting Of The Week. What makes it so famous? Phil & Laura take a closer look… For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

The most important painting of the 20th century marks the end of the transition of Pablo Picasso from a young lad in Malaga to the art-world giant in Paris.  Some adore it – some don’t. For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show

Eric Ravilious’s Train Landscape is one of his best-loved watercolours. Painted in 1939 it shows the Westbury Horse in Wiltshire as seen from the window of a train carriage... For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast Support the show