Jonathan Kydd
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 10
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English
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Paul Cezanne inspired the most lauded artists of the 20th century, but he struggled for years to achieve anywhere near the levels of success. Today one of Cezanne's paintings is rumoured to have sold for the highest price in history.
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 2
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English
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Each year Carl Fabergé made a, one of a kind Easter egg for the Tsar's family. But Carl was forced to flee Russia during the revolution and 8 of these priceless Imperial Eggs went missing. With one of the elusive 8 recently uncovered could the others seven survived the chaos of 1917.
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 7
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English
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Painted for the arrival of Paul Gaugin in Arles, this set of paintings by Vincent Van Gogh has gone on an astonishing journey ever since.
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 1
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English
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In Munich in 2013 a giant haul of missing masterpieces was discovered. Cornelius Gurlitt was the man behind it and we investigate how his father's job was to purchase works for Hitler himself as part of his Fuhrermuseum.
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 11
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English
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Joseph Mallord William turner was hailed as a prodigy from an early age and he went on to have a remarkably successful painting career. These experimental works would prove highly controversial amongst his contemporaries.
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 12
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English
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Raphael forms the trinity of great masters of the Italian high renaissance… alongside Leonardo and Michelangelo. All three of these artists were working in Rome at the same time. While Michelangelo and Leonardo reached old age, Raphael would die suddenly at just 37, but in that time, he still produced a staggering array of works.
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 6
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English
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The Dutch didn't appreciate what they had. For 200 years Vermeer was completely forgotten. Try to recover a lost man's masterpieces has driven men to great extremes and gave rise to one of the greatest forgers the world has ever seen.
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 6
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English
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Jan van Eyck left behind a remarkable legacy of works, including the spectacular Ghent altarpiece, but very little evidence of who he exactly was. van Eyck was a key figure in the early northern renaissance that would produce further great masters such as Hans Holbein and Albrecht Durer. After he died, his reputation would only grow and grow, and his paintings would become highly sought after by buyers and thieves alike and, in the process, the mysterious...
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 3
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English
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When Van Gogh died he was a complete unknown, his paintings fetching under 10 dollars. So how did his works become some of the most revered and expensive in the world? His sister in law Johanna is to thank for that. With a new Van Gogh having been discovered just last year, where are the rest?
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 4
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English
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It took nearly three centuries for el Greco's paintings to be truly appreciated. No artist has ever been more ahead of his time.
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 5
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English
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Leonardo da Vinci is believed by many to have been the most talented individual who ever lived. But, while his greatest legacy remains in his art, we're still unearthing the secrets of how he worked.
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 4
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English
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During WWII the Nazis plundered some of the world's greatest art works as they tore across Europe. We find out how the Allies tracked them down, what they saved and what it still missing to this day.
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 9
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English
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Johannes Vermeer was all but forgotten for centuries and this iconic work lay dormant, overlooked before it was rediscovered.
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 3
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English
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These works that span Rembrandt's entire adult life have been scattered across the globe and had a life and history all their own.
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 5
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English
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The story of the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 from the Louvre and how Pablo Picasso was accused if the crime. Plus the incredible tales of how many other of da Vinci's works were lost to history and had to be reclaimed.
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 8
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English
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Capturing the changing nature of light was the lifelong obsession of Claude Monet, the father of impressionism. The movement would have its roots in Paris, but would draw on diverse inspiration, to achieve its artistic vision.
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 1
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English
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One of the world's most-famous works of art has been stolen on numerous occasions. Thieves in 1994 left a message saying only 'thanks for the poor security.'
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Raiders Of The Lost Art volume 2
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English
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Painted during Vienna's cultural heyday, Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Adele" was confiscated by the Nazis during WWII.
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Adventures of Paddington Bear volume 8
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English
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Paddington attends a magic show where he is sawed in half. / Mr. Gruber and paddington head to Alaska. / A hole in Paddington's pocket makes him lose his weekly allownace.
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Adventures of Paddington Bear volume 6
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English
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Mr. Curry tricks Paddington into doing some yard work for him. / Paddington and Mr. Gruber visit Buzz Booster, a rocket scientist with NASA. / Paddington experiences snow for the first time!