In this series I’m going to explore the ongoing significance of the nude. Tim Marlow, The Nude: The Enlightenment
The dominant style of art was called the Baroque ... It placed human beings at the centre of things and explored the different ways of using art … The nude became a weapon in the battle of ideas. ibid.
The debates that had raged around realism when [Gustave] Courbet was painting also were mirrored in the development of sculpture. ibid.
Rodin’s career … the most successful sculptor in many ways of the last one hundred and fifty years. ibid.
What is painting and sculpture for? ibid.
Photography threw down a huge challenge to those who painted or sculpted the human body. ibid.
Olympia painted by Edward Manet and shown in 1865 and causing an absolute furore. Tim Marlow, The Nude: The Modern
Fauvism was born … Colour in a modulated, exuberant, expressive, dynamic power. ibid
Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon: Five nude female figures … Cubism born … The most important painting of the twentieth century. ibid.
The painting of Francis Bacon who often worked in Triptych form ... He’s a man who luxuriates in putrefaction. There’s almost a stench of the human flesh decaying in his paintings, but at the same time I think there’s great beauty … the most powerful painter of human flesh in the twentieth century. ibid.
An Iron Forge 1772 – Joseph Wright of Derby; it’s a nativity. Tim Marlow Meets s1e1: Michael Palin, Tim, Sky Arts 2010
Portrait of Mary Rogers, Lady Harington 1592: Marcus Gheeraerts II. ibid.
Sunrise, with a Boat between Headlands ... The pinnacle of much of British art. ibid. Tim
Sickard: La Hollandaise c.1906: The Camden Town nudes are a real revelation. ibid.
There is a feeling of anxiety in this work. ibid. Tim
Nocturne: Blue and Silver – Cremorne Lights 1872: Whistler is an artist I’ve always had a problem with ... style over substance. ibid. Tim
Figure in Movement 1985: He’s [Bacon] the greatest British painter of the twentieth century. ibid. Tim
I’m really interested in like small and big and rough and smooth and kitsch and beautiful ... Tim Marlow Meets s1e2: Paul Smith, fashion designer
David Godbold: Welcome to the Wonderful World 2007 ... Mac Quinn: Garden 2 2000 ... Banksy: Sunflowers from Petrol Station 2007 ... ‘He’s a very clever boy.’ ibid.
Craigie Aitchison: Scottish Landscape 2007 ... ‘This mystery, or this religious or spiritual effect in his paintings.’ ibid.
Conor Harrington: Dictator and Dancer 2007. ibid.
Portrait of the Painter Karl Zakovsek 1910: He could almost have stepped off the set of La Boheme ... I am a big fan of Egon Schiele. Tim Marlow Meets s1e3: Renee Fleming
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I: Widely known and widely loved. ibid.
There’s an amazing rhythm that runs through the picture. ibid. Tim
Martha Hirsch [dreaming woman] 1909 - Oskar Kokoschka ... another great Viennese artist. ibid.
He [Chuck Close] makes these Polaroids and then you can either end up as a tapestry or you can end up as the basis of a painting. ibid.
It’s made a wonderful museum; there’s a fantastic archive tucked away of incredible cartoons. Tim Marlow Meets s1e4: Mike Leigh
Ronald Searle: Hand up the Girl Who burnt Down the East Wing Last Night: Lilliput magazine April 1946. ibid.
Kenneth Bird (Fougasse) On the Beach: Punch magazine summer 1956. ibid.
Rowland Emett: The Last Tram 1951. ibid.
Donald McGill: I think we’re going to have rain ... My seaweed’s quite damp! c.1940s. ibid.
Pont [Graham Laidler]: I am ever so sorry, but Mrs Tweedie never touches soups – Punch magazine 22 January 1936. ibid.
James Thurbur: ‘Certainly I can make it out! – It’s three-quarters sea-horses and an h’ – The New Yorker 6th March 1937. ibid.
The Burghers of Calais 1884-95: Six men on their way to die; it’s an incredibly powerful sculpture. Tim Marlow Meets s1e5: Tony Bennett, Tim
Art is nothing without feeling. ibid. Tony at Metropolitan Museum
Juan de Pareja 1650: One of the best pictures in the entire Metropolitan collection. ibid.
Sargent: The Wyndham Sisters 1899: His gift was so beautiful; everything was so well done. ibid.
Sorolla: The Bath, Javea, 1905: He is respected but he isn’t in the same league as the others you’ve chosen. ibid. Tim
He was an Impressionist. ibid.
The Dead Christ with Angels 1864: He did use models, and one of the things he was criticized for was making Christ and the angels too realistic. ibid.
Sir Peter Blake: since his emergence in the early sixties as a key member of the bourgeoning pop art movement, Peter has been one of the best known British artists of his generation, beginning with works such as On the Balcony & Self Portrait with Badges, as well as his numerous designs for album covers, Peter has combined various elements of popular culture with a particularly British sensibility. Tim Marlow Meets s2e1: Sir Peter Blake
Schooner Approaching Harbour c.1930: It’s the Holy Grail really, isn’t it ... Folk Art: this is the artist they’ll know about. He lived in St Ives in Cornwall … ibid.
There’s this sense of being rooted in a place, and drawing from that place. ibid.
Leonardo da Vinci: The Leonardo Cartoon c.1499-1500. One of the supreme works of Western art. Tim Marlow Meets s2e2: Nitin Sahney, Tim
Leonardo would never have distinguished between being an artist and a scientist. ibid. Tim
Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway 1844: It’s a wonderful picture; it’s full of energy and dynamism. ibid.
It inspired a hugely significant movement and a generation who were working in France. ibid.
Turner was so influenced by him [Claude Lorrain] ... Light is what dominates this painting. ibid.
The Louvre Under Snow 1902: A beautiful work but a relatively unknown one. ibid.
Old Woman Cooking Eggs 1618: A certain mystery as to what’s going on. Tim Marlow Meets s2e3: Ian Rankin, Tim
We’re looking down on all the objects beautifully painted. But we’re looking straight at the faces. ibid.
Bacon: Figure Study I 1945-1946: A great work ... full of mystery. ibid.
A genuinely disturbing painting. ibid. Ian
Victoria & Albert Museum: Ming Dynasty Armchair 1550-1660. Tim Marlow Meets s2e6: Jung Chang
Shao Fan: Moon (Chair) 1996. ibid.
Shailendra Dynasty, Java: Head of the Buddha 800-30 A.D. ibid.
A selection of teacups. ibid.
Qing Dynasty: Silk Robe 1870-1911 ibid.
Zhang Daqian: River Gorge c.1961 ibid.
St Martin’s: ‘We felt that we were part of an elite group, the centre of the universe of modern sculpture.’ Tim Marlow with Gilbert & George, Gilbert
‘We are the vision. We are the sculptures walking through life.’ ibid. George
Of all the arts in British over the last century sculpture has undergone the most radical of journeys. Tim Marlow on ... British Sculpture, 2011
Albert Gilbert was part of a movement called The New Sculpture. ibid.
I think this is one of the great British sculptures of the twentieth century: it’s called Early One Morning and it was made in 1962 by the then new kid on the block, Anthony Caro. ibid.
An Exhibit 1958: reconstruction 2011 – Victor Pasmore and Richard Hamilton. ibid.