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Greenlit: The Art of Travel – A History of Watercolours with Sheila Hancock, BBC1
The Art Of Travel – A History Of Watercolours With Sheila Hancock w/t (1×60′) - A celebration of the rich yet largely untold story of British watercolour. Focusing especially on the work of amateur travelling painters of the 19th Century, Sheila Hancock will look closely at the technique of watercolour painting and the unique strengths of a portable medium as a means of record in the days before photography.
She will travel through the Lake District and other parts of the UK, and through France and Italy to revel in the beauty of Venice and the Tuscany. Sheila will also concentrate on the paintings of famous artists such as Turner and Constable, whose watercolour works are often overlooked.
This programme will be a celebration of an art form at which amateurs excelled but in which leading artists, who boasted of their prowess in oils, often made their most personal and intimate works – thousands of which, to this day, remain hidden in gallery drawers for Sheila Hancock to unearth.
Channel: BBC1
Producer: BBC Vision Productions
Source: BBC Press Office
Tags: BBC1 
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