William Dobson : The Lost Genius of Baroque

Synopsis: Documentary presented by Waldemar Januszczak on the subject of William Dobson, the Baroque portraitist whose work was bound up inextricably with the English Civil War. Born in London in 1611, Dobson became Charles I’s principal painter on the death of Van Dyck in 1641. A year later, at the outbreak of the English Civil War, Dobson accompanied the King to Oxford, where he painted the Royal Family and the leading Royalist supporters. Following the King’s defeat by Cromwell and the Parliamentarians in 1646, Dobson returned to London where he died in poverty, aged just 35. Travelling to great houses, museums, castles and palaces across Britain, Januszczak examines many of Dobson’s masterpieces and the impressive settings in which they can be found.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Subjects: Art; History
Keywords: English civil war; history of art; portrait painting; Baroque art; Dobson, William (1611 - 1646)

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