William Dobson: England's First Artistic Genius | (Waldemar Januszczak)

Has one of Britain's greatest artists been unfairly forgotten? Waldemar Januszczak thinks so. In this documentary, Januszczak argues that the little known 17th-century portrait painter William Dobson was the first English painter of genius. Dobson's life and times are embedded in one of the most...

59 min - Art, Music & Design - Perspective

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