On BBC Radio 4
Simon Schama's Great Gallery Tours
Episode One - The Courtauld Gallery
Sir Simon Schama begins his series from the Courtauld Gallery in London where he picks out the cream of the Impressionist collection.
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Montagne Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine, by Paul Cézanne

A Bar at The Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet
Episode Two - The Rijksmuseum
Sir Simon Schama’s love of Rembrandt and the great Dutch masters. Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is more than a gallery – it’s an expression of national identity.
Episode Three - The Prado Museum
The Prado, home to the collection of the Spanish monarchs, has partially re-opened. Sir Simon Schama selects works that are worth waiting to see

Guernica by Pablo Picasso (in the The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía)

The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya
Episode Four - The Whitney
In his home town of New York, Sir Simon Schama celebrates four great 20th century artists from the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Four Darks in Red by Mark Rothko

New York Movie by Edward Hopper