New Posts For Thread: Britain's Lost Masterpieces BBC4https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30739743/britains-lost-masterpieces-bbc4A spin-off from Fake or Fortune.BBC4 Wednesdays (although I've just come across it on iplayer).Bendor Grosvenor (from FoF) and new art historian sidekick Jacky Klein find "sleepers" in public art collections and try to stand them up. So far, so FakeHalfway through watching the second one of these. Really enjoying these programmes. They are very well presented, beautifully filmed and nice music. I could watch this stuff all day, it's very relaxing.Thanks for the link Poppydog. I will explore thahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30739743/britains-lost-masterpieces-bbc4?post_id=550167043#550167043Halfway through watching the second one of these. Really enjoying these programmes. They are very well presented, beautifully filmed and nice music. I could watch this stuff all day, it's very relaxing.Thanks for the link Poppydog. I will explore thaFri, 14 Oct 2016 15:10:15 -0500http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07w9jg5 Any art lovers should check out this BBC page, the clip and the ultra close up. There's others in the series. Absolutely brilliant(and people want to do away with the license fee)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30739743/britains-lost-masterpieces-bbc4?post_id=550165109#550165109http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07w9jg5 Any art lovers should check out this BBC page, the clip and the ultra close up. There's others in the series. Absolutely brilliant(and people want to do away with the license fee)Fri, 14 Oct 2016 11:31:50 -0500Indeed, but also becoming formulaic within just three editions: see painting; take to restorer/cleaner; research provenance; show to expert for revised opinion; return to gallery.Not helped either by padding with other, entirely unrelated stories. (Ihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30739743/britains-lost-masterpieces-bbc4?post_id=550164679#550164679Indeed, but also becoming formulaic within just three editions: see painting; take to restorer/cleaner; research provenance; show to expert for revised opinion; return to gallery.Not helped either by padding with other, entirely unrelated stories. (IFri, 14 Oct 2016 10:40:10 -0500Seemed unsatisfactory somehow.The mystery of the King Billy portrait that also featured the Pope was solved.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30739743/britains-lost-masterpieces-bbc4?post_id=550164067#550164067Seemed unsatisfactory somehow.The mystery of the King Billy portrait that also featured the Pope was solved.Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:45:10 -0500Northern Ireland tonight.From the Radio Times:Jacky Klein and Dr Bendor Grosvenor visit Belfast to take in the Ulster Museum, and assess what are thought to be low-value copies of works by Peter Breughel the Younger. They also head to the Northern Irhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30739743/britains-lost-masterpieces-bbc4?post_id=550149489#550149489Northern Ireland tonight.From the Radio Times:Jacky Klein and Dr Bendor Grosvenor visit Belfast to take in the Ulster Museum, and assess what are thought to be low-value copies of works by Peter Breughel the Younger. They also head to the Northern IrWed, 12 Oct 2016 12:54:42 -0500sorry to go off topic Ron but have you ever played a Gretsch? there's a cracking archtop on Ebay for no money.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30739743/britains-lost-masterpieces-bbc4?post_id=550134859#550134859sorry to go off topic Ron but have you ever played a Gretsch? there's a cracking archtop on Ebay for no money.Mon, 10 Oct 2016 13:34:00 -0500I'm just waiting for some of "Billy's" to turn up ...William 'Billy' Mumford, 63, copied artists including Sayed Haider Raza, Welsh landscape painter Kyffin Williams and surrealist John Tunnard.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30739743/britains-lost-masterpieces-bbc4?post_id=550133279#550133279I'm just waiting for some of "Billy's" to turn up ...William 'Billy' Mumford, 63, copied artists including Sayed Haider Raza, Welsh landscape painter Kyffin Williams and surrealist John Tunnard.Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:19:36 -0500Franzi is probably correct about the state of art history. Of course, the new forensic techniques have a major impact but in some cases, it seems scholars have not even taken advantage of cheap travel to major European galleries.What is impressive ishttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30739743/britains-lost-masterpieces-bbc4?post_id=550103443#550103443Franzi is probably correct about the state of art history. Of course, the new forensic techniques have a major impact but in some cases, it seems scholars have not even taken advantage of cheap travel to major European galleries.What is impressive isFri, 07 Oct 2016 01:05:37 -0500It is a good watch, but I have some reservations. For instance, this week's episode featured an 'expert' on Allan Ramsay who, when presented with two near identical portraits side-by-side, was apparently unable to identify the more famous example whihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30739743/britains-lost-masterpieces-bbc4?post_id=550101157#550101157It is a good watch, but I have some reservations. For instance, this week's episode featured an 'expert' on Allan Ramsay who, when presented with two near identical portraits side-by-side, was apparently unable to identify the more famous example whiThu, 06 Oct 2016 13:23:00 -0500Just love the program ...brilliant !https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30739743/britains-lost-masterpieces-bbc4?post_id=550100793#550100793Just love the program ...brilliant !Thu, 06 Oct 2016 12:17:40 -0500