The Private Life of a Masterpiece Paul Gauguin: God's Child (Season 6, Episode 3)
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The Private Life of a Masterpiece

Paul Gauguin: God's Child (Season 6, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Documentary

Scholars and critics celebrate Paul Gauguin's "Te Tamari No Atua," better known as "God's Child," painted in Tahiti in 1896. The Impressionist artist's unorthodox painting defied traditional representations of the Christmas Nativity.

Director

Ian Michael Jones

Producers

Ian Michael Jones | Judith Winnan

Editor

Madoc Roberts

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Updated Dec 31, 2006

Release date

2006 (United States)

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
Samuel West Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Howards End (1992)
Waldemar Januszczak Self - Writer, 'Gauguin: The Full Story' Self - Writer, 'Gauguin: The Full Story' See fewer	The Dark Ages: An Age of Light (2012)
Tamar Garb Self - University College, London Self - University College, London See fewer	The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001)
George Shackelford Self - Museu of Fine Arts, Boston Self - Museu of Fine Arts, Boston See fewer	The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001)
Christopher Riopelle Self - National Gallery, London (as Chris Riopelle) Self - National Gallery, London (as Chris Riopelle) See fewer	The Impressionists (2015)
Sylvie Crussard Self - Wildenstein Institute, Paris Self - Wildenstein Institute, Paris See fewer	The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001)
Belinda Thomson Self - Author, 'Gauguin' Self - Author, 'Gauguin' See fewer	Gauguin a Tahiti. Il paradiso perduto (2019)
Nancy Ireson Self - National Gallery, London Self - National Gallery, London See fewer	The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001)
Richard Thomson Self - University of Edinburgh Self - University of Edinburgh See fewer	The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001)
Timothy Verdon Self - Author, 'Mary in Western Art' (as Monsignor Timothy Verdon) Self - Author, 'Mary in Western Art' (as Monsignor Timothy Verdon) See fewer	I Medici e la Cattedrale (2015)
Nancy Mowll Matthews Self - Author, 'Paul Gauguin: An Erotic Life' Self - Author, 'Paul Gauguin: An Erotic Life' See fewer	The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001)
Jim Wright Self - Painting Conservator Self - Painting Conservator See fewer	The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001)
John House Self - Courtauld Institute, London Self - Courtauld Institute, London See fewer	The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001)
Gloria Groom Self - Art Institute of Chicago Self - Art Institute of Chicago See fewer	Gauguin a Tahiti. Il paradiso perduto (2019)
Joachim Kaak Self - Neue Pinakothek, Munich Self - Neue Pinakothek, Munich See fewer	The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001)
Douglas Druick Self - Art Institute of Chicago Self - Art Institute of Chicago See fewer	The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001)
Reinhold Baumstark Self - Bavarian State Painting Collections Self - Bavarian State Painting Collections See fewer	The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001)
Ilse von zur Muhlen Self - Art Historian Self - Art Historian See fewer	The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001)
Naomi Edwards Gauguin's Model Gauguin's Model See fewer	The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001)

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