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Episode 5

The artist's 'steely gaze' is threatened by the re-emergence of cataracts. He has a lifetime's aversion to doctors, but must keep painting. So what will happen?

The story of Claude Monet's later years and the famous paintings he produced at home in Giverny:

His cataracts are worsening, which leads to a disintegration of solid forms, but an intensity of vision. Should he visit a doctor in Paris? And what about his donation of paintings to the Orangerie after his death?

Reader Allan Corduner

Producer Duncan Minshull.

15 minutes

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Sat 10 Dec 2016 00:30

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Reader Allan Corduner
Author Ross King
Abridger Katrin Williams
Producer Duncan Minshull

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  • Fri 9 Dec 2016 09:45
  • Sat 10 Dec 2016 00:30

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