Mystery of the Lost Paintings
This program focuses on seven masterpieces that were destroyed, stolen or lost during the 20th Century. The seven-part documentary series will also see these great paintings painstakingly recreated and brought back to life.
- 2018-2018
- 1 season
- Documentary
This program focuses on seven masterpieces that were destroyed, stolen or lost during the 20th Century. The seven-part documentary series will also see these great paintings painstakingly recreated and brought back to life.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2018
Episode 1
Mystery of the Lost Churchill
This captivating documentary series brings classic lost paintings back to life, starting with Graham Sutherland's controversial portrait of Winston Churchill.
Episode 2
Mystery of the Lost Monet
Art experts attempt to digitally reconstruct Monet's Water Lilies, a much beloved painting that was destroyed in a fire at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1958.
Episode 3
Mystery of the Lost Van Gogh
A pioneering team of art experts attempt to recreate van Gogh's 1888 painting Six Sunflowers, which was destroyed in Japan during World War II.
Episode 4
Mystery of the Lost Vermeer
A team of ingenious art experts recreate The Concert by Johannes Vermeer, which was stolen from a Boston museum in 1990 in the biggest art heist of modern times.
Episode 5
Mystery of the Lost Marc
Episode 6
Mystery of the Lost Lempicka
Episode 7
Mystery of the Lost Klimt
A team of art experts attempt to recreate Medicine, a painting by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, which was destroyed in 1945 by the retreating German army.
Episode 8