This week, while Thomas and Ariel are away, we bring you a mini-episode the first of a recurring series: Baseless Theories. Each episode we bring you a series of wild speculations that don’t make it into the regular podcast. Did Matisse paint the first Francis Bacon? The first Rothko? Was he really Felix Valloton? Tune in to find out.
Paintings referenced are below. Feel free to share some of your favourite baseless theories.
Harmony In Red
https://www.henrimatisse.org/the-dessert-harmony-in-red.jsp
La Charge
https://www.collection.pictet/artwork/la-charge
L’Attente (Waiting)
https://artdone.wordpress.com/2022/03/16/felix-vallotton-painter-of-disquiet/felix-vallotton-waiting-1899-priv-coll/
The Fine Pin
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/757436
Le Mensonge
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Félix_Vallotton,_1898_-_Le_mensonge.jpg
French Window at Collioure
https://www.wikiart.org/en/henri-matisse/french-window-at-collioure
Rothko
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/mcs/media/images/64129000/jpg/_64129537_rothko.jpg
View of Notre Dame (1914)
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/78863
A Screaming Pope
https://www.francis-bacon.com/artworks/paintings/pope-ii
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