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The life and work of the irascible genius, whose depiction of mass, shape, and structure, led to him being called the father of modern art.

"He summarises the plain in extraordinary simplified dabs of colour, and segments of paint," says art historian Richard Cork.

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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project