A wild simplification (in a terrible accent) of the teachings of Walter Gropius, the pioneering German founder of the Bauhaus art school, to the tune of The Love Cats by the Cure.

Bauhaus

The wailings of an imagined character (I did no research): painter Paul Cezanne's wife/girlfriend, tired of his constant painting of still lifes. She feels ignored perhaps, or maybe her concern is only for his health... 
To the tune of Roxanne by The Police. 

Cezanne

An obsessive and child-like Matisse fan expresses her feelings about the artist's famous nudes.
To the tune of Jolene by Dolly Parton.

Matisse

An old fashioned and grumpy 'art critic' expresses her opinions about Nam June Paik, a Korean American artist considered the founder of video art. To the tune of Lilac Wine by James Shelton, channeling Jeff Buckley's 1994 version.

Nam June Paik

One sexy Latina art historian just can't get enough of this infamous Spaniard. A distracted and vague biography of Pablo Picasso, to the tune of Abracadabra by Steve Miller Band.

Picasso

An imagined conversation between Edgar Degas, the Impressionist who didn't want to be in the Impressionist club and painted all the ballerinas, and his female muses. Completely made up, does not take history or truth into account (much). To the tune of Eric Clapton's Layla (acoustic version).

Degas

Marcel Duchamp confuses, disgusts and delights in equal measure with his famous 'Fountain' (1917). To the tune of Beautiful by Christina Aguilera.

Duchamp

Diego Rivera talks about himself, his wife, and his little portrait of Lenin. To the tune of Wherever, Whenever by Shakira.

Rivera

Justin Timberlake scolds Van Gogh for the body modification which everyone keeps talking about instead of looking at the paintings. To the tune of Cry Me a River.

Van Gogh

Take a stroll through The Garden of Earthly Delights with this party pooper. With a little help from TLC, 'No Scrubs'.

Bosch

There was always something a bit off with Salvador Dali. Still love him though. Tune by Blondie.

Dali

Song about some specific works by Damien to a tune by Prince. RIP.

Hirst

Ditty in a terrible accent about one of Scotland's most famous designers. Contains swears. Sorry Natalie Imbruglia.

Mackintosh

Shake it like an impressionist painting. No wait don't, it's still wet.

Renoir

It's like I never went to any Modernism lectures, right?! WRONG. Incoherent ramblings about abstract art to my favourite Beatles tune. Because abstraction taxes the senses, am I right?! ....

Abstract

Emin

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Capability Brown

Song about Hokusai to the tune of Walk on By, by Dionne Warwick.

Hokusai

Grayson Perry

A song about Sir James Thornhill and his son in law William Hogarth. To the tune of Running up that Hill by Kate Bush.

Running up Thornhill

The Art History Songs. Comedy songs about art and design and the people what done it. Find videos, pics and more on my social media, search Harriet Braine (there's only one... I hope).
Matisse, Picasso, Marina, Bauhaus, Nam June Paik, Ai Wei Wei and Cezanne Recorded with the help of the extraordinary Henry Schiller. Others recorded by me at night time.
Don't worry, I don't just do parody songs about artists, you can find some of my original work on The DesignSpark Podcast with Bec Hill and Dr Lucy Rogers.

Harriet Braine

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