Acting
Waldemar Januszczak
Birth Date
January 12, 1954
(72 years old)
Place of Birth
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK
Popularity
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Biography
Januszczak was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, to Polish refugees who had arrived in England after the Second World War. After studying history of art at the University of Manchester, Januszczak became an art critic – and then arts editor – of The Guardian. In 1990 he was appointed head of arts at the UK's Channel 4 television and in 1992 he became art critic for The Sunday Times. He has been voted Critic of the Year twice by the Press Association. Januszczak has been described as "a passionate art lover, art critic and writer. His presentation style is casual but informed, enthusiastic, evocative and humorous. He bumbles about on our TV screens, doing for art what David Attenborough has done for the natural world," and someone who acts out of "a refusal to present art as elitist in any way. He makes it utterly accessible and understandable."
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Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011 • 1 episode
Arthouse
Self - Presenter
1997 • 1 episode
The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution
Himself
2011 • 4 episodes
Handmade in Bolton
Narrator
2019 • 4 episodes
Ugly Beauty
2010
Art's Wildest Movement: Mannerism
Self
2024 • 3 episodes
Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story
Himself
2012
The Dark Ages: An Age of Light
Self - Presenter
2012 • 4 episodes
Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's
Host
2009 • 3 episodes
Borromini: The Dark Side of Baroque
Himself
2022
Understanding Art: Impressionism
Self - Host
2011 • 4 episodes
Beijing Swings
Self - presenter
2003
The Renaissance Unchained
Self - Presenter
2016 • 4 episodes
Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA
Host, Narrator
2018 • 3 episodes
The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak
Host, Narrator
2020 • 4 episodes
Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness
Host, Narrator
2014 • 3 episodes
The Lost Supper
Self - Narrator
1998
Gauguin: The Full Story
Presenter
2003
Paradise Found
Himself
2005
Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey
Self
2022