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Waldemar Januszczak
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."
Known For
Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art
as Narrator
Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman
as Presenter
Gauguin: The Full Story
as Presenter
Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story
as Himself
B movie
as Himself
The Lost Supper
as Self - Narrator
Ugly Beauty
The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel
as Self
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors
as Himself
Rubens: An Extra Large Story
as Presenter
