Waldemar Januszczak

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

32

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-01-12 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK

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

  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

  • The Lost Supper

    The Lost Supper

  • Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story

    Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story

  • B movie

    B movie

  • Arthouse

    Arthouse

  • Handmade in Bolton

    Handmade in Bolton

  • Gauguin: The Full Story

    Gauguin: The Full Story

  • Borromini: The Dark Side of Baroque

    Borromini: The Dark Side of Baroque

  • Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art

    Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art

  • Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story

    Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story

  • The Mystery of the Nativity

    The Mystery of the Nativity

  • The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution

    The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution

  • Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey

    Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey

  • Holbein: Eye of the Tudors

    Holbein: Eye of the Tudors

  • The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson

    The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson

  • The Dark Ages: An Age of Light

    The Dark Ages: An Age of Light

  • Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA

    Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA

  • Art's Wildest Movement: Mannerism

    Art's Wildest Movement: Mannerism

  • Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's

    Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's

  • Understanding Art: Impressionism

    Understanding Art: Impressionism

  • Rubens: An Extra Large Story

    Rubens: An Extra Large Story

  • Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Caravaggio

    Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Caravaggio

  • The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel

    The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel

  • Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness

    Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness

  • The Renaissance Unchained

    The Renaissance Unchained

  • Paradise Found

    Paradise Found

  • Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman

    Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman

  • The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak

    The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak

  • Beijing Swings

    Beijing Swings

  • Ugly Beauty

    Ugly Beauty

  • William Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque

    William Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque

  • Sickert vs Sargent

    Sickert vs Sargent