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Captured in a moment in time with faces forever staring at them and fingers ever pointing, the sitters from some well-known paintings get a chance to escape from the canvas, set the story straight, or tell us their particular version of the story behind the image.

Characters from famous paintings finally get a chance to tell their story in this series of readings from Elizabeth Kuti, Sophia Hillan, and Niall Williams.

That Moment by Niall Williams

Painting: Nu a Contre-Jour by Pierre Bonnard, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

http://www.fine-arts-museum.be/fr/la-collection/pierre-bonnard-nu-a-contre-jour

When a young woman meets artist Pierre Bonnard in a Paris street, she creates an alter-ego for herself, one that lasts for thirty years and will see her immortalised in countless paintings.

Man Booker long-listed novelist Niall Williams (The History of the Rain) explores the relationship between French artist Pierre Bonnard and his muse – and later wife - Marthe, taking us back to a moment when he captured first captured her on canvas, in a small flat on the Rue Lepic in Paris.

Writer ...... Niall Williams
Reader ..... Selma Brook
Producer ..... Heather Larmour