The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them
Directed by Phil Grabsky
Monet, Cezanne, Degas, Renoir: some of the world’s most popular artists. Their works, and that of their contemporaries, fetch tens of millions of dollars around the globe. But who were they really? Why & how exactly did they paint? What lies behind their enduring appeal? To help answer these questions, this unique film secured unparalleled access to a major exhibition focussing on the man credited with inventing impressionism as we know it: 19th-century Parisian art collector Paul Durand-Ruel. This eagerly anticipated international exhibition is possibly the most comprehensive exploration of the Impressionists in history.
Duration
1h 30m
Released
May 28, 2015
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Part ofThe Exhibition on Screen Collection
Includes Sunflowers (2021), Young Picasso (2019), Raphael Revealed (2021), Hopper: An American Love Story (2022), Cézanne: Portraits of a Life (2018), Pissarro: Father of Impressionism (2022), Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman (2023), Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition (2023), Tokyo Stories (2023), Easter in Art (2020), The Danish Collector: Delacroix to Gauguin (2021), Frida Kahlo (2020), Leonardo: The Works (2019), Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait (2019), Van Gogh & Japan (2019), Degas: Passion for Perfection (2018), David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts (2017), Canaletto & the Art of Venice (2017), Michelangelo: Love and Death (2017), The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism (2017), I, Claude Monet (2017), The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch (2016), Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse (2016), Renoir: Reviled and Revered (2016), Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood (2016), The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them (2015), Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (2018), Vincent Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing (2015), Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis (2015), Matisse (2014), Leonardo: From the National Gallery, London (2012), Klimt & The Kiss (2023), My National Gallery, London (2024), John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger (2024), Vermeer and Music (2013), Munch 150 (2013), Manet: Portraying Life (2013), Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers (2024), and Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874 (2025).
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