Documentary

The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them

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.

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Release Date

May 28, 2015

Status

Released

Original Title

The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them

Runtime

1h 30min

Budget

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Revenue

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Language

English

Production Companies

Seventh Art Productions

Part of

Exhibition on Screen Collection

Includes: Sunflowers, Young Picasso, Raphael Revealed, Hopper: An American Love Story, Cézanne: Portraits of a Life, Pissarro: Father of Impressionism, Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman, Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition, Tokyo Stories, Easter in Art, The Danish Collector: Delacroix to Gauguin, Frida Kahlo, Leonardo: The Works, Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait, Van Gogh & Japan, Degas: Passion for Perfection, David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts, Canaletto & the Art of Venice, Michelangelo: Love and Death, The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism, I, Claude Monet, The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch, Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse, Renoir: Reviled and Revered, Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood, The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them, Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Vincent Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing, Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis, Matisse, Leonardo: From the National Gallery, London