The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Gang of Four

This excellent, witty and interesting start to this series examines how the movement started and who started it. We see the places they were and went to, the society in Paris at the time, how it was ripe for a change in art, the characters and lifestyles of the protagonists.

Episode 2

The Great Outdoors

The British/Polish Art Critic Waldemar Januszczak ventures outdoors to famous locations that were depicted in many now famous paintings. He provides a humorous side to this documentary, which makes it very interesting.

Episode 3

Painting the People

58 mins

Waldemar Januszczak continues his investigation of the Impressionists, focusing this time on the people they painted and in particular the subjects of Degas, Caillebotte and the often forgotten Impressionist women artists.

Episode 4

Final Flourish

59 mins

Waldemar looks in considerable depth at the work of Georges Seurat, taking into consideration his academic training at the Beaux-Arts School in Paris and the artists that influenced him, such as Piero della Francesca and Puvis de Chavannes.