The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution
This 4 part series describes the various artists, their style, their likes and travails of the day. Introduced by an amusing Waldemar Januzczak in an easy to watch production. Each part has a theme and we visit various locales that played a large part in the artists' lives.
- 2011-2011
- 1 season
- Documentary
This 4 part series describes the various artists, their style, their likes and travails of the day. Introduced by an amusing Waldemar Januzczak in an easy to watch production. Each part has a theme and we visit various locales that played a large part in the artists' lives.
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2011
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.