The impressionists [videorecording (DVD)] / BBC ; Koch Entertainment LP ; written by Sarah Woods, Colin Swash ; produced and directed by Tim Dunn, Mary Downes.
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Publisher:
Distributed by Koch Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
c2006
Description:
2 videodiscs (177 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Julian Glover, Richard Armitage, Michael Mueller, Charlie Condou, James Lance, Aden Gillett, Andrew Havill, Will Keen. Special feature: "Claude Monet, painter of light" documentary (55 min.)
Summary:
Claude Monet recalls the story of the Impressionists - a movement that shook the foundation of the art world. He and fellow painters Auguste Renoir and Frederic Bazille begin a forty-year struggle against the Salon, the annual state art exhibition. Overcoming criticism, poverty and misfortune, Monet along with his counterparts eventually achieve the success they had only dreamed about.
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