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The Riviera – A History in Pictures

Art / 2 minutes of reading / March 27, 2018 / By HDclump

The Riviera – A History in Pictures, two-part sun-filled series in which Richard E Grant follows in the footsteps of artists who have lived, loved and painted on France’s glorious Cote d’Azur. The Riviera – A History in Pictures part 1 : Painting Paradise Revealing the intertwined relationship between modern art and the development of the French Riviera as an international tourist haven, Grant explores how Impressionist painters Cezanne, Monet and Renoir first discovered the region in the 19th century when the newly built railway arrived there. Captivated by the light and colour of this undiscovered landscape, the painters […]

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Great Art : The Impressionists and the Man who Made them

Art / 2 minutes of reading / February 3, 2018 / By HDclump

The Impressionists and the Man who Made them: Monet, Cezanne, Degas and Renoir are some of the world’s most popular artists. Their works, and that of their contemporaries, fetch tens of millions of dollars around the globe. Who were they and how exactly did they paint? To help answer these questions, this film focuses on the man credited with inventing impressionism as we know it – 19th-century Parisian art collector Paul Durand-Ruel. It was his brave decision to back these radical artists and then, on the verge of bankruptcy, to exhibit them in New York in 1886 that

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