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The Impressionists are the most popular group in art history - millions flock every year to marvel at their masterpieces. But, to begin with, they were scorned, penniless outsiders. 1874 was the year that changed everything; the first Impressionists, “hungry for independence”, broke the mould by holding their own exhibition outside official channels. Impressionism was born and the art world was changed forever. What led to that first groundbreaking show 150 years ago? Who were the maverick personalities that wielded their brushes in such a radical and provocative way? The spectacular Musée d’Orsay exhibition brings fresh eyes to this extraordinary tale of passion and rebellion. The story is told not by historians and curators but in the words of those who witnessed the dawn of Impressionism: the artists, press and people of Paris, 1874. See the show that changed everything on the big screen.

Paolo Veronese (1528 - 1588) is known as a great colourist and for his trompe-l'œil frescoes and oil paintings.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, (1525-1569) is one of the most renowned Flemish painters of the Renaissance. Although influenced by Italian art, his paintings maintained a typically Flemish tradition. A “peasant” painter, he depicted the lives of his country’s common folk as in the “Peasant Wedding”. In “Netherlandish Proverbs”, he wittily transcribes dozens of popular sayings. Admire also his incomplete “Tower of Babel”, a theme which Bruegel made into his own speciality. Enjoy your visit!

Raphael Federici (street artist), Marine Goodmorning (illustrator), Luca Fiore (cartoonist) and Harry Boudchicha (drawing teacher) reveal their best drawing techniques. Each episode focuses on a specific subject: movement, oil painting, shadows, hair... For the first 10 minutes, each artist gives a theoretical lesson illustrated by sketches. Then they each start working on their creation. Finally, they end with a debrief, comparing and explaining their techniques

In 64 episodes, fun and educational, you will know how to draw an airplane, a fireman, a haunted mansion, a soccer player, a sunset, a lion, the Eiffel Tower, seashells, a fairy... Our master draftsman Gia-Haï Phan will show you the basics of a successful drawing: proportions, perspectives, values, contrasts, volumes, blending, everything is covered.

Built at the dawn of the 20th century, the Glasgow School of Art is the major work of the only British artist considered a precursor of modernism, Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The most eminent exponent of the "Glasgow Style", the equivalent of Parisian Art Nouveau, Mackintosh devoted over a decade to the realization of what is unquestionably his most innovative architectural project. Ten years of work without the architect ever setting foot on site.

Discover the work of Matisse through the exhibitions at Tate Modern in London and MoMA in New York (2014) and enjoy the original performance of Royal Ballet star dancer Zenaida Yanowsky, who interprets the colors and dynamism of Matisse's painting to the jazz music of Courtney Pine. Punctuated by interviews with experts and rare archival footage of Matisse at work, this documentary will provide a special insight into the last chapter of the painter's career.

"I envy the Japanese", wrote Van Gogh to his brother Theo. Thanks to the exhibition on which this film is based, at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, we understand why. Although Vincent van Gogh never visited Japan, it remains the country that had the greatest influence on him and his work. By visiting Japanese art galleries in Paris and creating his own image of Japan after extensive research, print collections and lengthy discussions with other artists, the discovery of Japanese art took van Gogh's career in an exciting new direction.

Based on a major exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, Tokyo Stories spans 400 years of incredibly rich art, from Hokusai’s prints to Pop Art posters, via contemporary photography, manga, cinema and street art. The exhibition was a huge success and attracted a significantly younger and more diverse audience than usual. The film draws on the exhibition to take us to Tokyo and explore the city’s art and artistic figures in greater depth. A superbly illustrated and richly detailed documentary, which traces the journey of a metropolis marked by ceaseless cycles of destruction and rebirth throughout its 400-year history, to become one of the most dynamic and fascinating cities in the world today.

Simultaneously painter and diplomat, Peter Paul Rubens, (1577-1640) was an essential personality in Europe’s 17th century artistic scene. He painted vast compositions for princely families of the time like the Marie de Medici cycle now housed in the Louvre Museum. He also personified the baroque vein in Northern Europe, developing a style of perpetual movement with luminous coloured strokes as in the “Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus” exhibited in Munich. Enjoy your visit!

He experimented with a technique that would later be described as pointillist. He juxtaposed fine complementary touches of paint, seeking purity and luminosity. There are a few bluish, rounded reflections in the orange, giving it relief by simply sketching out the details.

Graffiti World is a short program dedicated to contemporary urban art around the world. Each episode explores a specific city, highlighting iconic works of street art. Local soundscape accompanies the images for an authentic, commentary-free immersion. The program showcases the creativity and diversity of artistic expression in public spaces. An invitation to discover the richness of graffiti as an art form in its own right.

Leonardo da Vinci is one of the world's most adored artists. Numerous films and documentary series have focused on his uncommon genius, but without paying attention to what speaks for itself: his art. Leonardo da Vinci's incomparable paintings and drawings will be the focus of our film, and Exhibition on Screen will present all the paintings attributed to him.

In 2008, the chance discovery in the South of Italy of an ancient portrait with strangely familiar features takes the art world by storm. Could this be an unknown self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci? Controversy erupts among the experts. The implications of such a discovery have far-reaching consequences for our understanding of the work of this great Renaissance master.

In this episode, we will meet the artist Richard Texier. He is now considered one of the best living artists of his generation. His work is based on the Pantheo Vortex, an artistic exploration of the mystery and beauty of the world. His works can be found in numerous public and private collections, both in France and abroad.

After a two-year touring exhibition, in 2015 Girl with a Pearl Earring returned to the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague. At 350 years old, the eternal Girl has always retained her aura of mystery and charm. The proof is in the number of curious onlookers (1.2 million) who flocked to catch a glimpse of her during her stay in Japan. The documentary seeks to uncover the many enigmas surrounding this extraordinary painting and its mysterious creator - Vermeer. Who was this girl? Why and how did Vermeer paint this picture? Come and travel back in time to discover Johannes Vermeer, visit the charming museum in The Hague and answer all these questions.

Hopper’s work is the most recognisable art in America – popular, praised, and mysterious. Countless painters, photographers, filmmakers and musicians have been influenced by his art – but who was he, and how did a struggling illustrator create such a bounty of notable work? This new film takes a deep look into Hopper’s art, his life, and his relationships. From his early career as an illustrator; his wife giving up her own promising art career to be his manager; his critical and commercial acclaim; and in his own words – this film explores the enigmatic personality behind the brush…

Graffiti World is a short program dedicated to contemporary urban art around the world. Each episode explores a specific city, highlighting iconic works of street art. Local soundscape accompanies the images for an authentic, commentary-free immersion. The program showcases the creativity and diversity of artistic expression in public spaces. An invitation to discover the richness of graffiti as an art form in its own right.

In this episode, we will discuss with Eric Bouvet, photo reporter. His interest in photography started at the age of 8 when he saw a live broadcast of the first images of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. He then became interested in different subjects such as geopolitics, history, and finally became a photojournalist.

Top Italian cooks Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contraldo are on a Road Trip around East Anglia. Restaurateurs, writers and old friends the ‘greedy Italians’ will be foraging for antiques in the company of experts David Harper and James Braxton. Watch out for some ‘explosive’ bargaining and an extremely tasty risotto! When he’s not shopping Antonio learns about the brave fisherman of Suffolk who saved mariners’ lives while risking their own. And, Gennaro has a trip to take a peek at a very special bird.

Vocal coaches and husband and wife David and Carrie Grant are swapping singing in harmony for battling it out with antiques. With the help of experts Will Axon and Mark Stacey our competitive celebrity couple uncover some unusual items to sell at auction in rural Norfolk. David also visits a patch of inner-city grass in Cambridge where today children play and dogs are walked but was actually the birthplace of football, while Carrie learns how Letchworth Garden City sparked a revolution in town design.

It was painted almost 600 years ago; the "Madonna at the Fountain" by Jan Van Eyck. Despite being a Charlotte’s favorite, she is reaching the limits of her ability. The minute details, the special use of oil paint and the slow-drying pigments play tricks on her. While the team is researching Van Eyck's complex oil painting technique, they are also travelling to Rome. In search for the deep blue ultramarine, in The Vatican they see the impact that Van Eyck had on his Italian contemporaries and lights a candle for Charlotte in the Santa Maria Maggiore.

Do the names of Rosa Bonheur or Artemisia Gentileschi ring any bell to you? Despite their skills, female painters were for long time ignored by art historians and remain unknown to the public. This documentary recalls the destinies and masterpieces of those women, between the 16th and the 20th century. Who are they? And what did they bring to the art field?

Bosch's hometown in the Netherlands has no paintings by the painter, yet for the major "Visions of Genius" exhibition held on the anniversary of his death in 2016, the Noordbrabants Museum has managed to bring together almost all of Bosch's paintings and drawings. "Visions of Genius" was the most ambitious exhibition ever dedicated to the Dutch painter. This documentary will plunge you into the strange, visionary world of Hieronymus Bosch.

In 2013, Norway celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch (1863-1944), one of the most prominent figures in modern art. Munch 150, co-produced by the National Museum and the Munch Museum, is already being hailed as "the exhibition of a lifetime". Public interest is enormous, as evidenced by the record-breaking $120 million public auction result for one of his four paintings, The Scream. This presentation will take you behind the scenes of how this exhibition came to be, as well as including a guided tour of Norway, outlining the biography of this man whose life spanned the mid-19th century to the German occupation during the Second World War.

In this episode we will decipher the most famous works of Johannes Vermeer. He was born in 1632 and lived his whole life in Delft. He painted mainly interior scenes, everyday life with middle-class people but also with servants. He is the author of "The Milkmaid", "The Girl with the Pearl" and "The Geographer". He died in 1675 and left behind a collection of about 35 paintings that are exhibited all over the world.

Michelangelo Merisi (1571-1610), born in Caravaggio, is known as a wicked artist who had to flee Rome in 1606 after killing a man. But Caravaggio is above all a painter who changed the face of painting at the very beginning of the 17th century. Notice his use of colour in the people emerging from a dark background, like his “Bacchus” or “David”. One of his masterpieces is the cycle of the “Calling of Saint Matthew” in the chapel of the church of St- Louis-of-the-French in Rome. Enjoy your visit!

In 1871, a giant fire ravaged Chicago, providing a unique opportunity for a young generation of American architects to break away from the old continent and invent in Chicago the new forms of a specifically American architecture.

The French-Moroccan artist Medhi-Georges Lahlou has been living in Brussels for over 10 years. He chose to set up his studio in Molenbeek, a neighborhood with a large Moroccan community. It is the ideal place to find inspiration for his art which navigates in a very autobiographical way between his two cultures of birth Western and North African, Christian and Islamic.

In this episode, we meet the artist Alain Godon. From the shores of France to the English countryside, from parachutist to nightclub manager, Alain Godon has had a thousand and one lives. But he has always remained a painter. He is a figurative painter with a naive and cheerful pencil stroke, who, far from fashions, trends and museum fads, is acclaimed by many collectors for whom he works from his workshop in Waltham in Kent.

Comedy legend Jennifer Saunders and best pal, top actress Patricia Potter take to the road on a humdinger of a trip. Joined by veteran antiquers Phillip Serrell and Mark Stacey they shop in Berkshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire before heading for an auction in Greenwich, London. Jennifer and Phil detour to hear about Fred Karno, the man credited with inventing slapstick comedy. While Patricia and Mark learn how a surgeon from Reading used his incredible sense of smell to successfully treat soldiers injured in World War One. And, Phil gets custard pied – what’s not to love?

Today, we go to Marseille where two new candidates will compete. Juan Bosco Gomez Herrera and Lilian Heymans will have one hour to take the best possible photograph on the imposed theme of the sea.

In this episode, we meet the artist Hervé Di Rosa. A founding member of the Figuration Libre movement in the 1980s, Hervé Di Rosa has constantly sought to renew his artistic approach, from the use of recurring characters in his paintings to the appropriation of artisanal practices from the ends of the earth. It is in his Parisian studio that he is preparing a new exhibition at the Maison Rouge.

Take an hour break to discover the work of an Italian painter, Titien. You will discover his labour with Pastoral concert, The resurrection of Christ or Venus with organist.

Take an hour break to discover the work of a French painter, Georges Seurat. You will discover his labour with « Ile de France » landscape, Study for « a Sunday afternoon at the grande jatte », Study for « La grande jatte ».