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.
DirectorAli Ray
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Includes: Leonardo: From the National Gallery, London, Manet: Portraying Life, Munch 150, Vermeer and Music, Matisse, Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis, Vincent Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing, The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them, Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood, Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse, Renoir: Reviled and Revered, The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch, I, Claude Monet, The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism, Michelangelo: Love and Death, Canaletto & the Art of Venice, David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts, Cézanne: Portraits of a Life, Degas: Passion for Perfection, Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Young Picasso, Van Gogh & Japan, Leonardo: The Works, Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait, Easter in Art, Frida Kahlo, Sunflowers, Raphael Revealed, The Danish Collector: Delacroix to Gauguin, Pissarro: Father of Impressionism, Hopper: An American Love Story, Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman, Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition, Tokyo Stories, Klimt & The Kiss, John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger, My National Gallery, London, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers, Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874
