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#️⃣ Hashtags#️⃣ HashtagsEpisode 1: Monet & the First Impressionists Exhibition – Part 1
In this episode Dr James Fox and Alastair Sooke tell first part of the story of Claude Monet's ‘Impression, Sunrise’ and the First Impressionist Exhibition of 1874.
In an art world dominated by a state-run art exhibition called the Salon, a group of radical young artists led by Monet, Degas and Renoir decided to take on the art establishment and stage their own independent exhibition. It was a completely new idea that would transform how artists showed their work. What followed was a turning point in the history of art - the First Impressionist Exhibition of 1874. But would it be a success, would anyone come? And what would the dreaded critics make of it all?
Artworks in this episode include:
Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise, 1872
Jean-Léon Gérôme, L'Éminence Grise, 1873
Edouard Manet, The Railway, 1873
Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic, Jupiter, 1861
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#️⃣ Hashtags#️⃣ HashtagsEpisode 1: Monet & the First Impressionists Exhibition – Part 1
In this episode Dr James Fox and Alastair Sooke tell first part of the story of Claude Monet's ‘Impression, Sunrise’ and the First Impressionist Exhibition of 1874.
In an art world dominated by a state-run art exhibition called the Salon, a group of radical young artists led by Monet, Degas and Renoir decided to take on the art establishment and stage their own independent exhibition. It was a completely new idea that would transform how artists showed their work. What followed was a turning point in the history of art - the First Impressionist Exhibition of 1874. But would it be a success, would anyone come? And what would the dreaded critics make of it all?
Artworks in this episode include:
Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise, 1872
Jean-Léon Gérôme, L'Éminence Grise, 1873
Edouard Manet, The Railway, 1873
Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic, Jupiter, 1861
🎥 Presented by HENI Talks — films that bring art, design, and architecture to life.
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/ @henitalks
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