The Impressionists (TV series)
| The Impressionists | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Docudrama |
| Written by | Sarah Woods Colin Swash |
| Directed by | Tim Dunn |
| Starring | Richard Armitage Charlie Condou Aidan Gillett Julian Glover Andrew Havill Will Keen Michael Muller |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Mary Downes |
| Editor | Andrea Carnevali |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC |
| Release | 30 April – 14 May 2006 |
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The Impressionists is a 2006 three-part factual docudrama produced by the BBC, which reconstructs the origins of the Impressionist art movement. The script was "based on archive letters, records and interviews from the time", and portrays painters Claude Monet, Édouard Manet, and Frédéric Bazille as young idealists taking on the Paris art establishment.
The series features Julian Glover as Old Claude Monet, while Richard Armitage plays Young Claude Monet in flashbacks. The first episode focused on Monet's memories of fellow artists Édouard Manet and Paul Cézanne.
The programme was shot on location in Provence and Normandy, at Claude Monet's home and garden at Giverny and at locations in the UK.