The Great Masters of Painting

The Great Masters of Painting

2017 1 Seasons 10 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 Documentary

Major artists having crossed time thanks to their paintings, the great painters knew how to testify of their time through the works which made their fame. Often misunderstood by their peers, burdened by the critics and the Academy, they are the creators of modern artistic currents that have revolutionized the history of art and remain, even today, fascinating subjects of study. This documentary series looks at the career of each of these exceptional artists.

Major artists having crossed time thanks to their paintings, the great painters knew how to testify of their time through the works which made their fame. Often misunderstood by their peers, burdened by the critics and the Academy, they are the creators of modern artistic currents that have revolutionized the history of art and remain, even today, fascinating subjects of study. This documentary series looks at the career of each of these exceptional artists.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Van Gogh

In ten years, Vincent Van Gogh created a considerable body of work, charged with naturalism, inspired by impressionism,

EP 2

Leonardo da Vinci

Painter, architect, doctor, inventor ahead of his time, Leonardo da Vinci continues to fascinate us today. Perceived as

EP 3

Claude Monet

Monet is recognized as one of the creators of Impressionism, the leader of the movement, the most convinced and the most

EP 4

Delacroix

French painter, Eugène Delacroix is a major figure of romanticism in painting. Although he found support from the press

EP 5

Cézanne

Born into a bourgeois family in Aix-en-Provence, Paul Cézanne moved to Paris where he became a prominent member of the

EP 6

Rembrandt

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born at the beginning of the 17th century into a family of the established middle cla

EP 7

Degas

If Degas, painter, engraver, sculptor, photographer and collector, is attached to the great movement of the Impressionis

EP 8

Edouard Manet

EP 9

Toulouse-Lautrec

During his adolescence, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec suddenly stopped growing because of a bone disease and two falls from

EP 10

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A full member of the Impressionist group, Pierre Auguste Renoir evolved in the 1880s towards a more realistic style unde

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