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[#164596] Written by: artistharry [08/08/11, 06:22]
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Part 2: The Great Outdoors
Waldemar Januszczak continues his investigation of the Impressionists by taking us outdoors to their
most famous locations. Although Impressionist pictures often look sunny and relaxed, achieving this
peaceful air was hard work. Trudging through fog, wind and rain, across treacherous coastal rocks
and knee-deep snow, Waldemar shows us how the famous spontaneity of the Impressionists is thoroughly
misleading. This episode visits the French riverside locations that Monet loved to paint, and where
Renoir captured the bonhomie of modern life. Waldemar also introduces a number of technical and
practical developments of the age which completely revolutionised Impressionist painting - the
invention of portable easels; the use of hog's hair in paint brushes; as well as the introduction of
the railway through France. Plus, Januszczak explains Cezanne's part in the Impressionist story.
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