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200660 minPGdocumentary

7.9/ 10(7 ratings)• TMDB

The Impressionists

200660 minPGdocumentary

7.9/ 10(7 ratings)• TMDB

The origins of the Impressionist art movement are reconstructed through the lives and works of artists such as Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

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The origins of the Impressionist art movement are reconstructed through the lives and works of artists such as Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

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Tim Dunn

Tim Dunndirector

Colin Swashwriter

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The Impressionists is a three-part factual docudrama from the BBC, which reconstructs the origins of the Impressionist art movement.

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