Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874 (2025) on Netflix
NR20251h 30mDocumentary
In 1874 a group of painters, ridiculed and short of money, stage their own exhibition outside the official channels. Impressionism is born from that show.
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Today the Impressionists are the best-loved group in art, with crowds visiting their paintings each year. At the start, however, they are mocked, penniless outsiders. In 1874 they mount an exhibition of their own, outside official channels, and Impressionism is born. The film asks who these painters are and what leads them to stage that first show a century and a half ago. Instead of historians and curators, it uses the words of artists, the press and Parisians of 1874. A Musée d'Orsay exhibition offers a fresh look at the tale.
