Impressionism & Post-Impressionists | Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre (Episode 1)

A 2004 Arts Documentary narrated by Samuel West, broadcasted as part of BBC The Private Life of a Masterpiece series. English subtitles (Click on CC)

A lively dance, a vase of brilliant yellow flowers and an afternoon on the banks of the Seine provide the inspiration for these three masterpieces from the Impressionist and post-Impressionist eras. Three meticulous documentaries outline the histories and far-reaching influence of Auguste Renoir's Dance at the Moulin De La Galette, Vincent van Gogh's The Sunflowers and Georges Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte.

Episode 1: This painting was once described as the most beautiful of all the artworks of the 19th century. Certainly it seems the happiest. But beneath renoir's joyful portrayal of working class Parisians at leisure is another, darker story.

Episode 2: https://rumble.com/v4tdouw-impressionism-and-post-impressionists-sunflowers-episode-2.html