Conocemos la obra de los impresionistas, estamos acostumbrados a verla, sentirla e incluso explicarla, pero en realidad pocos conocen la vida cotidiana de estos creadores, sus influencias primarias y sus procesos creativos.

A pesar de que los adelantos cinematográficos de aquella época no se equiparan a la facilidad con la que ahora podríamos filmar a nuestros artistas favoritos, existen algunas joyas fílmicas que nos muestran la vida de estos pioneros del arte; cortas producciones audiovisuales que nos transportan al París dorado y a la exploración estética con la que estos innovadores experimentaban.

This is unique film of French Impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926), painting outdoors, 'en plein air', in his garden at Giverny.

The footage is in two segments.

Firstly we see the artist outdoors talking to a gentleman.

Then we see Monet painting a water lily-padded pond, a subject for which he is most famed.

Enjoy!

Claude Monet - Filmed Painting Outdoors (1915)

This is unique film of the father of modern sculpture, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), working in his studio in Paris in 1915.

What is particularly interesting in the various pieces of footage is seeing -- close up - the artist's process with marble.

There are four segments of film:

[1] The artist walking up and down the steps of a monumental columned building, and inspecting the structure

[2] Rodin posing top-hatted in a garden 

[3] The sculptor coming out of the then derelict C18 Hôtel Biron, which the artist used as his studio

[4] Rodin sculpting in his studio  


Enjoy!

Auguste Rodin - Filmed Sculpting in his Studio (1915)

" I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things. " Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse speaking about drawing and painting

This is unique film of the Impressionist painter Edgar Degas captured walking down a street in Paris in 1915.

Enjoy!

Edgar Degas - Filmed Walking Down a Paris Street (1915)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Filmed Painting at Home (1919)

This is unique footage of the great Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919).

He is seen at home, working on a canvas.

I'm just astonished it exists - I never imagined I'd see film of him painting - you even get a sense of his method of applying the oil to the canvas.

Also present in this footage are Renoir's youngest son Claude, 14, who stands by to arrange the palette and place the brush in his father's hand, and Sacha Guitry, the man who made this film in 1915 and who appears midway through the film sitting down and talking with the artist.

Enjoy!

Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Filmed Painting at Home (1919)

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Filmaciones originales de Rodin, Degas, Matisse y más impresionistas en su entorno cotidiano. 

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Videos de 1915 muestran a Matisse y a Renoir pintando mientras Rodin trabaja en una escultura

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Videos de 1915 muestran a Matisse y a Renoir pintando mientras Rodin trabaja en una escultura

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