Pierre Auguste Renoir was a tale of rags to riches, and his modest beginnings could be the catalyst behind his success. Known for his celebration of colour, vibrancy, and the human candor, Renoir went from an artist struggling to pay for paint,

Ellen Mary in a White Coat, Mary Cassatt (1896)

Aug 13th, 2021 8m 50s

Mary Cassatt walked into an artistic rebellion and became one of the three great ladies ‘Les Trois grandes dammes’ of the Impressionist movement. She made such an impact on the movement, that her work was described at the time as ‘as good as a

Fruit Displayed on a Stand, Gustave Caillbotte (1872)

Aug 1st, 2021 10m 14s

Apple, with many other fruits at a market stall, from Gustave Caillebotte’s Fruit Displayed on a Stand was the inspiration for a truly impressionist notion, why not paint a still life of something you would paint indoors, outdoors? And rather t

Turn In the Road, Paul Cezanne (1881-1882)

Aug 1st, 2021 8m 47s

Paul Cezanne was an artist who often took the road less travelled, turning his back on the artistic norms of the time, and instead, shifted his gaze and brush to peculiar vantage points of his muse. Cezanne’s Turn in the Road wasn’t the turn in

Grainstack (snow effect), Claude Monet (1891)

Jul 13th, 2021 9m 46s

Claude Monet got into repetition in a big way. Toward the end of the 1800s, he painted a series of 15 "grainstacks". Enormous stacks of hay, wheat, barley or anything else that was growing within walking distance of Monet's house. An act of cre

Racehorses at Longchamp, Edgar Degas (1871)

Jul 13th, 2021 8m 45s

Edgar Degas was one of the founding members of impressionism, He hated the term “impressionism” and didn’t want a label. All his paintings were created from memory and imagination – he loved to say that “no art can be less spontaneous than min

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Beyond The Frame Trailer

Jul 4th, 2021 2m 1s

HSBC proudly presents “Beyond the Frame” a look behind the bigger picture of some of the world’s most important Impressionist art. In this season we’re looking at the rebellion of the French Impressionists – it wasn’t all dreamy brushwork, but