A series about the French Impressionists and those who were influenced by them
2: Degas and Toulouse-Lautree, two aristocrats who chose to paint washerwomen, dancers and whores and who recorded their era with a brilliance and veracity which is unforgettable.
They broke through the joyous-ness of Impressionism to a world of discord and tragedy which they found beneath appearances. Their violence of line and colour foreshadowed the Expressionism that was to come.
Written by MAX-POL FOUCHET Narrator FRANK DUNCAN
Voice of Degas BERNARD ARCHARD Voice of Toulouse-Lautrec
DAVID MARCH
Other voices CÉCILE CHEVREAU and ALEX DAVION
BERNARD D'ABRIGEON
Produced for French Television Presented for BBCtv by MARGARET MACC .L