The Best Impressionism & Post-Impressionism Documentaries

Art, Music & Design - 31 free documentaries about impressionism & post-impressionism.

Start with Why Did Vincent Van Gogh Cut Off His Own Ear? (49 min, Absolute History), then John Singer Sargent (Full Length): Madame X and Dr. Pozzi (33 min, Great Art Explained). All 31 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on impressionism & post-impressionism is The Judgment of Paris by Ross King.

• Why Did Vincent Van Gogh Cut Off His Own Ear? | The Great Artists (49 min, Absolute History)
• John Singer Sargent (Full Length): Madame X and Dr. Pozzi (33 min, Great Art Explained)
• What Did Monet Eat in a Day? (22 min, The Art Assignment)
• UPDATED: Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night: Great Art Explained (20 min, Great Art Explained)
• The Case for Impressionism (13 min, The Art Assignment)
• Vincent van Gogh: The colour and vitality of his works | National Gallery (30 min, The National Gallery)
• Raiders of the Lost Art | Episode 6 | Van Gogh's Guardian (45 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Vincent van Gogh's Potato Eaters: Great Art Explained (21 min, Great Art Explained)
• Better Know: The Starry Night | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios (8 min, The Art Assignment)
• Monet's Water Lilies: Great Art Explained (16 min, Great Art Explained)
• Georges Seurat: Great Art Explained (15 min, Great Art Explained)
• Why does this painting make some people cry? Claude Monet's 'Water-Lilies' | National Gallery (14 min, The National Gallery)
• The Father of Impressionism: Édouard Manet: Great Art Explained: (15 min, Great Art Explained)
• Better Know Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (9 min, The Art Assignment)
• Paul Cezanne: The father of modern art | National Gallery (25 min, The National Gallery)
• Why did Degas have to reassemble Manet's 'Execution of Maximilian'? | National Gallery (14 min, The National Gallery)
• An art class on Pointillism | National Gallery (15 min, The National Gallery)
• How did Neo-Impressionism shape modern art? | National Gallery (12 min, The National Gallery)
• Vincent van Gogh: Sunflowers, Letters & Life (54 min, The National Gallery)
• Unexpected Views: Alexis Teplin on Cezanne's 'Hillside in Provence' | National Gallery (31 min, The National Gallery)
• Vincent van Gogh and Gauguin | National Gallery (56 min, The National Gallery)
• Renoir in Paris: Impressionism and the 'city of love' | National Gallery (13 min, The National Gallery)
• Curator's Introduction | Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne (74 min, The National Gallery)
• Introduction to 'The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Gauguin Portraits' | National Gallery (48 min, The National Gallery)
• Curator's Introduction | Drawn in Colour: Degas from the Burrell | National Gallery (50 min, The National Gallery)
• Curator's Introduction (59 min, The National Gallery)
• Unexpected Views: Liz Johnson Artur on Degas' 'Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando' | National Gallery (36 min, The National Gallery)
• How are contemporary artists in the Pacific responding to the art of Gauguin? | National Gallery (44 min, The National Gallery)
• Unexpected Views: Tom Lovelace on Seurat's 'Bathers at Asnières' | National Gallery (37 min, The National Gallery)
• Curator's conclusions | The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Monet & Architecture | National Gallery (19 min, The National Gallery)
• Vincent van Gogh Sunflowers Live London (14 min, The National Gallery)

Top-Rated Books About Impressionism & Post-Impressionism

1. The Judgment of Paris by Ross King - View on Amazon
2. Van Gogh by Steven Naifeh - View on Amazon
3. Mad Enchantment by Ross King - View on Amazon
4. Dear Theo by Vincent van Gogh - View on Amazon