Town Hall Theater Presents:

Great Art Wednesday -
"The Impressionists & the Man Who Made Them"

Wednesday, October 15 at 11:00am
In the Anderson Studio

Great Art Wednesday is a monthly art exhibition film series running from October 2025 to May 2026.

FROM THE MUSÉE DU LUXEMBOURG & MUSÉE D’ORSAY PARIS, NATIONAL GALLERY LONDON AND PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART AND FROM EXHIBITION ON SCREEN

Uncover the story of art’s greatest revolutionaries—figures like Monet, Cezanne, Degas, Renoir—collectively known as the Impressionists. Today their works fetch tens of millions of dollars around the globe. But who were they and what lies behind their enduring appeal? How exactly did they paint?

Director Phil Grabsky secured unparalleled access to a major exhibition on the man credited with inventing Impressionism as we know it: 19th-century Parisian collector Paul Durand-Ruel. It was Durand-Ruel’s bold decision to exhibit the Impressionists in New York in 1886, introducing wealthy Americans to the new art from France at a time when it faced complete failure in the European market. Here’s the remarkable story of a movement told through the collector who made it happen.