Arts & Culture

Last updated: 21 june, 2010 - 12:50 GMT

Impressionism

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John Laurenson reports on Normandy's major show of Impressionist paintings from around the world.

He explains why the movement has historically been met with ambivalence in its native France and why the tide of opinion may now be turning.

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