ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre announces encore screenings of popular Exhibition On Screen presentations. Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874 will show on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 1 p.m.; Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers will show on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 5:30 p.m.; and Michelangelo: Love & Death will be screened on Thursday, Sept. 18, at 1 p.m. 

Working with top international museums and galleries, Exhibition on Screen creates films which offer a cinematic immersion into the world’s best loved art, accompanied by insights from leading historians and arts critics.

Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874

The Impressionists are arguably the most popular group in art history, but, to begin with, they were scorned, penniless and ridiculed mercilessly by critics and the people of Paris for their new style. Yet these outsiders went on to become the iconic founders of the world’s favorite art movement. Who were the maverick personalities that wielded their brushes in such a radical and provocative way? What led to them finally breaking free of the rules to hold their own radical exhibition on April 15, 1874? 

Told uniquely through the words of those who witnessed the birth of Impressionism – the artists, their contemporaries, art critics, writers and commentators of the time – the film reveals the political and social shifts which sparked their new approach to art. It reexamines the moment in history which changed art forever thanks to pioneering artists such as Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne and highlights the crucial contributions of women artists to the Impressionist movement showcasing celebrated works by Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot.

Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers

200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery in London is hosting the UK’s biggest ever Van Gogh exhibition. Vincent Van Gogh is not only one of the most beloved artists of all time, but perhaps the most misunderstood. This film is a chance to reexamine and better understand this iconic artist. Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France, where he revolutionized his style. Van Gogh became consumed with a passion for storytelling in his art, turning the world around him into vibrant, idealized spaces and symbolic characters.

Poets and lovers filled his imagination; everything he did in the south of France served this new obsession. In part, this is what caused his notorious breakdown, but it didn’t hold back his creativity as he created masterpiece after masterpiece. 

Michelangelo: Love & Death

The spectacular sculptures and paintings of Michelangelo seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this Renaissance giant? Michelangelo’s genius is evident in everything he touched. Beautiful and diverse works such as the towering statue of David, the moving Pietà in the Papal Basilica of St. Peter and his tour-de-force, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, still leave us breathless today.

Spanning his 88 years, “Michelangelo: Love and Death” takes a cinematic journey through the print and drawing rooms of Europe and the great chapels and museums of Florence, Rome and the Vatican to seek out a deeper understanding of this legendary figure’s tempestuous life, his relationship with his contemporaries and his incredible legacy.

Tickets are $15/General Admission, $12/Strand Members. Tickets are available online at www.RocklandStrand.com, by calling the box office at (207) 594-0070, or at the walk-up box office when the theater is open for shows and one hour prior to showtime. For more information, visit www.RocklandStrand.com. 

The Strand Theatre is located at 345 Main Street, Rockland.