IMPRESSIONISMIn painting . History . Characteristic . Painters .
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considered the first distinctly modern
movement in painting
A New Movement rebel artists of the 1870s refused
to conform to the rigid academic standards of painting
their work was not accepted at Paris' sole art exhibition, the
Salon
so, they struck out on their own and started a new movement in
the art world
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Art critic Louis Leroy came up with
the name 'Impressionist'
critiquing the 1874 exhibit, he remarked
that the artists' paintings looked
unfinished, like they were just sketches or impressions rather
than completed works of art
A New Movement A New Name
A New Movement A New Name
Claude Monet, Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise), 1872, oil on canvas, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris
This painting became the source of the movement's name, after Louis Leroy's article The Exhibition of the Impressionists declared that the painting was at most, a sketch
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Impressionism
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CHARACTERISTICS
outdoor En Plain
Air Painting
characterized by rapid,
spontaneous and loose
brushstrokes Monet, Water Lilies, 1919
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representation of light and its
reflection
the realistic depiction of light; Impressionist
artists sought to capture fleeting
momentsMonet, Impression, Sunrise , 1873
The Impressionists sought to capture the former - the optical effects of light - to convey the passage of time, changes in weather, and other shifts in the atmosphere in their canvases
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use of color separating colors
and letting the eye's perception
mix them
the realistic depiction of light; Impressionist
artists sought to capture fleeting
momentsRenoir, The Skiff (La Yole), 1875
he places an orange boat against cobalt blue water. Orange and blue were understood to be opposite one another in the colour spectrum, and by placing them next to each other, each looked deeper and brighter.
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painting quickly appearance of quickly painted
surfaces
Monet, The Beach at Trouville, 1870
The Beach at Trouville is a small picture, painted by Monet while
he was on honeymoon on the Channel coast. He and his wife
Camille were on their way to London to escape the Franco-Prussian war
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modern life as the subject
matter
Degas, The Beach Scene, 1869
Modern life and the way that ordinary people spent their free time were popular subjects with
many Impressionist painters
FAMOUS IMPRESSIONIST
was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape
painting
The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting Impression, soleil levant (Impression,
Sunrise), which was exhibited in 1874 in the first of the independent exhibitions mounted by Monet and
his associates as an alternative to the Salon de ParisOscar-Claude Monet
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This painting raised a storm of criticism and gave its name to
the movement. The Impressionism was born.
Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise, 1873
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This work was in the collection of the Havemeyers, who considered Monet the greatest impressionist landscape painter.
At the turn of the century, Monet became the most popular impressionist painter in the
United States
Claude Monet ,The Waterlily Pond, 1897
MASTERPIECE
This woman with an umbrella painted against the light is Camille, Monet's wife,
and their son Jean
Claude Monet ,The Walk, Woman with a Parasol, 1875
MASTERPIECE
Claude Monet ,The Magpie, 1869 Claude Monet ,Irises in Monet’s Garden, 1900
FAMOUS IMPRESSIONIST
a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style
Renoir's work seems always to be about pleasurable occasions, and reveals no great seriousness in his
subjects.
He is a celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
MASTERPIECE
remains the best known and most popular work of art at
The Phillips Collection
The painting captures an idyllic atmosphere as Renoir's friends
share food, wine, and conversation on a balcony
overlooking the Seine at the Maison Fournaise restaurant in
Chatou
Renoir,Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880-81
MASTERPIECE
It has been described as "one of the museum's most beloved
works“
The work depicts two of Renoir's friends, Suzanne Valadon and Paul Auguste Llhote
Renoir ,Dance at Bougival, 1883
MASTERPIECE
Like other works of Renoir's early maturity, Bal du moulin de la Galette is a
typically Impressionist snapshot of real life. It shows a richness of form, a fluidity of brush
stroke, and a flickering light
The painting depicts a typical Sunday afternoon at Moulin de la Galette in the district of Montmartre in Paris. Working class Parisians would dress up
and spend time there dancing, drinking, and eating galettes into the evening
Renoir, Bal du moulin de la Galette, 1876 (Dance at Le moulin de la Galette)
MASTERPIECERenoir , Lise Sewing, 1866 Renoir , In Summer, 1868
FAMOUS IMPRESSIONIST
He is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict
dancers. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism, although he rejected the term,
preferring to be called a realist
His portraits are notable for their psychological complexity and for their portrayal of human isolation
Edgar Degas
MASTERPIECEDegas, Blue Dancers, 1899 Degas, The Dance Class,
1873-76
MASTERPIECE
Degas ,A Cotton Office in New Orleans, 1873 Degas, Dancers in Pink, 1880-85
MASTERPIECE
Degas , Ballet Rehearsal, 1873 Degas , Young Spartans Exercising, 1860
FAMOUS IMPRESSIONIST
Pissarro is the only artist to have shown his work at all eight Paris Impressionist
exhibitions, from 1874 to 1886. He "acted as a father figure not only to the
Impressionists" but to all four of the major Post-Impressionists, including Georges Seurat, Paul Cézanne,
Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.
Camille Pissarro
MASTERPIECE
Pissarro, Le Boulevard de Montmartre, 1897 Pissarro, Landscape at Chaponval,1880
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Pissarro, The Wheelbarrow, Orchard, 1881 Pissarro, The Garden at Pontoise,1874
FAMOUS IMPRESSIONIST
He was the most consistent of the Impressionists in his dedication to
painting landscape en plein air (i.e., outdoors)
an English Impressionist landscape painter who was born and spent most of his life in France
Alfred Sisley
MASTERPIECE
Sisley, Flood at Port-Marly, 1876 Sisley, Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne, 1872
MASTERPIECE
Sisley, View of the Canal Saint-Martin, 1870 Sisley, Small Meadows in Spring, 1880
FAMOUS IMPRESSIONIST
Many of Bazille's major works are examples of figure painting in which Bazille placed the subject figure within a landscape
painted en plein air
Jean Frédéric Bazille
MASTERPIECE
Bazille, The Pink Dress, 1864
Bazille, View of the Village,1868
MASTERPIECE
Bazille, Summer Scene, 1869
Bazille, Landscape at Chailly,1865
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The Impressionists aimed to capture the momentary, sensory effect of a scene - the impression
objects made on the eye in a fleeting instant.
To achieve this effect, many Impressionist artists moved from the
studio to the streets and countryside, painting en plein air. Impressionism
Techniques
- They tended toward bright, pure colors that seemed to jump off the
canvas in their boldness and strike the viewer with
their intensity
- used short, quick brushstrokes that touched colors to the canvas in little
comma-like shapes one after another
- sometimes, they didn't bother to use a brush at all, applying paint to the canvas directly from the
tube
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