ImpressionismImpressionism(1860-1886)(1860-1886)

Principal ArtistsPrincipal Artists

Claude MonetClaude Monet

Camille PissarroCamille Pissarro

Pierre-Auguste RenoirPierre-Auguste Renoir

Alfred SisleyAlfred Sisley

Techniques• Short, broken brush strokes that barely

convey forms.• Pure colours.• Effects of light.• The use of complementary colours.• Shadows and highlights in color, not black.• They worked outside their studios.

SubjectsSubjects

•Modern life.

•The way that ordinary people spent their free time.

•Landscapes.

Each painter developed his own set of theme.

•Monet´s painting “Impression: Sunrise” gave the name to the movement in 1874.

•The Impressionist painters reacted against the traditional art style: Realism.

•They tried to capture an object, landcape or people as the eye saw it.