Impressionism

Quick Facts• Began in the 1860s• In France• Was not widely accepted or admired at the

time; many were critical• Color• Balance• TEXTURE: Small brush strokes• Reproduced artists’ visual “impression”

Impressionism Characteristics• Light was important to the Impressionists.

They wanted to capture the moment• Light on objects and the shadows around

them change during the day.

• Impressionists wanted capture the way light changed colors in their surroundings. That’s how they captured the moment.

Claude Monet Impression Sunrise

*Painted still lifes in different lighting

*Painted many times the same subject or view in different lighting

Claude Monet

• Woman with a Parasol

More Monet…Water lilies

Edgar Degas• The Glass of Absinthe

Degas

Dancers in Pink

*Considered the master of drawing the human figure in motion*Known for paintings of ballerinas*Drew scenes of horse races and race tracks

Edouard Manet Boating

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Camille Pissaro-Shepherdess

Mary Cassatt• She was an American.• She painted mothers and children.• She had no children of her own.• She was friends with Degas, who also is an

impressionist.

• Each work is based on immediate visual impression of a scene.

• Each work is study of light and atmosphere and play of reflections and color.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQLwVtb8kDo (play to 3:58) Play the rest next week for Post Impressionism).

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN2aTAPdVHI&feature=related