Impressionism

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Impressionism

• Is an art movement and style of painting that
  started in France during the 1860s. Impressionism
  is a light, spontaneous manner of painting.
• The movement's name came from Claude Monet's
  early work, Impression A Sunrise, which was
  singled out for criticism in an exhibition. The
  hallmark of the style is the attempt to capture
  the subjective impression of light in a scene.

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• Although the work of the Impressionist painters
  appears very spontaneous, they carefully and
  scientifically planned their work.

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Impressionist Artists

• The core of the earliest Impressionist group was
  made up of Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir,
  and Alfred Sisley.
• Others associated with this period were Camille
  Pissarro, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, and Mary
  Cassatt.

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Here's a list that might help to remember the
issues important to most Impressionists

•  E Everyday life
•  L   Light
•  B   Brushstrokes
•  O   Outdoor settings
•  W Weather and atmosphere

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Claude MonetOne of the leaders Of the Movement

• French Impressionist Painter
• 1840 -1926

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Important Works of Claude Monet

• Haystacks, 1891
• The Rouen Cathedral series, 1892-1894
• Water Lilies, 1906
• Impression Sunrise, 1872

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Claude Monet

• Monet felt that nature knows no black or white
  and nature knows no line. These beliefs resulted
  in this artist creating beautifully colorful and
  energetic pieces of work. The leading member of
  the Impressionists, Claude Monet captured the
  spontaneity of nature's wonderful light.

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• Monet eliminated browns in his paintings.
• It is likely that his palette was limited to
  white, yellow, vermilion (red), rose, light blue,
  dark blue and violet.
• Most amazingly, considering the number of
  landscapes that Monet created during his career,
  is the absence of green in his palette. 

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• IMPRESSION, SUNRISE gave the name to the entire
  Impressionist movement.

1872 painting, "Impression Sunrise"