Impressionism1874

What is impressionism?• A style of art that is typical of 19th century France• Was started in Paris by a small group of revolutionary artists• They were rejected by the Salon and formed their own Salon des Refusés

Characteristics of their work:• Short, broken brush strokes. Light ,wispy, teaches Gave way to pointillism• Pure unblended colors• Emphasis on the effects of light. They studied natural light, En plain ,Also

studied the effects of artificial lights, New technologies allowed the artists to study and paint outdoors

• Modern subject matter

Content

light

Content• Painted scenes of women and children• As well as everyday people• Also painted scenes in bars, horse tracks, brothels, and theaters

Technology• In addition to the new technologies that allowed the artists to paint outside they were

obsessed with the new technologies of the day

Captured everyday scenes Influenced painters to paint like a picture i.e. edges cut off, you wouldn’t see all of a person’s face, it would be half cut off on the edge

• • Impressionists studied the effects of artificial lighting on • colors and faces

steam engine influenced artists in two main ways

• They studied the effects of light on the steam• They were able to travel to the seaside and art was brought

over from Asia

Artists Of Impressionisms

• Monet• Pissarro• Claude Monet• Edgar Degas• Pierre-Auguste Renoir • Berthe Morisot • Alfred Sisley• Camille Pissarro• Mary Cassa

• Studied light and shadows

• Loved to paint people

• Also studied women more than others

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Degas’ Works

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• One of the only two well known impressionists that was a woman• Studied daily activities of women and their childern • An American, she was a friend of Edgar Degas, and was invited by him to exhibit with them in Paris. • Her compositions are somewhat similar to those of Degas, in the way that she crops the space• The asymmetrical compositions are also strongly influenced by the work of Japanese printmakers.• Cassatt mastered the mediums of oil painting, pastel, and

printmaking.• The subject which most frequently captured her attention was that

of the tenderness expressed between mothers and children. Cassatt herself never married or had children. She was of the belief that she had to make a choice either for motherhood or her career. She chose art, but children and family life were obviously a preoccupation. Maternal Caress, 1890-91

Berthe Morisot (1844-1926)

Morisot’s Works