Impressionism The first total artistic revolution since the Renaissance Impression Sunrise- Monet

Impressionism Characterized by immediate visual sensations through color and light. Their goal was present an “impression’ or the initial sensory perceptions recorded by an artist in a brief glimpse.

Impressionism Color was not permanent, it changed depending on the time of day, weather and season.

Woman Bathing by Degas

Impressionism Impressionists put daubs of color side by side. At a distance the eye fused streaks of blue and yellow making them green. It made the color more intense

Sunset in Venice by Monet

Impressionism Composition seemed nonexistent. Overloaded one side of the canvas, with figures chopped off by the picture frame.

Dancer with a Bouquet of Flowers by Degas

Impressionism After Impressionism art would never be the same. By defying convention, these rebels established the artist’s right to experiment with personal style.

Manet The Father of Modern Art Never exhibited with the Impressionists Known for his sketchy brushwork which gave his paintings an unfinished look. His images appeared flat and hard Suggested form through broad, flat patches/areas of color.

Berthe Morisot by Manet

Monet Dissolved subject into light and atmosphere. He would haul 30 canvases to the field to record haystacks, replacing one canvas with the next as the light changed. “In one of his Poplars the effect lasted only seven minutes, or until the sunlight left a certain leaf. Then he would take out the next canvas and work on that.

Haystacks Morning by Monet

Haystacks Mid-day by Monet

Haystacks End of Day-Autumn by Monet

Haystacks winter by Monet

Monet Known for his soft edges, sunny hues, and landscapes. His early technique was applying small dabs of pigment next to one another. Called Optical Mixing, these broken colors blended at distance.

Woman with a Parasol by Monet

Monet 1880’s he changed his technique: Rather than specks of paint, he lengthened his brushstrokes into sinuous sweeps of color. Eliminated outlines and contours until form and line almost disappeared Hazy mist of swirling color.

Water Lilies- Monet

Renoir Painted café society, children, flowers, and voluptuous nudes Known for quick brushstrokes, blurred figures blended into hazy background

Girl with a Watering Can- Renoir

Renoir Refused to use black. “It is not a color”, believed black punched a hole in the canvas Used dark blue coats of paint to create shadows Fragmented form into glowing patches of light applied with short brushstrokes of distinct color

Luncheon of the Boating Party-Renoir

Degas Pastel Portraits of human figures in stop action poses. Known for offbeat angles with figures cropped at edge of canvas. Asymmetrical compositions often with voids at center of canvas

The Rehearsal- Degas

Blue Dancers- Degas