1. Impressionism

2. Photography in the nineteenth century both challenged painters to be true to nature and encouraged them to exploit aspects of the painting medium, like color, that photography lacked. This divergence away from photographic realism appears in the work of a group of artists who from 1874 to 1886 exhibited together, independently of the Salon

3. The leaders of the independent movement were Claude Monet, August Renoir, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, and Mary Cassatt. They became known as Impressionists because a newspaper critic thought they were painting mere sketches or impressions. The Impressionists, however, considered their works finished.

4. Why Impressionism? Photography Tin paint tubes Salon

5. Edouard Manet Stayed mostly traditional. Slowly began to increase strokes of paint.

6. Olympia

7. Luncheon on the Grass

8. The Balcony

9. A Bar at the Folies-Bergeres

10. Monet Leading Impressionist. First started to paint for light and color. Broke outline constraints. Series of same landscape or subject. Water lilies

11. Impression, Sunrise

12. Wheatstacks (End of Summer) 1890-91

13. Poplars along the River Epte, Autumn 1891

16. Auguste Renoir Scenes of popular river resorts and views of a bustling Paris. People and children. Quick brush strokes.

17. La Promenade The Walk 1870

18. Nini in the Garden

19. A Girl With a Watering Can 1876

20. The Canoeists' Luncheon

21. The Luncheon of the Boating Party

22. Mary Cassatt Children, doting on her nieces and nephews and the offspring of friends. One of the first important women artists. Studied Japanese wood printing. Interior scenes of small groups or single figures.

23. Portrait of a Little Girl 1878 Oil on canvas

24. Self-portrait c. 1880 Watercolor on ivory wove paper

25. Young Girl at a Window c. 1883 Oil on canvas

26. Children on the Beach 1884 Oil on canvas

27. Mother and Child 1889 Oil on canvas

28. The Letter 1890-91 Drypoint and aquatint on cream laid paper

29. La Toilette c. 1891 Oil on canvas

30. The Boating Party 1893-94 Oil on canvas

31. Girl Arranging Her Hair

32. Degas Pastels Dancers Cropped pictures

33. Carriage at the Races

34. The Orchestra at the Opera House

35. Ballet Rehearsal on the Set

36. Dancer

37. The Absinthe Drinker

38. The Star

39. Dancers Practicing at the Bar

40. Little Fourteen- Year-Old Dancer. 1879/81. Bronze, painted in part, tulle skirt, satin bow, wooden stand. The Metropolitan Museum of Art,

41. Ballet Class

42. The Tub

43. Pastel on paper