Realism
Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
A new role for paint and canvas.

Art For Art’s Sake
Whistler: His Mother or Arrangement In Grey and Black

Degas
Candid moments

Degas
No dramatic finish. Local color emphasis

Real life’s candid moments.
Real paint’s interpretation.
Degas: L’Absinthe

Say farewell to
Romanticism.
Degas Bath

A moment in practice
is the performance.

Origin of the IMPRESSIONIST Label

Whistler Monet
East meets West

Monet The Saint-Lazare Station
Changing light on
forms and atmosphere
at a particular time of day

The Rouen Cathedral Mission

Monet Rouen
Sunlight on forms at a particular time of day.

Monet: Poplars

Water Lilies
Water Lilies
Water Lilies

Renoir: Early &
Late
Portrait of William Sisley Girl With Watering Can
Can you name the artist?

Renoir’s Changing Style
Renoir: Form dissolves into color passages.

Renoir’s world

Renoir: Moulin-galette

Caillebotte Floor Scrapers
Other Impressionists And Their Worlds

Caillebotte: Rooftops Under Snow

Mary Cassatt Berthe Morisot The Cradle
Two Women Impressionists

Should we believe everything
we read about color?
Impressionism Misconception
“Impressionists replaced the
gray toned works associated
with traditional studio art with
strokes of bright, unmixed colour.”
Some art historians perpetuate a myth, when closer scrutiny reveals flawed seeing.
Note the difference between full chroma swatches and Monet’s actual color palette.