Impressionism was a 19th century art movement known for using brush strokes and colors to blend objects together to create a dreamy effect, as seen in Monet's Impression, Sunrise, which gave the movement its name. Key Impressionist artists included Monet, who painted outdoors scenes like haystacks and cathedrals focusing on the effects of light, and Vincent Van Gogh, who was initially somber but later experimented with Impressionism and developed his own Expressionist style, as shown in his famous work The Starry Night.

1. Artists of the 19 th Century

2. Impressionism was a 19 th century art movement. The name of the movement is derived from the title of a Monet work, Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant).

3. Monet

4. Born in 1840 in Paris Developed En plein air : painting from real life in the outdoors 1890’s experimented with light in haystacks, Rouen Cathedral, Parliament and the Seine. 1900 worked on water lilies series and the Thames French Impressionist

5. Impressionist, Sunrise Brush strokes and colors Use of shadows Blending of objects into one another – gives dreamy effect

6. Vincent Van Gogh

7. Only painted for 10 years Early works were dark and somber Impressionist paintings He was greatly influenced by Paul Gauguin One of his famous paintings : The Starry Night Developed Expressionism: the tendency to distort reality for an emotional effect. Dutch Post-Impressionist