3. Impressionist Techniques
• Impasto method: thick paint application
where brushstrokes are visible
• Little mixing paint on the canvas – colors
appear more vivid
• Upper layers of paint are added while the
lower layers are still wet – creates softer
edges
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4. Impressionist Techniques
• The surface is usually opaque – no
glazing used.
• Focus on the effects of light on objects
and the reflection of objects on others in
the scene
• Study of effets de soir—the shadows of
objects in the evening or twilight
• Shadows in outdoor scenes are created
using blue to show the reflection of the
sky.
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5. Study of Light
Rouen Cathedral Series
Claude Monet
1892-1894
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7. Name This Painting
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Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh
Created: June 1889
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Starry Night
Evening Sunlight Dance
8. Name This Painting
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Dancers at the Bar by Edgar Degas
Created: 1888
La Seine au Point du Jour
Dancers at the Bar
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9. Pierre-Auguste Renoir
February 25, 1841 - December 3,1919
French painter known for intimate
paintings of people. As characteristic
of Impressionist painting, the people
and objects in his paintings softly
transition from one to another and the
light of the scene is a primary focus.
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10. Name This Painting
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Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La
Grande-Jatte
by Georges Seurat
Created: 1884-1886
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Summer Day
Sunday Afternoon on the
Island of La Grande-Jatte
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The Harbor at Lorient
by Berthe Morisot
Created: 1869
Paysage au bord du Lez
The Harbor at Lorient
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12. Georges Seurat
December 2, 1859 - March 29, 1891
French post-Impressionist painter and
draftsman. He, along with Paul Signac
developed the painting technique
known as Pointillism where dots of
pure color are applied to the canvas to
form images.
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13. Name This Painting
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Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette
by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Created: 1876
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A Bar at the Folies-Bergere
Dance at Le Moulin de la
Galette
14. Name This Painting
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Haystacks (sunset)
by Claude Monet
Created: 1890-1891
Hay Harvest at Eragny
Haystacks
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15. Mary Cassatt
May 22, 1844 - June 14, 1926
An American painter and printmaker,
Cassatt focused on portraying the roles
of women and their relationships –
particularly with their children – in her
works.
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The Child’s Bath
by Mary Cassatt
Created: 1893
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Woman in the Bath
The Child’s Bath
17. Name This Painting
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A Bar at the Folies-Bergere
by Edouard Manet
Created: 1882
A Bar at the Folies-Bergere
The Plum
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18. Edouard Manet
January 23, 1832 – April 30, 1883
He was a French painter whose works
focused on modern life and greatly
influenced the beginning of the
Impressionist movement and modern
art.
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19. Name This Painting
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La Seine au Point du Jour
by Alfred Sisley
Created: 1877
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La Seine au Point du Jour
Jardin a Sainte-Adresse
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Boulevard Montmartre
by Camille Pissarro
Created: 1897
Boulevard Montmartre
Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne
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21. Berthe Morisot
January 14, 1841 – March 2, 1895
A French painter whose works focused
on things she encountered in her daily
life. They included rural landscape or
gardening settings and portraits.
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22. Name This Painting
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Jardin a Sainte-Addresse
by Claud Monet
Created: 1893
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On the Terrace
Jardin a Sainte-Addresse
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Woman in the Bath
by Edgar Degas
Created: 1886
Woman in the Bath
The Child’s Bath
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24. Edgar Degas
July 19, 1834 – September 27, 1917
A French artist known for his paintings
of dancers. He is considered one of the
founders of Impressionism although he
preferred to think of himself as a
Realist. He was also a sculptor and
printmaker.
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25. Conclusion
“Encompassing what its adherents
argued was a different way of seeing, it
is an art of immediacy and movement,
of candid poses and compositions, of
the play of light expressed in a bright
and varied use of colour.”
(Wikipedia/Impressionism/Overview)
