Impressionism was a revolutionary style of art that originated in Paris in the 1870s. It was started by a small group of artists who were rejected by the Salon and formed their own exhibition. Key characteristics of Impressionist works included short, broken brush strokes; pure, unblended colors; and an emphasis on the effects of light captured outdoors. The Impressionists painted scenes of modern everyday life, including people, bars, horse tracks, and theaters. New technologies of the time influenced them to study light effects and travel to paint landscapes and seascapes. Famous Impressionist artists included Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Degas, Morisot, and Cassatt, each with

1. Impressionism
1874
What is impressionism?
• A style of art that is typical of 19th century France
• Was started in Paris by a small group of
revolutionary artists
• They were rejected by the Salon and formed their own Salon des
Refusés
Characteristics of their work:
• Short, broken brush strokes. Light ,wispy, teaches Gave way to
pointillism
• Pure unblended colors
• Emphasis on the effects of light. They studied natural light, En plain ,Also
studied the effects of artificial lights, New technologies allowed the
artists to study and paint outdoors
• Modern subject matter

2. Content
light

3. Content
• Painted scenes of women and children
• As well as everyday people
• Also painted scenes in bars, horse tracks, brothels, and theaters
Technology
• In addition to the new technologies that allowed the artists to paint outside they were
obsessed with the new technologies of the day
Captured everyday scenes
Influenced painters to paint like a picture
i.e. edges cut off, you wouldn’t see all of a person’s
face, it would be half cut off on the edge
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• Impressionists studied the effects of artificial lighting on
• colors and faces

4. steam engine influenced artists in two main ways
• They studied the effects of light on the steam
• They were able to travel to the seaside and art was brought
over from Asia

5. Artists Of Impressionisms
• Monet
• Pissarro
• Claude Monet
• Edgar Degas
• Pierre-Auguste Renoir
• Berthe Morisot
• Alfred Sisley
• Camille Pissarro
• Mary Cassa

11. • Studied light and shadows
• Loved to paint people
• Also studied women more than others
Pierre-Auguste Renoir

20. Degas’ Works
The tub

21. • One of the only two well known impressionists that was a
woman
• Studied daily activities of women and their childern
• An American, she was a friend of Edgar Degas, and was
invited by him to exhibit with them in Paris.
• Her compositions are somewhat similar to those of Degas
, in the way that she crops the space
• The asymmetrical compositions are also strongly influenced
by the work of Japanese printmakers.
• Cassatt mastered the mediums of oil painting, pastel, and
printmaking.
• The subject which most frequently captured her attention was that
of the tenderness expressed between mothers and children. Cassatt
herself never married or had children. She was of the belief that she
had to make a choice either for motherhood or her career. She chose
art, but children and family life were obviously a preoccupation.
Maternal Caress, 1890-91
Berthe Morisot (1844-1926)

25. Morisot’s Works