Impressionism was an art movement that developed in France in the 1870s-1890s. It started as a rejection of traditional Academie des Beaux-Arts styles by radical painters. Impressionist paintings emphasized the general impression of a scene rather than details through use of short brush strokes, unmixed colors, and play of light/color. Founders like Monet, Renoir, and Pissarro painted outdoors and were influenced by photography and Japanese woodblock prints. The movement included musical and literary works as well and led to Neo-Impressionism with Pointillism.

1. ImpressionismBy RachanaSudhamanA1-501

2. ImpressionismAn art movement developed in France in the 1870-1890sStarted by radical painters who rejected the traditionalist Academie des Beaux-Art.

3. Named so by a Parisian art critic- Louis Leroy.Impression- Le Soleil Levant (The Rising Sun) by Claude Monet,1872

4. CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS

5. Emphasis on the general impression produced by a scene or an object.Armand GuillauminSunset at Ivry (Soleil couchant à Ivry) 1873,

6. Rejection of established styles.Claude Monet, The Cliff at Étretat after the Storm, 1885

7. Rejection of established styles.In the Voorhees Garden by Matilda Brown 1914

8. Play of light expressed in bright & varied use of color.The cradle by Berthe Morrisot,1872

9. Short brush strokes. The colors remained unmixed.The boating by Eduard Manet 1874

10. Freely brushed colors took precedence over lines and contours.The Japanese Bridge by Claude Monet

11. The overall visual effect was more important than the visual details- the colors were not blended smoothly.Water Lilies by Monet

12. Use of unmixed primary colorsAllee of Chestnut trees Alfred Sisley

13. Rather than neutral whites, grays and blacks, colors were used for the shadows. Manet, Le Grand Canal

14. Incorporation of new ideas, technology and depictions of modern lifeTrain in the Snow by Claude Monet

15. GustaveCaillebotte, (1848–1894), Paris Street on a rainy day, 1877

16. History

17. Founders

18. Eugene Boudin

19. StanislasLepin

20. Jongkind

21. Influenced the future impressionists

22. Started the tradition of painting “en plien air”VoiliersdevantTrouville by Eugene Boudin

23. Need to break out of the limitations set forth by traditionalists

24. Rejection of Eduard Manet’s “Dejeuner surl’Herbe” by Salon of the Academie de Beaux-Arts

25. Salon des RefuseesFranco-Prussian War

26. Pissarro, Monet, Sisley move to LondonOther Influences

27. En Plein air (in open air)On the terrace by Pierre Auguste Renoir

28. The Hay Harvest at Eragny by Camille Pissarro

29. Influence of the spontaneity of Photography Lady in the boat by Edmund Greacam

30. Trouville by Eugene Boudin 1864

31. Japanese Woodblock PrintsThe space and depth using perspectiveBridging the Lieutenant by Harry Hoffman

32. Some important Impressionist painters

33. Claude MonetHis style of painting light through color

34. Painting in the open air.

35. Lyrical composition of a vision

36. Colorful sensations

37. Edgar DegasRemained influenced by traditional styles

38. Work in progress from a new perspective. Painted the working class people- Dancers, circus artistes etc…The Dance class by Edgar Degas

39. Ballet Dancers at the bar

40. At the milliners shop

41. Eduard ManetPhotographic depictions