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5 Things You Need to Know About Impressionism

11/21/2015

 
As you all know, we tackle different art histories here at Art Smart, and one of them is Impressionist Art or Impressionism.
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What is Impressionism and how did it start?
 
Impressionism is considered the first distinctly modern movement in painting. It was originated by a group of Parisian artists in the 1860s that rejected the government-sanctioned exhibitions, called the Paris Salon.
 
The Paris Salon is an annual exhibit of art sponsored by the French government. It started in 1863 and to receive a medal from the Salon was an assurance of a successful career.
 
Of course, this stirred a lot of intrigue and scandal among those who got awarded with the medal and those who were not even given a chance to showcase their work.
 
Artists who were shunned away by the Paris Salon had a common theme in their work - it had a momentary and sensory effect of a scene, like an impression objects made on the senses.
 
Eventually, these artists, who we now refer to as Impressionists, were able to exhibit their artworks outside the Salon. They moved from the traditional studio to the streets and the countryside.
​Where was it anchored on?
 
At the time when Impressionism was born, there already was the scientific thought that what the eye perceived and what the brain understood were two completely different things.
 
Impressionists wanted to convey what the eyes can see, how it captures the passage of time, the changes in surroundings, the weather and other shifts in nature.
 
You will notice this common thread among the works of popular Impressionists.
​Who then are the popular Impressionists?
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Claude Monet, as in our example above, is considered the founder of Impressionist painting.​
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Photo source: www.biography.com
​Pierre-Auguste Renoir, also known as Auguste Renoir, was a leading Impressionist painter.
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Photo source: www.biography.com
​Edgar Degas is not only known as an Impressionist painter, but also as a sculptor.
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Photo source: www.biography.com
​Camille Pissarro is a Danish-French painter who was contributed immensely to both the Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist movements. 
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Photo source: www.biography.com
​Édouard Manet was instrumental in the transition of Realist art to Impressionist.
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​Vincent van Gogh is a known post-Impressionist artist. Like other post-Impressionists, they reacted against the naturalism of Impressionists in exploring color and form and the emotional response attributed to the work by the artist. 
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​What did Impressionists do differently?
 
Impressionists started to loosen their brushwork and tried using lighter palettes to include pure and intense colors.
 
Unlike the traditional painters at that time, impressionists did not use traditional linear perspective and made sure not to make the important elements of their work clear. This is the reason why Impressionist work seemed to have an unfinished appearance.
What are the most important Impressionist art?
​Claude Monet's Vetheuil in the Fog (1879)
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Photo source: www.wikipedia.org
​Edouard Manet's Le déjeuner sur l'herbe (1863)
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Photo source: www.wikipedia.org
​Camille Pissarro's White Frost (1873)
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Photo source: www.wikipedia.org

​To learn more about Impressionist Art and how to make an artwork inspired by this movement, do attend our art classes here at Art Smart.
 
We have regular art classes (please see schedule below) and pay-per-session art classes as well. Check out our blog post on the mechanics of our pay-per-session art classes.

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​And for any inquiries, please contact us at 0917-8784766 or 0915-5948191!



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