easy study MAGIC WORLD OF PAINTING impressionism IMPRESSIONISTS Gustave Caillebotte Mary Cassatt Auguste Renoir Berthe Morisot Frederic Bazille Claude Monet Alfred Sisley Edgar Dega Edouard Manet Camille Pissaro 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1870 1830 1832 1834 1839 1840 1841 1844 1848 1880 1883 1890 1900 1894 1895 1899 1910 1930 1920 1903 1917 1919 1926 Alfred Sisley Mary Cassatt Camille Pissaro Auguste Renoir Berthe Morisot Edouard Manet IMPRESSIONISTS Claude Monet Gustave Caillebotte Frederic Bazille Edouard Manet Edgar Dega IMPRESSIONISM BACKGROUND 01 Opposition of young artists to the old school of art Paris Salon FRENCH ART EXHIBITION WHAT : official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts WHERE : Paris, since 1725 in the Louvre, since the 2 half of the 19th century - in Palace of Industry WHO : was established by Louis XIV WHEN: in 1667 02 1863 the Salon jury refused 2/3 of the paintings the rejected artists and their friends protested Salon des Refusés WHAT : an exhibition of works rejected by the jury of the official Paris Salon WHERE : Paris, in another part of the Palace of Industry WHO : was instituted by Napoleon III WHEN: in 1863 Haussmann's renovation of Paris THERE ARE PEDESTRIAN STREETS, BOULEVARDS, PARKS AND EMBANKMENTS. THE CITY IS GETTING PRETTIER. Paris breathes new colors A GROUP OF ARTISTS DESIDED TO PAINT IN NEW WAY 1863 ygolonorhc 1872 1874 1877 1886 “The Luncheon on the Grass” Being rejected by the Salon jury of 1863, Édouard Manet exhibits this painting and two others in a Salon des Refusés “Impression, Sunrise” Claude Monet paints his iconic picture in Havre, France THE FIRST EXHIBITION "ANONYMOUS SOCIETY OF PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, ENGRAVERS" WHAT : The First Impressionist Exhibition WHERE : at the former studio of the photographer Nadar at 35 Boulevard des Capucines in Paris WHEN: April - May WHO : 30 artists display 165 works the 3 exhibition: THE GROUP FORMALLY ADOPTS THE NAME “IMPRESSIONISTS” The 8 and last Impressionist exhibition takes place Louis Leroy, a critic, calls his nasty, satirical review of the event "Exhibition of Impressionists" Claude Monet Edgar Degas Auguste Renoir Camille Pissarro Berthe Morisot Eugene Boudin Alfred Sisley Paul Cezanne INFLUENCE who influenced the Impressionists Spanish artists Barbizon school XVI - XVII XIX El Greco Camille Corot Velasquez Gustave Courbet Eugene Boudin French Romantic artist Eugene Delacroix English landscape artists John Constable William Turner John Crome Photography Japanese engraving FEATURES OF THE MOVEMENT GIST - momentary, sensory effect of a scene the optical effects of light changes in weather the passage of time negation TRADITIONAL LINEAR PERSPECTIVE GOALS CREDO to capture a split second of life: the impression no problems, art for art THE CLARITY OF FORM IDEALIZED FORMS PERFECT SYMMETRY MOOD lightness and airiness, joy, holiday mood PURE BLACK COLOUR Painting techniques Content : COLOURS: STROKES: • visible • light • bright • small • thin • divided LANDSCAPES PORTRAITS DAILY LIFE OF A MODERN CITY EVERYDAY LIFE, WORK AND ENTERTAINMENT OF ORDINARY PEOPLE STILL-LIFE impasto A SKETCH AS A FINISHED WORK REJECTION OF CLEAR CONTOURS FAST WRITING STYLE plein air IMPRESSIONISTS 37 paintings: the biggest impressionist session - "Charing Cross bridge", Monet 30 in figures 165 15 works were exhibited at the first impressionist exhibition paintings were sold at the first impressionist exhibition 17 8 the length of the largest impressionist painting: "Water Lilies", Monet exhibitions of the Impressionists in all 12 163 110 years the impressionist society existed francs - the average price for a painting at the first impressionist auction million $ : Monet's " Haystack" artists took part in the first impressionist exhibition DURATION OF LIFE and cause of death ataxia and leg amputation rheumatism and throat cancer killed during the war pneumonia pulmonary edema Camille Pissaro 73 51 Edouard Manet Edgar Dega 83 60 Alfred Sisley Claude Monet 86 29 Frederic Bazille Berthe Morisot 54 78 Auguste Renoir Mary Cassatt 82 46 Gustave Caillebotte old age old age lung cancer lung disease old age
