IMPRESSIONI

SM: Origins
of the
Movement

IMPRESSIONSM
-An art movement
-Coined from
Claude Monets
Impression, soliel
levant

IMPRESSIONSM
- The viewers
momentary
impression of
an image.

The Barque of Dante

Eugene Delacroix, 1822

IMPRESSIONI
SM:
A Break From
Past Painting

Color & Light:

-Freely brushed
colors
-Short broken
strokes
-Placed pure

Everyday Subjects:
- Scenes of life
- Household objects
- Landscapes
- Seascapes
- Houses
- Cafes
- Buildings
- Ordinary people

Painting
Outdoors:
- painting
outdoors in
natural light

Open Composition:
- unusual visual
angles
-Sizes of objects that
appeared out of
proportion
-Off-center
placement

Influence of
Photography:
-Capture fleeting
moments of action

IMPRESSION
SIM:
Works of
Manet,

EDOUARD
MANET
(1832-1883)

He was one of the first

th
19 century artists to
depict modern-life
subjects. He was a key
figure in the transition
from realism to
impressionism, with a
number of his works
considered as marking

Argenteuil
1874

Rue Mosnier Decked With Fl

1878

Caf
Concert
1878

The Bar at
the FoliesBergere
1882

Claude
Monet
(1840 1926)

He was one of the

founders of the
impressionist
movement along with
his friends August
Renoir, Alfred Sisley,
and Frederic Bazille. He
was the most
prominent of the group;

Monet is best
known for his
landscape
paintings,
particularly those
depicting his
beloved flower

La
Promenad
e
1875

The Red Boats, Argenteuil

1875

Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies

1889

Irises in Monets Garden

1900

Impression, Sunrise
1972

Auguste
Renoir
(1841 1919)

He was one of the central

figures of the
impressionist movement.
His early works were
snapshots of real life, full
of sparkling color and
light. By the mid-1880s,
however, Renoir broke
away from the
impressionist movement

Dancer
1874

A Girl with a
Watering Can
1876

Mlle Irene Cahen

dAnvers
1880

Luncheon of the Boating Party

1881