1. Revision: Peintures/Atget Semester 1 Final French 3

2. Les peintres “anti-académie”: Les peintres de BARBIZON. The French Academy had insisted painters be trained in the “Neo Classical” tradition. Landscapes were not considered a noble subject matter. They were seen only as a backdrop to historical paintings. Barbizon painters LOVED landscapes!

3. Jean-François MILLET He was a “Realist/Naturalist” painter. Loved to paint the humble peasant farmer. The Gleaners, 1857

4. MILLET, L’ Angelus, 1857

5. Monet Father of Impressionism He loved to experiment with the effect of light on subjects-would often paint the same object over and over at different times of the day Painted outdoors, “en pleine-aire”.

9. Cézanne Cézanne was the father of modern art. His work was rather abstract, based on the cylinder, cone and sphere. He loved still-lifes, landscapes and portraits.

10. Nature Morte=Still life

11. Paysage=landscape

12. Portraits

13. Matisse He loved to experiment with wild colors. He was one of the “Fauves” (Wild Beast) artists. Towards the end of his career, he used cut paper to “paint with scissors”.

16. Papiers découpés=cut paper

17. Eugène Atget Maker of “documents” of Paris, Late 1800’s, early 1900’s

18. Café, Avenue de la Grande-Armée, 1924–25

19. “Versailles” 1923

20. “Le Cirque” 1920