IMPRESSIONISM

TIME PERIOD 1872 – 1880s KEY IDEAS  Art of industrialized, urbanized Paris.  Artists focused on a single moment and tried to create an ‘impression’.  Brushwork is spontaneous and fluid.  Impressionists were preoccupied with the effects of light and color on form.  Artists make little to no attempt to blend color.

CLAUDE MONET, Rouen Cathedral, Oil on canvas, 10’4” x 21’9”.

CLAUDE MONET, Four Poplar Trees, Oil on canvas,

CLAUDE MONET, Haystack at the Sunset Near Giverny, Oil on canvas.

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR, Le Moulin de la Galette, Oil on canvas, 4’3” x 5’8”.

EDGAR DEGAS, The Rehearsal Onstage, Pastel, ink on paper, 1’ 9” x 2’4”.

MARY CASSATT, The Bath, c Oil on canvas, 3’3” x 2’2”.

MARY CASSATT, Mother and Child with a Rose Scarf, Oil on canvas, 3’10” x 3’.

ÉDOUARD MANET, Bar at the Folies Bergère, Oil on canvas, 2’2” x 4’3”.

BERTHE MORISOT, Villa at the Seaside, Oil on canvas, 1’8” x 2’.

HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, At the Moulin Rouge, Oil on canvas, 4’ x 4’7”.

JAMES WHISTLER, Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist’s Mother, Oil on canvas.

JAMES WHISTLER, Nocturne in Black and Gold, c Oil on panel, 2’ x 1’7”.