1. IMPRESSIONISM:
SPONTANEITY, DIRECTNESS, NEW EXCITEMENT TO THE ART OF PAINTING

2. MONET’S IMPRESSION OF SUNRISE
Group of artist ( Monet, Degas, Renoir etc.) whose work had been rejected by the “stuffy” Salon held an exhibition of their own at the studio of the photographer Nadar.
Impressionism (as a art name) was coined by Louis Leroy who mockingly called the artists in an article “impressionist” after Monet’s painting Impression, Sunrise (1872)
The name stuck

4. WHO’S WHO: PRIMARY
Claude Monet: Lily-pond painter was master of light and color, eventually went blind
Edgar Degas: Ballerinas
Pierre Auguste Renoir: Pollyanna with a paintbrush; made dappled pictures of the good life, including copious nudes. Later ripped with rheumatoid arthritis
Auguste Rodin: Sculptor

5. WHO’S WHO: SECONDARY(SOME NOT ALL)
Edouard Manet— connected with novelist Emile Zola
Mary Cassett—American painter of Mother/children
John Sargent: American
John Whistler: American

6. ART ACADEMIES, SALONS, AND ECOLES
Since the Renaissance various official groups have schemed to control the way art was taught and exhibited.
Art Academy was originally inspired by Plato’s school—called simply the Academy
Art academies supervised the training of apprentice artist, arranged annual exhibitions called salons, and upheld standards of artistic correctness
Over the years, most proved hostile to new and creative art
The “avent-garde artists” would rebel having their own exhibitions and eventually the power of the academies were all but broken

7. CLAUDE MONET WATERLOO BRIDGE, SUNLIGHT EFFECT, 1903 OIL ON CANVAS
25 7/8 X 39 3/4
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

8. PIERRE=AUGUSTE RENOIR, 1876
LE MOULIN DE LA GALETTE (PEOPLE IN PARIS)
OIL ON CANVAS
131 X 175 CM
MUSEE D’ORSAY

9. EDWARD DEGAS: 1983-95 DANCING LESSON OIL ON CANVAS 15 1/2” X 39 3/4”
STERLING &FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE, WILLIAMSTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS

10. MARY CASSATT, 1891 LETTER ETCHING AND AQUATINT 17” X 11 7/8”
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART

11. AUGUSTE RODIN, 1881
THE THINKER
BRONZE
23”
MUSEE RODIN, PARIS

12. WINSLOW HOMER, 1873-1876 BREEZING UP OIL ON CANVAS 24 1/8” X 38 1/8”
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON, D.C.

13. JOHN SINGER SARGENT, 1882 DAUGHTERS OF EDWARD BARLEY OIL ON CANVAS
7’ 3” X 7’ 3”
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, MA

14. JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER, 1871
ARRANGEMENT IN BLACK AND GRAY (PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST’S MOTHER)
OIL ON CANVAS
56.8” X 63.9”
MUSEE D’ORSAY, PARIS

15. SUMMARY OF IMPRESSIONISM
Impressionist exhibited together but painted in varying styles
Interested in the effects of light and atmosphere
Known for perfecting the technique if divisionism, in which dashes of complementary color were placed side by side on the canvas to create shadows
Planned their pictures very carefully in order to reproduce the spontaneous experience of daily life.