1. IMPRESSIONISM

2. 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.

3. CLAUDE MONET, Rouen Cathedral, 1892-1894. Oil on canvas, 10’4” x 21’9”.

4. CLAUDE MONET, Four Poplar Trees, 1891. Oil on canvas,

5. CLAUDE MONET, Haystack at the Sunset Near Giverny, 1891. Oil on canvas.

6. PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR, Le Moulin de la Galette, 1876. Oil on canvas, 4’3” x 5’8”.

7. EDGAR DEGAS, The Rehearsal Onstage, 1874. Pastel, ink on paper, 1’ 9” x 2’4”.

8. MARY CASSATT, The Bath, c. 1892. Oil on canvas, 3’3” x 2’2”.

9. MARY CASSATT, Mother and Child with a Rose Scarf, 1908. Oil on canvas, 3’10” x 3’.

10. ÉDOUARD MANET, Bar at the Folies Bergère, 1881-1882. Oil on canvas, 2’2” x 4’3”.

11. BERTHE MORISOT, Villa at the Seaside, 1874. Oil on canvas, 1’8” x 2’.

12. HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, At the Moulin Rouge, 1892-1895. Oil on canvas, 4’ x 4’7”.

13. JAMES WHISTLER, Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist’s Mother, 1871. Oil on canvas.

14. JAMES WHISTLER, Nocturne in Black and Gold, c. 1875. Oil on panel, 2’ x 1’7”.