Impressionism

Impressionism was the art that when you look at it you will have different aspects and outcomes that also tell impressions of what you see. Impressionism began in the early 1860s by Manet, breaking away from traditions. In 1874 a group of artists that were Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, Degas and more, they organized an exhibition in Paris to make the move called Impressionism. From this move they continued till they did eight exhibitions more that took place until 1886. There was an important person in this art that who helped them by giving them the opportunity to make their own exhibition in his studio. This person was Nadar who was a famous photographer. If we look at the artists they have their own techniques but they prefer a lot to use bright colours. Many of them did not chose the thick golden varnish but using their own tone and the paintings were also vivid. They used vibrant shades too for example blue green and yellow that painters have never used before.

If we look at Monet`s work he had the iconic of impressionism that was lie freedom. The panting is ‘Impression Sunrise’ that was made in 1872. I like the fact of how he was using the effect of light and this technique displayed his interests and it is changing the effect on the colours. Basically he showed different feelings on different paintings for example you will notice from the brushstrokes. In my opinion he was rat in the pure unblended colours and also the emphasis on the effect of light. The colours that he used were white, greys and black.

The 'Impression Sunrise' painting that is made in 1872.

The other artist that fascinated me was Edouard Manet. Manet in 1874 did the painting called ‘boating’. It was a marvellous work and he showed bright colours, it was like cropped as a painting,  modernity in their form, their subject matter and he used very materials to paint them. This painting is also inspired from the Japanese. If you look closely on the clothes of the woman Manet used the technique of the brushstrokes that it came more eye-catchy.

Manet`s painting that is called 'Boating'.

Pissarro was another impressionism artist that he did several drawings that most of them were the renovated city, public gardens, wide boulevards and grand buildings. Sometimes he was focusing on the city scapes and the city`s inhabitants. Pissarro was the only person who had exhibited in the eight exhibitions that the impressionism artists had made. He was the eldest and he was a very good artist. The most work that I saw interesting was ‘The Garden of the Tuileries on a spring Morning' and it is made on the 1899. The most fascinated thing was that he used bright colours but he shows that the feeling was calm or because it was a normal view.

This is 'The Garden of the Tuileres on a spring Morning' painting.

Resource:

Samu.M.2004.Impressionism: Art and Modernity [online]

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