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Page 1: French Impressionism Art History Unit Floral Design

French Impressionism

Art History UnitFloral Design

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French Impressionism Period Started by a group of Paris-based artists who

exhibited their art in the 1860’s. The name of the movement is derived from

Claude Monet’s Impression, Sunrise painting. Characteristics of Impressionist painting

include visible brushstrokes, light colors, open composition, and emphasis on light in its changing qualities

Radicals in their time, this group broke the picture-making rules of painting. They allowed colors to overpower lines.

Primary Artists:

Monet DegasVan Gogh

Renoir SeuratCezanne

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Monet

Claude Monet – French painter, initiator, leader, and unswerving advocate of the Impressionist style

Later, his attention was focused on the gardens at Giverny, which was the theme for the series of paintings on Water-lilies

Gardens at Giverny, 1900

Waterlilies, 1923

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Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir Renoir painted landscapes

as well as people in intimate and candid compositions

He sometimes applied paint with a palette knife rather than a brush.

Characteristic of impressionism style, Renoir painted not the details of a scene, but instead his figures softly fuse with one another and the surroundings

Girl with a Watering Can, 1876

Dance at the Moulin de la Galette, 1876

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Degas Edgar Degas Best known for his ballet dancers

and racehorses, because he was able to perfect movement in them

He later became a photographer to capture movement accurately

His paintings were like snapshots, freezing a moment in time

He did not have dissolving lines His primary influence were

Japanese prints (the odd angles)

The Dance Class, 1875At the Races, 1880

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Seurat Georges Seurat The ultimate example of

the artist as scientist Known for his technique

called pointillism, or divisionism, which uses small dots or strokes of contrasting color to create subtle changes in form

Later in his life he created 1 large canvas per year, all dots

Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1886

Vase of Flowers, 1880

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Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch His work show the objects, people,

and places in his life with bold, usually distorted, draughtsmanship and visible dotted or dashed brushmarks

He only cut off his ear lobe He didn’t want to be famous He did have mental illness, but he

painted when he was sane He is VERY popular, but also great He committed suicide (but it took 2

days)

The Potato Eaters,1885

Wheatfield with Crows, 1890

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Cezanne Paul Cezanne Known as the “Father of

Modern Art” Lived as an outsider,

very isolated He tried to bring back

structure and mass to painting

He focused on still lifes, bathers, and landscapes

He made space confusing, with out depth

Compote, Pitcher, Fruit 1894 Houses along the Road 1881