Impressionismis a 19th-century (nineteen) art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitionsbrought them to prominence during the 1870s (eighteen seventy) and 1880s (eighteen eighty). Impressionist painting characteristics include relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, opencomposition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities, ordinary subject matter, and inclusion ofmovementas a crucial element of human perception and experience, and unusual visual angles.The name of the style derives from the title of aClaude Monet work,Impression, soleil levant, which provoked the critic Louis Leroytocointhe term in asatiricalreview published in the Parisian newspaperLe Charivari.GallerySunrise This painting is from Claude Monet, he is French and he did in 1872 (eighteen seventy two) The painting is in the museum Marmottan Monet in Paris.

The Ball at Moulin de la Galette

This painting is from Auguste Renoir, he is french and he did in 1876 (eighteen seventy six)The painting is in the museum dOrsay in Paris