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Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, unusual visual angles, and inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience.
The following is a chronological list of artistic movements or periods in France indicating artists who are sometimes associated or grouped with those movements. See also European art history , Art history and History of Painting and Art movement .
Impression, Sunrise (French: Impression, soleil levant, pronounced [ɛ̃pʁɛsjɔ̃ sɔlɛj ləvɑ̃]) is an 1872 painting by Claude Monet first shown at what would become known as the "Exhibition of the Impressionists" in Paris in April, 1874.
Scholars generally attribute The Gust of Wind to the summers of 1872 and 1873, [α] a time frame described as classic Impressionism, [2] and a period marked by Renoir's collaboration with Monet. [3] While debates persist regarding the precise date and location of the painting's creation, [ 4 ] it is thought to either depict the specific Saint ...
The First Impressionist Exhibition was an art exhibition held by the Société anonyme des artistes peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, etc., [a] a group of nineteenth-century artists who had been rejected by the official Paris Salon and pursued their own venue to exhibit their artworks.
Symbolism (arts) – 1880 – 1910, France/Belgium Russian Symbolism – 1884 – c. 1910, Russia; Aesthetic movement – 1868 – 1901, United Kingdom; Post-Impressionism – 1886 – 1905, France Les Nabis – 1888 – 1900, France; Cloisonnism – c. 1885, France; Synthetism – late 1880s – early 1890s, France; Neo-impressionism – 1886 ...
Alfred Sisley (/ ˈ s ɪ s l i /; French:; 30 October 1839 – 29 January 1899) was an Impressionist landscape painter who was born and spent most of his life in France, but retained British citizenship.
Part of the success of Impressionism was due to the international demand. Durand-Ruel established a network of galleries and exhibitions in many countries, with hubs in London, New York, and Berlin. Regarding the Americans' open-mindedness towards Impressionism, Durand-Ruel once said, "The American public does not laugh. It buys!"