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French Impressionist art and artists

Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s in spite of harsh opposition from the art community in France. Read more

impression, sunrise by Claude Monet

impression, sunrise by Claude Monet. Buy a print of this beautiful impressionist painting.

Impressionism . The name of the style is derived from the title of this Claude Monet work, Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise)

The water lily pond by Claude Monet

The water lily pond by Claude Monet. Buy prints of Monet paintings.

Claude Monet, 1840-1926, a leading impressionist painter, latterly favouring the water lillies in his garden as a subject.

 Impressionism . The name of the style is derived from the title of a Claude Monet work, Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise), which provoked the critic Louis Leroy to coin the term in a satiric review published in the Parisian newspaper Le Charivari.

Characteristics of Impressionist paintings include 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); common,  ordinary subject matter; the inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience; and unusual visual angles. The development of Impressionism in the visual arts was soon followed by analogous styles in other media which became known as Impressionist music and Impressionist literature. source : wikipedia.

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    Edgar Degas 1834-1917, regular contributor to impressionist exhibitions, perhaps most known for his paintings of dancers.

    For more info see wikipedia info on Degas

     

     

     

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