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Creative Industries 1: Arts and Design Appreciation and

Production.

Impressionism

Claude Monet, Woman with a parasol, 1875

Where ???

France-Europe

PARIS

Late 19th century

Edouard Manet, Bar of the Folies-Bergeres, 1881-1882

PARIS was a city unlike any other in Europe, uniquely MODERN.

Where once there had been a cramped medieval town center, the 19th Century reconstruction of Paris resulted in broad metropolis of boulevards lined with ornate buildings, garden parks, cafes, restaurants, and theaters.

Anonymous society of artists, painters, sculptors, and

printmakers

Claude Monet

Edgar Degas

Paul Cezanne

Pierre-August Renoir

Camille Pissarro

Berthe Morrison

Eugene Delacroix, Liberty leading the people, 1830

The Cafe Guerbois, where Edouard Manet and the Impressionists met to discuss their work.

The 1st exhibit of the Impressionists was held at the studio of photographer/journalist Felix Nadar in 1874

Technique… The “Signature” Character of Impressionism.

•Thick and short brush strokes (impasto)•Capture the essence of the subject and create an impression•No much details•Colors are juxtaposed side-by-side with as few mixing as possible to create a vibrant color temperature where the colors mix in the eye of the beholder. •Grays and dark colors are produced by mixing complementary colors•No use of black •Soft subject edges •Wet paint is applied into wet paint of another color •Surfaces are often opaque.

•Natural light highlighted with close attention to the reflection of colors from one object to another. In morning scenes, shadows are boldly painted with the blue of the sky or whatever the color of the objected where they are cast, providing a sense of freshness not represented in earlier realist styles. •Depicting something like a photographic stolen•Spontaneous expression•Emotional appeal•The Impressionists loved painting out of doors (En Plein Air). The ever-changing face of nature lent itself perfectly to their interests in capturing fleeting moments of light and color.

Monet, Cathedral of Rouen, 1894

Monet, Woman with a parasol, 1875

Monet, Woman with a parasol, 1875

Monet, Breakfast on the grass, 1865-1866

Themes of the Impressionism:

•Mundane subjects

•The Impressionists liked to paint scenes of everyday life, of contemporary people at work and play.

•Suburban gardens and riverside paths, rural parks and woodlands

•Landscape as Impression

•Nature is a social experience.

•Impressionist’s landscapes almost always have a human presence. Even if people are absent, there frequently is something – a boat, or even a haystack – to give a sign of human activity.

Manet, Bar of the Folies-Bergeres, 1881-1882

Renoir, La Grenoulliere, 1869

Renoir, Luncheon of the boating party, 1880-1881

Conclusion: Revolution of Art.

•Impressionism radical departure from tradition.

•When the Impressionists began painting, Ideals of art were not only controlled, but also looked down upon and rejected by academic institutionsEven through the hardships, the Impressionists did not give up on the art that they believed in.

•By the end of the Impressionists period, artists felt liberated from strict rules or composition, subject matter and technique.

“ Impressionism is at the root of all modern art, because it was the first movement that managed to free itself from preconceived ideas, and because it changed not only the way life was depicted but the way life was seen” – F. Salvi