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| Impressionism
Born out of the artists' desire to break away from the canons
of the Academy, French Impressionist artists
Manet,
Monet, and
Renoir explored contemporary subjects and scenes in new and experimental
ways. Major contributions of the Impressionists include painting everyday life,
they choice to paint en plein air, outdoors, instead of in the studio and most
importantly, the fleeting effects of light on a particular subject. These "impressions"
of light became the primary subject matter, especially for Monet. On the bridge
between
Realism and
Impressionism is
Edouard Manet. Born in Paris in 1832, he preferred a more classical
approach to painting. However, his subject matter in paintings such as Le Dejeuner
Sur L'herbe and Olympia gave him the reputation as a nonconformist. Manet places
the Olympia we see in
classical paintings in a contemporary setting rather than an allegorical
one and she looks directly at the viewer. The refusal of the salon to show these
paintings earned him the dubious title, "Father of Impressionism".
Claude Monet is best known for his paintings of his Garden at Giverny. In the 1890's he began to build a water garden around his
house. There he painted his famous water lily paintings. 1909 he had conceptualized
an idea for a vast project of water lily canvases that would envelop an entire
room. From 1916 almost until his death he worked on these canvases. He spoke
of this endeavor, "In the night I am constantly haunted what I am trying
to realize. I rise broken with fatigue every morning." In these canvases perspective
is reduced to the water lilies floating on the surface of the water. At ARTinaClick.com
browse are many images of these wonderful paintings.
Pierre Auguste Renoir's painting,
Le Moulin de la Galette is a study in impressionism. The scene is
of working class people enjoying the leisure of a Sunday afternoon. The artist
set up an easel right near the location and painted from life.
Renoir was especially concerned with the play of light and shadow
as they danced across the surface of an object. The fondness for impressionism
exists today because these images capture forever the changing moments of time
that we can all relate to in our contemporary world.
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