Impressionism

Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by 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. Impressionism originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s.

Neo-Impressionism is a term coined by French art critic Félix Fénéon in 1886 to describe an art movement founded by Georges Seurat. Seurat's most renowned masterpiece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, marked the beginning of this movement when it first made its appearance at an exhibition of the Société des Artistes Indépendants (Salon des Indépendants) in Paris. Around this time, the peak of France's modern era emerged and many painters were in search of new methods. Followers of Neo-Impressionism, in particular, were drawn to modern urban scenes as well as landscapes and

thumb|Young Ladies Looking at Japanese Objects by the painter James Tissot in 1869 is a representation of the popular curiosity about all Japanese items that started with the opening of the country in the [[Meiji Restoration of the 1860s.]] Japonisme is a French term that refers to the popularity and influence of Japanese art and design among a number of Western European artists in the nineteenth century following the forced reopening of foreign trade with Japan in 1858. Japonisme was first described by French art critic and collector Philippe Burty in 1872.

art exhibition in Paris, first held in 1863

1890–1918 modernist arts movement in Poland

artistic movement

19th-century German school of painting

thumb|200px|Charles Blanc’s color wheel, which was influential in Divisionist theory

French art dealer (1831-1922)

Austrian painter (1844-1926)

Tonalism was an artistic style that emerged in the 1880s.

Turkish painter (1857–1939)

art collection in Zurich, Switzerland

thumb|Yokugo no onna (Woman at Her Bath), by Hashiguchi Goyō (published Feb. 1916). One of the first shin-hanga published by [[Watanabe Shozaburo.]] thumb|Hikari umi (Glittering Sea), by Hiroshi Yoshida (1926) thumb|Zōjō-ji|Shiba Zōjōji, by [[Kawase Hasui (1925)]] thumb|Two Cockatoos on Plum Blossom Tree, by Ohara Koson (c. 1925–1935)

movement in literature

court painter to the Romanian royal family (1856-1924)

German painter (1849-1910)

German painter (1859-1932)

late-impressionist or neo-impressionist style in painting

Romanian journalist, politician, literary critic, and essayist. (1878–1947)

late 19th century Australian art movement focusing on Australian life, the bush, and the harsh sunlight that typifies the country

historical café in Paris, France

art institution and studio in The Hague, Netherlands

French art collector (1821-1891)

German painter (1867-1932)

art dealer and historian, race horse owner and breeder (1917 – 2001)

art museum in Chatou, France

painter (1854–1910)

German painter (1855-1917)

museum in Moscow, Russia

German painter (1865-1931)

German painter (1870-1919)

Romanian writer (1866-1896)

French painter (1832-1912)

Dutch painter (1867-1915)

Romanian writer (1870-1941)

Belgian painter (1861-1937)

French painter (1860-1941)

English industrialist and art collector

19th century art exhibition

Belgian painter (1839-1921)

American-born painter (1875-1954)

Peruvian painter (1857-1922)

group of late 19th century painters gathered around Édouard Manet

painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

French musician (1840-1898)

art movement

group of 19th century Dutch women artists

Index numbers of the catalog raisonné of art by the Wildenstein institute, today Wildenstein Plattner Institute

German painter (1848-1933)

Flemish painter (1874-1932)

painter from the Netherlands (1844-1930)

German painter (1905-1981)

book by Edmund de Waal

art movement

American painter (1897-1992)

art movement

German painter (1836-1901)

art museum situated at Aix-les-Bains in France