Impressionism
Sign in to saveImpressionism 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.
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Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that revolutionized painting by focusing on capturing light in its constantly changing qualities and emphasizing visible brushstrokes, ordinary subjects, and movement rather than precise detail. The movement, which emerged through independent exhibitions by Paris-based artists during the 1870s and 1880s, fundamentally changed how artists approached depicting the world around them.
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- Impression, Sunrise, an 1872 Claude Monet oil on canvas painting now housed at Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris. This painting became the source of the movement's name after Louis Leroy's 1874 article, "The Exhibition of the Impressionists", satirically implied that the painting was, at most, a sketch.
- Art movement.country
- France
- Art movement.influences
- Realism, Barbizon School
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- Art movement.name
- Impressionism
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- Claude Monet, Impression, soleil levant.jpg
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- The 1872 painting "Impression, Sunrise" by Impressionist artist Claude Monet.
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Article
25 sectionsContents
- Overview
- The Impressionism art movement
- The First Impressionist Exhibition 1874
- Critical response to Impressionism
- Commercial success
- 20th-century presentation of Impressionism
- Impressionist techniques
- Content and composition
- Female Impressionists
- Prominent Impressionists
- Timeline: lives of the Impressionists
- Gallery
- Associates and influenced artists
- Beyond France
- Impressionism in other media
- Sculpture
- Photography and film
- Music
- Literature
- Post-Impressionism
- See also
- Notes
- Citations
- Works cited
- External links
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.
The Impressionists faced harsh opposition from the conventional art community in France. The name of the style derives from the title of a Claude Monet work, (Impression, Sunrise), which provoked the critic Louis Leroy to coin the term in a satirical 1874 review of the First Impressionist Exhibition published in the Parisian newspaper . The development of Impressionism in the visual arts was soon followed by analogous styles in other media that became known as Impressionist music and Impressionist literature.