Impressionism
"I paint what I dream, and I dream what I paint" Van Gough
Main Ideas
Dates: Late 1800s to early 1900s. Impressionism never goes away, fades to post impressionism.
Impressionism was a movement that focused on color and light. They used a special technique to get the full experience of color and light works were brightly color know as "an plan era".
Main People/Locations
Vincet Van Gough
Claude Monet
Edgar Degas
Camille Pissarro
Location: The movement began in France but spread throughout Europe, by early 1900s it spread to America.
Examples of Art
"Sunrise" Claude Monet
1874. Impressionism takes it's name from this piece of art.
"The Dance Class" Edgar Degas
1874. Oil on Canvas
"Starry Night" Vincet Van Gough
1889. Oil on Canvas
Facts:
Impressionism began
Begins prior to WWI.
The independent collective had a fluid membership over the course of the eight exhibitions it organized between 1874 and 1886, with the number of participating artists ranging from nine to thirty.