Impressionism
"I Dream of painting then i paint my dream" Vincent Van Gogh
Dates
Impressionism started developing in the 1860's , It also can be considered as the first distinctly modern movement in painting its influence spread throughout Europe and eventually the united states many impressionists aimed to capture the momentary, sensory effect of a scene
Main people/Locations
Claude Monet
Edgar Degas
Began in France with a small group of Parisian artist and eventually spread to the United States
Examples of Art
Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van gogh painted starry night while in an asylum at Saint-Remy, One of the most well known images and replicated from the song Starry Starry night and its style is post-impressionism
Edgar Degas
With one of the most unconventional perspectives typical for his works this piece of work was done on an oil canvas this was said to be an early blue print for cubism he wanted to focus on his modern realist approach also on creating a wide arrangement of space
Claude Monet
This painting was made to capture the "hustle and bustle" of Parisian from the studio of Monets friends studio this painting was done on an oil canvas and used short quick brush strokes to create the people in the city
FACTS ABOUT THE MOVEMENT
the first practical telephone
the second afghan war