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Claude Monet. “Studies in Light” Most “Pure Impressionist” Worked en plein air Short swift brushstrokes Focus on light and color in nature Painted scenes multiple times. Rouen Cathedral at Noon 1894. Rouen Cathedral at Sunset 1894. Rouen Cathedral in the Fog 1894.
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Claude Monet “Studies in Light” Most “Pure Impressionist” Worked en plein air Short swift brushstrokes Focus on light and color in nature Painted scenes multiple times
Rouen Cathedral at Noon 1894 Rouen Cathedral at Sunset 1894 Rouen Cathedral in the Fog 1894
Houses of Parliament, London, Sun Breaking Through 1904 Houses of Parliament 1904
Édouard Manet “Academic with a Twist” Linked between Realism (academic) and Impressionism Dark palette Focus on drawing/kept more solid forms Used modern day scenes & nudes (vulgar?)
Nana 1877
Edgar Degas “The Art of Dancing” Ballerinas, horse race scenes, theatre scenes, women Used oil paint and pastels Academic training=liked painting in his studio Scenes are framed like a photograph (cut off forms) Lost eyesight towards end of life=turned to sculpture to “feel” his art.
L’Orchestre de l’Opéra, around 1870 The Singer with the Glove, 1878
Mary Cassatt “American Woman (stay away from me-e)” Only American Impressionist artist Very close friends with Degas, learned much from him Subject: women and children, womanly things Soft, delicate brushstrokes, maintains solid forms Admired Japanese art= simple lines, flat planes, patterned backgroungs
Woman in a Loge, 1879 Self-portrait, c. 1878
Woman in Black at the Opera 1878-1880
Pierre-AugusteRenoit “Pretty, yes pretty!” Luminous color and youthful Parisian leisure time Shows the carefree spirit that is infecting Paris at this time Focus is on people, instead on nature (Monet) Very soft brushwork (captures movement)
Dance in the Country, 1883 Girl With a Hoop, 1885
Camille Pissarro “God, the Father” Oldest and most prolific (all 8 shows) Enjoyed landscapes and busy Paris street scenes Younger artists looked to him for guidance/ inspiration Used more natural (desaturated colors) Focus on land/cityscapes, not so much the people