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Revision: Peintures / Atget. Semester 1 Final French 3. Les peintres “anti- académie ”: Les peintres de BARBIZON. The French Academy had insisted painters be trained in the “Neo Classical” tradition.
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Revision: Peintures/Atget Semester 1 Final French 3
Les peintres “anti-académie”:Les peintres de BARBIZON. • The French Academy had insisted painters be trained in the “Neo Classical” tradition. • Landscapes were not considered a noble subject matter. They were seen only as a backdrop to historical paintings. • Barbizon painters LOVED landscapes!
Jean-François MILLET • He was a “Realist/Naturalist” painter. • Loved to paint the humble peasant farmer. • The Gleaners, 1857
Monet • Father of Impressionism • He loved to experiment with the effect of light on subjects-would often paint the same object over and over at different times of the day Painted outdoors, “en pleine-aire”.
Cézanne • Cézanne was the father of modern art. • His work was rather abstract, based on the cylinder, cone and sphere. • He loved still-lifes, landscapes and portraits.
Matisse • He loved to experiment with wild colors. • He was one of the “Fauves” (Wild Beast) artists. • Towards the end of his career, he used cut paper to “paint with scissors”.
EugèneAtget Maker of “documents” of Paris, Late 1800’s, early 1900’s