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Impressionism. Impressionism. Painters were more concerned with the technique of suggesting light and color than with the subject matter . French Impressionist were a group of painters who used short brush strokes and brilliant color to show the play of light on outdoor subjects.
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Impressionism • Painters were more concerned with the technique of suggesting light and color than with the subject matter. • French Impressionist were a group of painters who used short brush strokes and brilliant color to show the play of light on outdoor subjects. • The goal is to give impression rather that reality.
The Impressionists • Claude Monet : concentrated on land scapes depicting sunlight playing on water • Pierre AugusteRenoit: liked to paint human fiigures, especially women. • Camille Pisarro: Village Impressionist because he painted peasant scenes.
Claude Monet • The most lyrical of the impressionist painters. • The most committed to reading transient effects of light and atmosphere.
Pierre Auguste Renoir • One of the founders of Impressionism. • At the age of 13 he began painting flowers on dishware at the porcelain factory. • He became friends with Claude Monet and Alfred Sisley.
Camille Pissarro • French painter • Formulated the technique of applying strokes of bright color to the canvass to create unanimous effects. • Painted landscapes and urban scenes.
Expressionism • Arouse in Germany before the turn of the twentieth century. • Opposite of Impressionism • Characterized by the free distortion of form and color through which the painter gives visual form to inner sensation or emotions. • It is more about artist than the subject. • Themes: cosmic dramatic struggles.
Expressionistic Painters • Van Gogh • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner • Emil Nolde • Oskar Kokoschka • George Grosz • Max Weber • Ivan Albright
Vincent Van Gogh • A Hollander painter • Painted “The Strarry Night”, expressed in canvass his violence and subjective attitude in strong color and writing forms.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner • He wanted to express emotion and experience with large, simple forms and clear forms.
Emil Nolde • He built up his designs with blotches of strong color : yellow-orange, blue-green, and red- violet.
Oskar Kokoschka • A teacher in Vienna School of Arts and Crafts. • In 1908, he began to produce radical paintings. • In 1938, Hitler declared his painting degenerate and had more than 400 of his canvass burned.
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