A French art movement from the late 1860's to the late 1880's. Its name came from Monet's painting "Impression: Sunrise" which was painted in 1872.
The leading impressionists were Monet, Sisley,Pissarro and Renoir.
They painted mainly in the open air rather than the studio and aimed to capture fleeting effects of light and weather.
There are some great original paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Post impressionist
'Impressionist' as in 'Monet was an Impressionist painter' is an adjective.
No, he is definitely not an impressionist.
Impressionist painters' interest in color is paralleled by the Impressionist composers' interest in timbre.
What do you mean? Renoir was French and he was an Impressionist.
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In the first impressionist exhibition in Paris in 1874.
Claude Monet is considered an Impressionist.
It is if it was painted by one of the impressionist painters.
Georges Seurat was a pointillist or neo-impressionist.
Because he was part of the impressionist group and painted like the other impressionist painters. Click link below and see the paintings!
Around 1880s with Vincent Van Gogh who was a post- Impressionist artist.