Impressionism Essay, Research Paper
impressionism
Impressionism originated in Paris, starting in 1870 going to 1890.
When impressionism was introduced the artists where just coming from paintings
and drawings of photo images and changing to subjects such as a ?Luncheon of the
Boating Party? or ?The Prima Ballerina?. The subjects where no longer boring
portraits of people but interesting daily objects. The aim of an impressionist
was to capture the fleeting vision of joyful everyday scenes by using colour and
light in which they created artwork that became famous worldwide.
There were many artists that became impressionists but these are some that made
impressionism famous and well known:
Monet
Pissarro
Renoir
Degas
Toulouse- Lautrec
Impressionism was based on light and the subject that was being painted or
drawn. Artists no longer stayed in their studios in there house to draw and
paint but started to move into the town and paint as well as draw subjects that
where interesting and that related to everyday things, which made the piece of
art work a bit more interesting and effective.
Light was the main influence in the artist?s work, and when they where achieving
the look they wanted it was light that made them pleased with their work. In
there studios artists where seeing dull and boring things like people that they
could paint a portrait of, photo images you could say, but then they saw how
dissimilar and unusual it was to actually paint and draw something other then
people that they decided to paint and draw other appealing things that they knew
people wanted to see. Light was important to the artist. If they found a yacht
that they wanted to paint, but the light was dull, they would either give up or
sometimes paint the same thing repeatedly. This would give their paintings
different effects on the picture each time as the light changed.
One artist, painted the same thing repeatedly, each time the sun changed
direction, and so did the effect on his picture, so the artist got quite a few
pictures of the same thing. The artists always painted happy sceneries and never
depressing paintings.
At first, the public did not want to allow impressionism as a form of
contemporary art. They did not want to accept that painted photo images were no
longer the thing artists were attracted to.
They soon accepted the fact that impressionism was now what the artists were
doing, and that artists no longer intended to create photo-imaged pictures.
Monet was born November 14 1840 Paris in France.
Monet is known as the creator of the art movement impressionism.
He was a French painter; his technique consisted of producing several paintings
the same but with different light each time. His aunt was an amateur painter and
it is said that Monet went to study with a local artist after she suggested he
did so.
He did not start his life as a painter until he became associates with Eugene
Boudin who introduced him to painting in the open air then not so common.
Although landscape oil paintings were introduced in the 16th century, they were
usually produced in the artist?s studio it was not until Monet an impressionist
started to paint outdoors and painted nature.
He died December the 5th 1926 in giveny
Analysis of one of Monet?s painting
The picture of this painting is on the front cover.
Monet painted this in 1886. I think this picture is in the right place being an
impressionist?s artwork, it is a nature-based piece of work, and that is what
the artists were aiming for when painting and choosing their objects.
I chose this picture to analyse because I like water sceneries and this suited
it and because I liked the picture. This picture consists of short painted
strokes to create water with waves coming and going and it shows that the waves
are breaking near the rocks. The rocks are the main item that the artists has
worked around, and then added the water to give it the finished look it needed.
The colours chosen were a good choice as there is not too much blue and little
white, both colours are blended well.
1841-1919
Renoir was a French painter born in Limoges. At a young age, he worked at a
factory painting designs on china. He painted over 600 pictures. He became
friends with artist Monet and worked closely with him during the 1860?s. Both
artists had different interests in objects when painting Monet was mainly
interested in the ever-changing light, and Renoir mainly concentrated on people
and often painted friends and lovers. He painted landscapes with figures in
them years later his hands became unmovable and so he strapped a paintbrush to
his arm. by 1912 he was confined to a wheelchair, he was determined to keep
painting.
He died in 1919.
Analysis of one of Renoir?s painting
On the terrace is a painting by Renoir, consisting of a mother and child; this
was not an unusual topic to paint as Renoir often painted pictures close to his
heart and life in general. I chose this picture because as soon as I saw it I
feel in love with it, his stokes are very well constructed and the light that
shines on the water in the background shows that it was a perfect day for a
painting. The trees in the background are light stokes showing that he was not
worried about neatness and that the girl and the mother was his aim in the
picture. Even though the trees are roughly painted, they are still constructed
enough to know that they are trees.
The setting out of the picture is also very good nothing on the picture is
cramped up so that you could not tell that there was a girl and her mother in
the picture some water in the background and that they were sitting on a balcony
thing.
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