Impressionists

What is Impressionism?

 A Style of painting that began in France around

1870 that uses spot of color to show the effect of
different kind of light.
The name of this movement comes from the title of Claude Monet’s work “Impression
,Sunrise”.
French Famous Impressionists
 Claude Monet

Claude Monet was a founder of French

impressionist painting.
He was a student of swiss artist Chales
Gleyre.
Monet served in the military.
His father hated the creativity.
Monet’s Masterpiece
Water Lilies 1906
Grain Stack in the sunlight 1888
The women with umbrella painted against the light is Camille, Monet’s wife and
their son Jean.
Madame Monet in a Japanese Costume 1875
The Houses of Parliament (Effect of Fog) 1903
Most Expensive Painting
Water Lilies 1906 ($89.6 Million)
Grain Stack in the sunlight 1888 ($81.4 Million)
 Interesting Facts
Monet tried to kill himself by drawing in the
seine because his financial burdens were
upsetting him so badly.
He really loved the houses of parliament.
Before he painted Water Lilies, Monet
planted them.
Monet painted his wife on her deathbed.
 Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
• Born in Allegheny Pennsylvania

• One of the leading artists in

Impressionist movement

• Dissatisfied with the quality of

the school Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts
 Mandolin Player 1868

• Studied privately for two

years in Paris.

• Pen name was Mary

Stevenson
 Impressionist Exhibitions
• At Edgar Degas’ invitation, Mary Cassatt exhibited 11 of
her paintings with the Impressionists in 1879.

• Huge success both commercially and critically.

Little Girl in a Blue Armchair,
1878
Reading Le Figaro, 1878
Portrait of the Artist, 1877
Matters of the heart and of style
• Withdraw from the art world for genuine reasons

• By 1886 she had done her last show with the

Impressionists.
 Women and children
• Was interested in depicting both the social and private
lives of women on canvas.

• Showed bond between mothers and their children.

Young mother sewing
Woman and child seated in a
garden
The Boating Party, 1893-94
Mother and Child
Breakfast in Bed
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