1. Impressionism and
Post-impressionism

2. What is Impressionism?
Impressionism started way back in the 19th century in
Paris, France. The name of this movement comes from the
title of Claude Monet’s work “Impression, Sunrise”
Introduction
What is
Impressionism?
Characteristics
Techniques
Claude Monet
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Notable Artists
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Monet - Impression

3. Characteristics
Impressionist paintings tend to have small, thin brush
strokes with an emphasis on accuracy over precision. Light
is also a significant factor and how it is captured is key to
impressionist work.
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Claude Monet
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Monet - Stacks of Wheat
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4. Techniques
Short, thick strokes of paint are used to quickly capture the essence of
the subject, rather than its details.
Colours are applied side-by-side with as little mixing as possible,
Grays and dark tones are produced by mixing complementary colours.
In pure Impressionism the use of black paint is avoided.
The play of natural light is emphasized. Close attention is paid to the
reflection of colours from object to object.
In paintings made en plein air (outdoors), shadows are boldly painted
with the blue of the sky as it is reflected onto surfaces, giving a sense of
freshness and openness that was not captured in painting previously.
(Blue shadows on snow inspired the technique.)
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Claude Monet
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5. Claude Monet
Claude Monet is seen as the father of Impressionism. He
was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the
movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions
before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape
painting.
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Claude Monet
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6. Girl with the Parasol

10. Saint Lazare Station

11. In the late years, Monet devoted
himself to painting the exquisite
gardens and water lily ponds he created
at his home in Giverny

14. Other Notable Artists
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Frédéric Bazille
Gustave Caillebotte Mary Cassatt
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15. Edgar Degas

16. Renoir

17. Luncheon at the Boating Party

18. Post-impressionism
Postimpressionism, movement in late-19th-century
French painting that emphasized the artist’s personal
response to a subject.
Postimpressionists focused on emotional or spiritual
meanings that the subject might convey.
Postimpressionists conveyed their personal
responses to the world around them through the use
of strong, unnatural colors and exaggeration or slight
distortion of forms.

19. Seurat

20. Cezanne

21. The Starry Night
Van Gogh

22. Café Terrace on the
Place du Forum,
Arles, at Night
The bold colors
heighten the contrast
between the inviting
glow of the café and
the darkness of the
streets and the late-
night sky. Van
Gogh’s thick, heavy
brush strokes,
typical of this period,
create an expressive
mood

23. He remained in the Tropics for the rest of his life, first in
Tahiti and later in the Marquesas Islands. The essential
characteristics of his style changed little in the South Seas;
he retained the qualities of expressive color, denial of
perspective, and thick, flat forms.
Gaugin