Impressionist style

So what is Impressionist Painting?

This art movement took form in the late 19th Century, and is widely considered to be started in Paris, by Claude Monet, who painted ‘Impression Sunrise’.

At the time these artists were heavily criticized for their work, because at the time it was quite revolutionary. They painted what they saw, but not in a photographic sense, but rather the overall visual outcome of looking at something. Using bolder colours, and larger, textured brush strokes…the style looked rather lazy.

Another scene from Paris. Renoir’s painting of the paris street, bustling with life. This painting, and the style used, is often painted by students studying the impressionist style.

The point was not to copy the scene before them but rather the impression, emotion and movement that scene implied.

Perhaps the most famous impressionist , who came slightly later was Van Gogh. Certainly the art world loves him.