IMPRESSIONISM, UKIYO E & POST IMPRESSIONISM (Late 1800-1900)
THE EAST INFLUENCING THE WEST
The Impressionism art movement was centered on Paris & generally focused on oil painting.
Artists included in the movement: Monet (sunrise painting 1874)
The term Impressionism came about after an art critic L Leroy was quoted as saying ‘Impressionism was an impression of an artistic picture”.
The technique was of layering oil paint – comparable with Photoshop of today where you work with layer upon layer until you get the desired result Renoir, Auguste (The swing)
The focus of the art was scenes from French society
Degas – known for his horses & ballerinas
UKIYO E literally meaning ‘the floating world’
FEATURES: handrawn/printed landscape/ prints (colored & hand painted)
ARTIST: Hokusai – Work shows elements of foreshortening but no perspective.
Kitagawa Utamaro 1797
Post Impresssionism
Van Gogh 1885 influenced by Japanese work
Ohashi (bridge in the rain c1800
Hiroghige
Gauguin, Paul 1888
Cezanne, Paul who was known as the ‘Godfather of Post impressionism’
Lautrec, Toulouse – known for his poster work.
Pointelism – La Grand La Parade Seurat 1800
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