Impressionists Flashcards
(16 cards)
When was Claude Monet born?
1840-1926
Where did Claude Monet work?
Born in Paris
Normandy coast
French countryside
Name two of Monet’s works?
Poppies
Women in the garden
What kind of artist was Monet?
Impressionist
Everything suggested
Light & contrast
Quick brushstrokes
What is Impressionism?
19th century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists. Their independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870’s and 1880’s. The name comes from Claude Monet, ‘impression, sunrise’
When was Edouard Manet born?
1832-1883
What was Manet a pivotal figure in?
The transition from realism to Impressionism
What is realism?
The tendency to view or represent things as they really are
Where did Manet grow up?
France, in a wealthy family
How did Manet paint?
Everyday life
Realistic
Honest
Natural
What did Paul Gauguin once say?
“Painting begins with Manet”
Name two pieces of Manets work
The Luncheon on the Grass
Olympia
When was Edgar Degas born?
1834-1917
What subjects did Degas enjoy?
Painting, sculpture, printmaking & drawing
- dance
- movement
What about Edgar Degas’s early life?
- copies in the louvre
- Ecole des Beaux-arts
- Ingres style
- 1860’s horses Normandy
- exhibited the Salon in 1865+
- contemporary
- returned to Paris 1873 to depths
- rejected the term impressionist
Name two paintings of Degas
La Foyer de la Danse á l’Opéra
The tub
