Essay on The Influence of Impressionism in Contemporary Art

Although at first glance, Realism and Impressionism appear to be completely separate movements in 19th century art, they in fact were both bred as a response to the new order of Europe that had evolved as a result of the marks made by both the Industrial Revolution and a series of European continental wars. Realist painters and Impressionist painters alike faced controversy in challenging the status quo of the Salons, and took risks to no longer romanticize drastic changes within society caused by industrialization, but instead acknowledge them head-on. Edouard Manet in particular exemplified the gradual transitions from Realism to Impressionism and even to

In the 19th century, there was an artistic transition from realism to a new form called impressionism. This change originated in France, as the world underwent a transition to industrialization. The impressionist was able to understand how light and color operate hand in hand in a painting. Instead of seeing an image as a whole work, impressionist would see smaller images making up the entire piece. The style was primarily made of the use of intense colors, open composition, light and movement and brush strokes. They were mainly

Post impressionism period began around 1880 and ended around 1910. The artist of this time looked for different style of painting to express their emotions in their work, instead of just mastering the optical impressions they wanted to concentrate on the deeper themes of symbolism. The first person to coin the term “post-impressionism” was British artist and an art critic, Roger Fry. He also played big role in putting an exhibition called “Manet and the Post-Impressionists” at Gragron Gallery in London, which lasted from November 8, 1910 to January 15, 1911 (Voorhies, 2000). Some of well known artist from this periods were Vincent van Gogh, George Seurat, Paul Cezanne, Othon Friesz, Maurice De Vlaminck, Andre Derain and Paul Gauguin.

Impressionism can be considered the first distinctly modern movement in painting. Developing in Paris in the 1860s, its influence spread throughout Europe and eventually the United States. Impressionism was a style of representational art that did not necessarily rely on realistic depictions. The Impressionists loosened their brushwork and lightened their palettes to include pure, intense colors.

Realism was painted to depict real life situations. It was developed by artists to create an illustration of common people and

Visual opulence, creativity, inimitable vision, and a style that is highly influential are the many characteristics of an admired movement in art history, that being of the Post-Impressionism movement (1875-1892). This movement, which was a by-product of the Impressionism movement, is the bridging gap between the two movements known as Realism and Expressionism. Post-Impressionism takes on some of the stylistic characteristics of these movements; however, it does not contain the all too glossy visuals of Realism or the heavily fantastic visuals of Expressionism, rather it is the intermediary of these two poles. My paper will discuss why this link was absolutely essential to the history of art movements, and I will be specifically using the

Realism began to dominate art around the 19th century and peaked toward the middle of the century. Realism desired precise depictions of the visual without any alteration. This change caused a dramatic change in art and artist.

The impressionist movement was a leap away from traditional art and a innovative style that would capture the hearts of many. Although, the elimination on detail and lines would be seen as blasphemous to true art to some. The new style of using light ground and working up with dark colors would breed some brilliant work. For instance, Vincent Van Gogh's painting entitled, "Starry Night" makes you really just want to sit and marvel in its beauty. Van Gogh's paintings seemed to be painted in quick passionate and precise strokes which effortlessly create unique and breathtaking pieces of art. Although, they were painted in passion I was blown away when I heard of the amount of detail and sketching that went into a lot of Van Gogh's work. I appreciate

Art has been a part of history before Christ was born and along the flow of time different styles and movements revolutionized what art means to the creator and audience. On the flow of time one of the branches that stood out in style, color, and expression through repetition was Impressionism. An artist that helped revolutionize Impressionism in his time was Oscar-Claude Monet, but the piece that stood out was the “Mouth of the Seine at Honfleur.”

In this paper I will compare and contrast two paintings, one from French artist Rosa Bonheur and another from German painter Franz Marc. Marc was an expressionist artist who was “a pioneer in the birth of abstract art at the beginning of the twentieth-century.” (Pioch, 2002) Bonheur was a Realist artist who made a great impact on the painting style of realism during the ninetieth century. Bonheur was about embracing reality and nature, while Marc was about evoking moods through the subject matters and colors choices in his paintings. These two artist styles are particularly different from one another, but yet they still have similarities throughout their paintings. This paper will highlight the similarities and differences between these two artists, making the theme “reality” verses “perception”.

The impressionist movement began in the 1870’s by a group of artists rejected and harshly criticized by the established art world and its critics in authority, particularly the Academie des Beaux-Arts. Several common characteristics encompassed this radical new artistic style. Images rendered from the artist’s everyday world strayed away from historical, religious or mythological subjects. Natural landscapes were painted without idealization and used vibrant light colors, which at times were mixed directly on the canvas contrary to the traditional darker palettes of their predecessors. The technique using quick, spontaneous brushstrokes enabled the artist to capture fleeting moments of light without concern for well-defined lines of a meticulous finish. Compositions were "unhampered by traditional rules" allowing for experimentation often framing and cropping subjects in shocking ways.

Impressionism as an historical art period is best described as a shift in thinking and focus. This paradigm shift, away from realism and toward individualism, began a centuries long transformation of self-expression in art as a whole. Impressionism is generally considered a French movement and is typically defined as spanning from approximately 1867 to 1886. Impressionism is best embodied by and was perhaps initiated by Claud Monet in such world-renowned works as Impressions: soleil levant which lent its name to the style and subsequently the art period as a whole.

The Realist and Romantic Era was very different from each other, but at the same time, they attributed similar characteristics and traits. When we were in class discussing the movie we watched on realism, I noticed that realists were usually black and white. They painted to show what the real world was like. The artists objective was not to make you lust for what everyday people already have. The realists showed true emotions. They showed what it was like to be a working man, stay at home mom, Realism showed war and so much more. The point of making art was to show reality and the truth of human nature. The name itself is self-explanatory; Realism. I am a realistic person, however, I am not strictly black and white biased. The

Post-impressionism was an art movement between the end of 19th century and the beginning of 20th century, started in France. It was a breach of Impressionism. During the period of Impressionism, some artists started to dissatisfied to the style as Impressionism depended too much on visual and scientific analysis. They thought Impressionism only focused on the techniques and

The French crowd desired more dramatic and realistic art which led to the birth of this art form. The favourite themes the realism artists liked to paint was scenes of urban life , scenes of rural life, street life , working class , cafés and nightclubs. They also loved to paint nudity and sensual paintings. This movement moved away from what was ‘ideal’ to what was simply ‘ordinary’. Artists preferred painting real and ordinary people in contrary to the previous movements where which focused on religious themes which always managed to look aesthetically appealing even if the figure in the painting was subject to pain or loss. In the realism art movement beggars looked the way they would in real life unlike in the previous art periods where even the beggar would look appealing in a