Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

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Impressionism and Post-Impressionism are influential late 19th- and early 20th-century art movements characterized by innovative approaches to light, color, and form that broke with traditional academic painting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement
artisticGoal capture momentary visual impression
convey emotional or symbolic meaning
countryOfOrigin France
France
endTime circa 1880s
early 20th century
exhibitedAt first Impressionist exhibition 1874
floruit 1870s
1890s
hasCharacteristic bright, unmixed colors
depiction of modern life
distortion of forms for expressive effect
emphasis on light and its changing qualities
emphasis on structure and form
experimentation with color
open composition
painting en plein air
personal expression
short, broken brushstrokes
symbolic content
visible brushstrokes
hasNotableArtist Alfred Sisley
Berthe Morisot
Camille Pissarro
Claude Monet
Edgar Degas
Georges Seurat
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Paul Cézanne
Paul Gauguin
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Vincent van Gogh
influenced Cubism
Expressionism
Fauvism
Fauvism
Post-Impressionism
early modern art
influencedBy Barbizon School
linked to: Barbizon school

Impressionism
Japanese ukiyo-e prints
Realism
mainRegion Paris
Paris
movementNameCoinedIn 1910
movementNamedBy Roger Fry
movementOriginatedFrom independent exhibitions outside the Salon
notableWork A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Bal du moulin de la Galette
Impression, Sunrise
Starry Night
linked to: The Starry Night

The Card Players
The Gare Saint-Lazare
opposedTo academic art
naturalism of Impressionism
period early 20th century
late 19th century
late 19th century
startTime circa 1860s
circa mid-1880s
typicalSubject landscapes
landscapes
leisure activities
portraits
still lifes
urban scenes
usesTechnique broken color
cloisonnism
pointillism

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Wallraf-Richartz Museum hasCollectionStrength Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek hasExhibitionFocus French Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
linked to: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism