Impressionism

Ingres/Delacroix Retrospectives, 1855 Franco Prussian War, 1870 First Impressionist Exhibit, 1874 Last Impressionist Exhibit, 1886 Electric Light Invented, 1879 First Post Impressionist Exhibit at MOMA, by A. Barr, 1903/1929 Terms:
Japonisme

Interest in Japanese Woodblocks/Prints Exhibition showing work refused by the Salon in Landscape painting school in which the realists Colored Woodcuts of the floating world, Japanese Painting out of doors (utilized by Monet)

Salon des Refuses 1863 Barbizon School worked Ukiyo-E En Plein Air
Monotype

Rubbing a plate with ink, putting it through a printing press for a caricature like effect

Academie Suisse Art school where Monet began, concentrated on classical figure drawing Ecole d. Beaux Arts taught
Absinthe Flaneur Gare St. Lazare

Classical Art school where history painting was

Bitter liquor-associated with prostitutes and alcoholics Fashionable Parisian man (Baudelaire) Train station in Paris

Places:
Fontainebleu

Where the Barbizon school originated (Pissarro)

 Brittany

Birthplace of Merlin (associated with Arthurian

Legend)
Honfleur, LaHavre, Ste. Addresse-areas where Monet worked Longchamp Giverny Pontoise Grenouilliere

Racetrack outside of Paris where Degas painted Northwest of Paris, Monets retirement area Area in France where Pissarro painted-River Oise

Park in Paris where Degas and Monet paintedswimming, dancing, bands-means lily pads Rocky area on Normandy coast where Monet painted Sailing center where Impressionists went to paint

LEtretat LArgenteuil

People: Victorine Meurant Model utilized by Manet-Olympia Nadar Louis LeRoy Papa Tanguy Gogh Boudin Photographed aerial views of Paris coined the term Impressionism art dealer for the Impressionists, painted by Van Monets teacher in Honfleur

Writers:

Emile Zola Friend of Degas/Cezanne/Manet and writer of various daily reviews-LEvenment-contemporary magazine Baudelaire Duranty intimate Wrote On Modern Life-friend of Impressionists New Painting-changing history painting to be more

Important Quotes: o Cezanne: Monet is nothing more than an eye; but what an eye it is

o Renoir: with it o Degas:

(1885) Impressionism is a blind dead alley and Im done Art is not a sport

Important Influences/Sources/Impacts: Delacroix influence on Seurat/Manet-Colors (swirling colors) Turner influence on Monet (vagueness of forms) Renaissance influence on Renoir (subject matter and lines) Ingres/Daumier influence on Degas (anatomist/realist) Corot influence on Pissarro (light landscapes) Monet becomes important to Rothko/Warhol (series paintings) Modern Life vs. non Modern Life (Paris vs. locations) Degas-charcoal and chalk

Places to see works by Impressionists: Musee DOrsay MFA London Art Institute Philadelphia National Gallery Williamstown Chicago Museum of Art Paris Boston MOMA Courtauld Institute NYC

Washington, D.C. Clark Institute

Images Degas

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Horse Races (Longchamp) Absinthe Dance Lesson/Dancers (watercolors, chalks, pastels) 1876 1879

1866

The Little Dancer bronze, ribbon, tulle

1881

Renoir
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Moulin de La Galette Port.-Mlle Charpentier and daughters Luncheon on the Boating Party

1876 1876 1881

Pissarro
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LHermitage in Pontoise Factory in Pontoise

1867 1873

Morisot
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Woman at her Toilette The Cradle 1873

1875-1880

Cassatt
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Tea The Childs Bath

1880 1893

Manet
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Dejeuner Sur LHerbe Olympia Emile Zola in his Studio Bar @ Folies Bergeres 1863 1868

1863

1881-2

Monet
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Grainstack (Snow, Sunlight, Dawn) Rouen Cathedral (Sunlight, Dawn, Dusk) LEtretat Water Lilies Lily Pond-Giverny

1890, 1891 1892 1880s and 90s 1900s 1920s

COMPARISONS:
Renoir Monet

Grenouilliere Grenouilliere

1869 1869

Monet Manet

Blvd Capucines Caf Concert

1873 1874

Monet Manet

Argenteuil Argenteuil

1874 1874

Manet Cassatt

Boating The Boating Party

1891 1893

Good resources: Japonisme in Western Painting Pissarro and Pontoise 12 Views of Manets Bar Monets Table; Cooking Journals Klaus Berger Rich Brettell Bradford Collins Claire Joyes

Reminder: We will looking at Post-Impressionism on Thursday. Please remember to view Scribd for the word document to print out and bring to class.