Birth of Modern ArtEdouard Manet

Edouard Manet

Music in the Tuileries Gardens

1862

Edouard Manet

Luncheon on the Grass

1863

Edouard Manet

Luncheon on the Grass

1863

Giorgione / Titian

Pastoral Concert

c. 1510

Edouard Manet

Luncheon on the Grass

1863

Marcantonio Raimondi

Judgement of Paris

c. 1515

Edouard Manet

The Railroad

1872-73

Impressionism

IMPRESSIONISM

- How did the term Impressionism come about?

- When did this movement develop?

- Who were the artists involved in this movement?

- What were their aims?

- How was their style(s) like?

IMPRESSION

Lack of realism

Blurred

Vague

Quick/fast

A moment in time

Sketch

Claude Monet

Impression: Sunrise

1872

Oil on canvas, 48 x 63cm

Claude MonetImpression: Sunrise1872

Claude Lorrain

Seaport with the embarkation of the queen of sheba

1648

Subject: Misty view of seaport at sunrise Hurried &

vigorous brushwork/dabs

Predominant use of orange

AIM: To capture an instantaneous sensation -- the shimmering surface of water, caring less about detail.

Dispersed/ all-over composition

No distinction between foreground, middle ground nor background.

Claude MonetImpression: Sunrise

1872This work changed the concept of a ‘completed’ artwork. A ‘sketch’ is now deemed by Monet as worthy of exhibiting

“What does the canvas depict? Look at the catalogue.”

“Impression: Sunrise”

“Impression -- I was sure of it. I was just telling myself that, since I was impressed, there had to be some impression in it… and what freedom, what ease of workmanship! Wall-paper in its embryonic state is more finished than this seascape.”

~ Louis Leroy

Impressionist’s Pursuit -- Ever-changing Light

Invention of oil paints packaged in air-tight tubes allowed the Impressionists to paint outdoors

Edgar Degas (1834 -- 1917)Auguste Renoir

(1841 -- 1919)Claude Monet (1840 -- 1926)

Camille Pissarro (1830 -- 1903)

The Key Impressionists

Mary Cassatt (1844 -- 1926)

Some Examples of work by the Impressionists

Aim:• Objective transcription of the world• To study the effect of light on objects & people.

2 main groups:- Landscape: Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley

- Figure: Edgar Degas, Auguste Renoir, Mary Cassatt

General Characteristics of Impressionists:

• - Clear, bright colours

~ Concept of complementary colours

• - Short, choppy brushwork / dabs• - ‘Snapshot’ composition• - Sketchy quality

Claude Monet

The Poppy Field

1873

Oil on canvas

Hokusai KatsushikaGreat Wave off Kanagawa

1823-9

The Influence of Japanese Woodcut prints on Impressionist artists

Hiroshige AndoCherry Blossom at Arashiyama

Kitagawa UtamaroThe Three Models

Impressionists applied the flat, bright colors, and asymmetrical compositions of woodcuts to their paintings.

Leader of the Impressionists

Claude Monet

1840 -1926

Claude MonetBathing at La Grenouillere1869

Claude MonetBathing at La Grenouillere1869

Detail

Claude MonetLa Grenouillere1869Oil on canvas, 74.6 × 99.7 cm

Claude Monet

The Rue Montorgueil, Paris

1878

Oil on canvas, 81x50cm

Detail

Claude MonetRouen Cathedral Series1890

1880s, Monet began to experiment with series of pictures that allowed him to capture the changes from one time to another.

- Devoted himself to capturing the flux of nature

Series: Trains arriving at the Gare Saint Lazare, Rouen Cathedral, haystacks, poplars and waterlilies

The changing conditions of light – affected by atmosphere, time of day, and season remained his theme

http://www.learn.columbia.edu/monet/swf/

Claude MonetHaystacks Series

1891

Claude MonetWater Lilies

1906