By: Angela Wylie
FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST
PROJECT
The impressionist art movement originated in France in the last quarter of the 19th century as a reaction against traditional art and its strict rules. This movement originated with a group of Paris-based
artists. Impressionism is now seen as the first
movement in modern art, and had a huge influence on the development of art in the
20th century.
WHEN? WHY? WHO?
Their independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during
the 1870s and 1880s, in spite of harsh opposition from the
conventional art community in France.
The Impressionists loosened their brushwork and lightened their palettes to
include pure, intense colors. They abandoned traditional linear perspective and avoided the clarity of form that had
previously served to distinguish the more important elements of a picture from the lesser ones. For this reason, many critics faulted Impressionist paintings for their unfinished appearance and seemingly
amateurish quality.
TECHNIQUES
In the beginning the artists were not appreciated because they were going
against the traditional painting techniques
ACCEPTANCE
His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and
Post-Impressionism. Pissarro studied from great forerunners, including Gustave
Courbet and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. He later studied and worked alongside
Georges Seurat and Paul Signac when he took on the Neo-Impressionist style at the
age of 54.
CAMILLE PISSARO
“Landscape at Chaponvale”
“Night effect”
“gathering herbs”
CAMILLES PAINTINGS
“Snow effect”
“Bathers II” “village
church”
PAINTINGS
<“sunset”
“thaw,
pontoise”^
<“Sunset at rouen”
MORE PAINTINGS
• Camille Pissarro was born on July 10, 1830, on the island of St. Thomas. Relocating to Paris as
a young man, Pissarro began experimenting with art, eventually helping to shape the
Impressionist movement with friends including Claude Monet and Edgar Degas. • Died november 13th 1903
• Full name: Jacob-Abraham-Camille Pissarro
BIO