Monday Morning Museum: Impressionism

Impressionism – Centered in France from the 1860s to 1880s

Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists. Their independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s, in spite of harsh opposition from the conventional art community in France. – Wikipedia.org

In addition to Frédéric Bazille, (see art example below), other Impressionist artists are Oscar Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet and Mary Stevenson Cassatt.

Aigues-Mortes, 1867 by Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870)

Last Monday’s Art – The Hudson River School
Next Monday’s Art – Mannerism

Top of post: “Impressionism” graphic created by Adrean Darce Brent
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum: Edgar Degas

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas – Saturday 19 July 1834 Paris, France to Thursday 27 September 1917 Paris, France

French Realist / Impressionist Painter and Sculptor

Degas is known for his paintings of ballet dancers, but in this work – Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando, 1879 – he presents a performer of a different kind. Living in Southern California, I certainly appreciate the woman’s name.



Last Monday’s Artist – Mary Stevenson Cassatt
Next Monday’s Artist – Robert Rauschenberg

Images:
Left: At the Races: The Start, 1861-1862 from the website the-anthenaeum.org
Center: The Dance Class, 1874 from the website metmusuem.org
Right: The Millinery Shop, 1885 from the website the-anthenaeum.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent