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

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Monday Morning Museum: Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir – Thursday 25 February 1841 Limoges, France to Wednesday 3 December 1919 Cagnes, France

French Impressionist Painter

Father of film director Jean Renoir

Here is one of my favorite Renoir paintings - Le Dejeuner Des Canotiers, 1880-81 - which to me evokes the joy of French life.

Next Monday's Artist - André Derain

Images:
Left: Portrait of Charles and Georges Durand-Ruel, 1882 from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Center: Two Young Girls At The Piano, 1892 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: The White Pierrot, 1901-02 from the website dia.org
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