CLAUDE MONET Studies in Light Most Pure Impressionist

CLAUDE MONET “Studies in Light” • Most “Pure Impressionist” • Worked en plein air • Short swift brushstrokes • Focus on light and color in nature • Painted scenes multiple times

Rouen Cathedral at Noon 1894 Rouen Cathedral at Sunset Rouen Cathedral in the Fog 1894

Houses of Parliament 1904 Houses of Parliament, London, Sun Breaking Through 1904

ÉDOUARD MANET “Academic with a Twist” • Linked between Realism (academic) and Impressionism • Dark palette • Focus on drawing/kept more solid forms • Used modern day scenes & nudes (vulgar? )

The Luncheon on the Grass 1863

A Bar at the Folies-Bergere 1882

Nana 1877

EDGAR DEGAS “The Art of Dancing” • Ballerinas, horse race scenes, theatre scenes, women • Used oil paint and pastels • Academic training=liked painting in his studio • Scenes are framed like a photograph (cut off forms) • Lost eyesight towards end of life=turned to sculpture to “feel” his art.

L’Orchestre de l’Opéra, around 1870 The Singer with the Glove, 1878

Stage Rehearsal, 1878– 1879

At the Races 1877 -1880

MARY CASSATT “American Woman (stay away from me-e)” • Only American Impressionist artist • Very close friends with Degas, learned much from him • Subject: women and children, womanly things • Soft, delicate brushstrokes, maintains solid forms • Admired Japanese art= simple lines, flat planes, patterned backgroungs

Woman in a Loge, 1879 Self-portrait, c. 1878

Woman in Black at the Opera 1878 -1880

Tea, 1880

The Child’s Bath, 1893

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIT “Pretty, yes pretty!” • Luminous color and youthful Parisian leisure time • Shows the carefree spirit that is infecting Paris at this time • Focus is on people, instead on nature (Monet) • Very soft brushwork (captures movement)

Dance at Le moulin de la Galette, 1876

Dance in the Country, 1883 Girl With a Hoop, 1885

Bathers, 1918

CAMILLE PISSARRO “God, the Father” • Oldest and most prolific (all 8 shows) • Enjoyed landscapes and busy Paris street scenes • Younger artists looked to him for guidance/ inspiration • Used more natural (desaturated colors) • Focus on land/cityscapes, not so much the people

Landscape at Pontoise, 1874

The Woods at Marly, 1871

Boulevard Montmartre, 1897