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Characteristics
of The Impressionist Movement
The
Impressionist style of painting developed in the late 1870s in France.
The painters wanted to represent objects in an atmospheric veil,
enveloped with light and air. They were an intellectual and social
group of artists whose members sought to bring about a radical power
shift in the world of art. The movement was a reaction against Academic art and
the notorious French Academy. They rebelled against the
academic organizations that controlled the French art world with an
iron fist. The movement began with Monet. According to French
Art Historian Camille Mauclair, "The very name "Impressionism" is due
to Claude Monet. There has been much serious arguing upon this famous
word which has given rise to all sorts of definitions and conclusions.
In reality this is its curious origin which is little known, even in
criticism. Ever since 1860 the works of Manet and of
his friends caused such a stir, that they were rejected en bloc by the
Salon jury of 1863. The emperor, inspired by a praiseworthy, liberal
thought, demanded that these innovators should at least have the right
to exhibit together in a special room which was called the Salon des
Refusés. The public crowded there to have a good laugh. One of the
pictures which caused most derision was a sunset by Claude Monet,
entitled Impressions. From this moment the painters who adopted more or
less the same manner were called Impressionists. The word remained in
use, and Manet and his friends thought it a matter of indifference
whether this label was attached to them, or another. At this despised
Salon were to be found the names of Manet, Monet, Whistler,
Bracquemont, Jongkind, Fantin-Latour, Renoir,
Legros, and many others who have since risen to fame. Universal
ridicule only fortified the friendships and resolutions of this group
of men, and from that time dates the definite foundation of the
Impressionist school."
Impressionism was a rebellion against the painting traditions of the time and created quite stir in the French Art world. the artists were ridiculed and on occasion attacked in cafes by drunken art critics.
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The Principal Impressionist Painters
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