Very few art movements in history were so in line with what could be perceived as feminine art than the Impressionist movement of the late 19th century. The Impressionist artist used loose brushstrokes and started painting outdoors in the 1860s. This was revolutionary and they faced stiff criticism initially. This gradually changed as some major …
Impressionist Artists
Born and raised in Paris, this English artist only spent brief periods in his native country as he lived and worked most of his life in France. Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) was one of the leading Impressionist artists of the 19th century and his entire oeuvre almost exclusively consists of landscape paintings. The beautiful French landscape …
When the name of a particular art movement is associated with one of the paintings of a single artist, then you can rest assured that this movement was defined by this particular artist as well. Claude Monet (1840-1926) was one of the leading Impressionist artists of his time and his name has become a synonym …
In the 1870s in Paris, France, a new art movement emerged which was in sheer contrast with the ideas of the Realism artists of the previous decades. It somewhat returned to the essence of dramatic expression of the Romantic artists of the first half of the century and artists of this movement drew inspiration from …