• 7 Timeline: lives of the Impressionists. 8 Gallery. 9 Associates and influenced artists. 10 Beyond France. 11 Impressionism in other media.
  • Impressionism is an art movement that originated in France in the 1860s and lasted until the late 1880s.
  • Impressionism is one of the most popular and celebrated art movements of all time. We celebrate its genesis with a summary of highlights.
  • Impressionism vs Realism. Impressionists indeed challenged realists, such as Courbet and Corot. But their work can be seen as in continuity with realistic painting.
  • Like most revolutionary styles impressionism was. With impressionist art style, painters would quickly jot down fleeting instances of life in its true essence.
  • Realism Before Impressionism artists tended to paint realistically. Realist artists painted everyday characters, situations and objects in a ‘true-to-life' manner.
  • Leroy and other critics then applied the term 'impressionism' to many of the works on display which had vague forms and very obvious brushstrokes.
  • Although ridiculed at first by the art establishment in Europe, Impressionism became one of the most celebrated and popular of art styles, and artists such as Monet...
  • There was no one unifying Impressionist style, but the artists associated with Impressionism did share similar modern approaches to painting.
  • Later Developments
    • The Triumph of Impressionism
    • The Schools and Painters of Post-Impressionism