Definition

 Impressionism developed in Paris in the year 1860's

 Artists create their art depending on their moods. On
how they feel in a certain moment.
 There are a lot of factors to consider like the use of
colors and strokes.
 Usually bright in appearance to show the play of light.
 Is an artistic style that seeks to capture experience or
feeling rather than to achieve accurate depiction.
 Portrays natural subjects. Also shows emotions and
movement in their painting.
Characteristics
 Subjects  Technique
 Scenes from everyday  Color
life  Brushwork
 Nature  Locale
 People  Composition
 Paris
 Still life
Famous Artists
 Edouard Manet  Pierre-Auguste Renoir
 Eugene Boudin  Mary Cassatt
 Frederic Bazille  Camille Pissarro
 Alfred Sisley  Claude Monet
 Edgar Degas  Walter Richard Sickret
 Berthe Morisot
Impression, Sunrise, 1874

 Claude Monet
 Oil on canvas
 48 cm × 63 cm
Summertime,
1894
 Mary Cassatt
 Oil on canvas,
 100.7 x 81.3 cm
The Dance
Class, 1874
 Edgar Degas
 Oil on canvas
 83.2 x 76.8 cm
Two Sisters /
On the
Terrace,1881
 Pierre-Auguste
Renoir
 Oil on canvas
 100.5 cm × 81 cm
Boating, 1874

 Édouard Manet
 Oil on canvas;
 97.2 x 130.2 cm
Lady at her Toilette, 1875
 Berthe Morisot
 Oil on canvas;
 46 × 38 cm