Impressionism

Impressionism is a 19th century art movement which involves painting with small, thin brush strokes. It originated in France and focuses on capturing real life. It relates to the art movement of realism and documentary photography.

Monet was a founder of French Impressionist painting who focused on capturing perceptions of nature. Because Monet was passionate about documenting the French countryside he focused on the changing of seasons through his paintings. Because of the change of seasons between each documentary he made the light would change meaning that each of his pictures showed something different. When Monet was young he visited Paris where he experienced young painters copying from masters. This was what set off his passion for Impressionism. His photo below focuses on small strokes of exactly what he has seen. He uses composition to show the different parts of the French countryside. This connotes his love for nature and escaping the confines of a building.

Pierre-Auguste-Renior was a French impressionism documenter who was inspired by Camille Pissarro and Edouard Manet. After a series of rejections by the salon juries he joined forces with Monet, Sisley, Pissarro and several other painters. His pictures focus on portraits of people, again using small strokes to show the detail of each person he sees. I will recreate this image by

photographing a person and editing it on photoshop to look painted. Renoir uses composition to show the different elements of a persons face. This connotes that Renoir feels comfortable around people and that people have different parts to them which intrigue the artist.