Mr. Monet, what is your definition of “pure impressionism”. “The concept of pure impressionism is basically the art of painting plein air which is just a fancy way to say ‘outdoor landscape painting’. This type of painting began during the Romantics period but truly became popular during my time as a painter (Encyclopedia of Irish and World Art). Also, the use of black paint is strictly not done (New World Encyclopedia).” Who or what most influenced your painting? “My mentor and greatest influence was Eugène Boudin, who was a genius landscape painter.
This presents a deeper, more truthful interpretation of reality through the practice of both synthetic and analytical cubism that reflects an avante garde style. Picassos reinterpretation of reality in is artwork “ Still Life with a Cane Chair” 1912 is a good example of Picassos thoughts and attitudes toward art. We can see evidence of Cubist ideas and theories of art that portray aspects of the modern world whilst showing Picasso’s obsession with being avant garde. In Picasso’s artwork the unique combination of materials used to create the work such as the use of oil painted abstract forms with collaged oil cloth and rope creates both multiplicity and relativity of life. This combination of analytical and synthetic cubism reflects Picasso’s interest in ideas perception and reality in painting.
He met his first important teacher, Eugene Boudin, when some of his drawings were exhibited next to Boudin’s paintings in the window of a local shop. His only education was at Le Havre secondary school of the arts. Claude Monet was the one of the founding fathers of French impressionism. In a style not previously before painted, impressionism captured a scene by using bright colors with lots of light and different shades to create the illusion of a glance. He is also one of the leading painters of landscapes in the history of art.
Claude Monet is one of the most vital painters in French, a great deal of theory and practice of Impressionism, he also take the majority of participate in contribution. He specializes in experimental and performance techniques of light and shadows, and his style is concentrate on description of shadow and contour lines of paintings to create a bold innovation, making a deliberate break with traditional sepia-tone style. Moreover, Monet’s technique towards making use of color is quite fine and delicate; he used a large number of identical ordinary subject matter to experiment with light and color. Charing Cross Bridge, Fog is one of a twelve finished series oil painting that was created by Claude Monet in London, the United Kingdom in 1902. The 2 angle of its vision is oblique.
Edouard Manet first introduced the modernist style in his painting Le Déjeuner sur L’Herbe. The painting exuberated painterly style with large unblended brushstrokes and also introduced an dark outlining around figures and objects that created a flattening effect that rejected the three dimensional perspective that was highly used in the Renaissance era. The use of harsh lighting, extreme lights with drastic darks, sequentially, make the paintings look like a photograph. These painting techniques are just the tip of Modernism; there are numerous other techniques that derive from Edouard Manet’s works by other Impressionist/Post-Impressionist artists. Claude
Surrealist artists Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte have communicated meaning by using the subjective frame in their artworks. The utilisation of symbolism, contrasting colours, juxtaposition and space help further enhance these messages. Whereas Dali aims to amuse, intrigue and shock the audience, Magritte’s artworks confront the audiences normals views and beliefs. Salvador Dali’s 1931 artwork ‘The Persistence of Memory’ is one of the most famous and iconic Surrealist paintings, combining everyday life and the dreamlike, subconscious world. Dali communicates his message of time and how it is slowing down by using symbolism, juxtaposition and colour.
French painter Paul Cézanne, who showcased little in his lifetime and who often pursued his interests in artistic solitude, is modern-day considered as one of the great ancestor of modern painting, for both the way that he put down exactly what his eye caught (in nature) on canvas and for the qualities of graphic form that he attained through a unique ways of space, mass, and color. Famous for his impressionist artistic concepts Paul Cézanne grew to be one of the most unique painters in the late 19th and early 20th century. Cézanne took impressionistic ideas and cubism ideology to express his vision and because of that he created a bridge, which slowly exposed the world to the 20t century art style of cubism. Paul Cézanne was born on January 19, 1839, in the south of France. His father did not, at first, agree with his career choice in art, yet realizing his son’s talent, allowed him to continue on his chosen career path.
Artist Piet Mondrian, and his non- objective painting, "A Composition of Black Red Grey Yellow," 1920. He used primary colors red, yellow and blue and separated by thick black lines, compositional relationships to right angles, on a strong white background. Mondrian attempted to represent the world through vertical and horizontal lines which to him represented the two opposing forces: the positive and the negative, the dynamic and the static, the masculine and the feminine. Some of the black lines (but not all of them) stop short at a seemingly arbitrary (based on random choice, rather than any reason ) distance from the edge of the canvas. A very modern painting as no illusionism is present, and there is absolutely no reference to the natural world.
It was the first of modern movements. Its aim was to achieve ever greater naturalism by a detailed study of tone and colour and, by an exact rendering of the way light falls on different surfaces. This interest in colour an light was greatly influenced by the scientific discoveries of the French physicist 'Chevreul' and by paintings by Delacroix. Instead of painting dark shadows using mainly different tones of grey and black, the Impressionists- like Delacroix - realised that when an object casts a shadow, that shadow will be tinged with the complemntary colour of the object. They did not use firmly drawn outlines but instead applied paint in small brightly coloured dabs, even in sadowy areas of their pictures.
Post Impressionistic artist moved away from a lot of the loose free stokes used in Impressionism and focused more on the quality of lines they used. Vincent van Gogh was a front runner for this Post Impressionistic movement and after reviewing many of his works including my personal favorite “Starry Night” which further confirms my opinion that Post Impressionism is in fact a continuation from Impressionism rather than a new movement. Van Gogh created a scene that was a mixture of stiff and free lines. Not quite as loose as Impressionism because the forms are much more distinct and recognizable however the lines are loose enough to still create flow and movement in the painting. (VanGoghGallery) Another of Van Gogh’s works that show how Post Impressionism evolved yet stayed in the impressionistic movement is “Café Terrace at Night” which has much cleaner defined lines with bold colors yet the forms of the people in the painting are still very loose and less defined.