ARTISTS TO BE EXPLORED:
Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro, Paul Cezanne (need info), Claude Oscar Monet, Mary Stevenson Cassatt, and Berthe Morisot.
( pronounced Al-fred' Sis-lee and in French Al-frehd Sis-lay' )
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Sisley ~ 1876 |
One of a series of a flood at Port Marly in 1876. In this one, buildings and trees appear to float on the water, with its beautiful reflections and the cloud filled sky. Sisley, although good friends with Monet, for much of his life kept his work and pallet the same. Then in later years began to include brighter colors, depicting some of the marvelous beauty of an Impressionistic painting. Born in wealth, the death of his father in the Franco-Prussian War, left him with no money and he faced the same struggle as many of his colleagues. During his life he never acheived the success of some of his colleagues and he became isolated and mistrustful of others. At his death he did not know that the final irony was that within a year of his death, his paintings would begin to bring fabulous prices.
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- Bridge At Argenteuil 1872
- Snow At Veneux-Nanon 1880
( pronounced Ed-gar' De-gä' )
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Degas ~ 1876 |
This painting by Degas shows the seedier side of Café Life in 1876. A young girl with a glass of a deadly brew called absinthe, which could be as much as 70% alcohol and formerly contained oil of wormwood (now banned) and her companion. This picture gives a very realistic view of the effects on this young girl by her body language and expression.
Degas is known for his paintings and sketches of ballet dancers and dance halls. Called the "Painter of Dancers". With his indoor figure groups in movement, as subjects, he found new and wonderful solutions to the problems of composition, form, and color.
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- Two Dancers Resting 1874
- The Rehearsal Of The Ballet On Stage 1873-4
- Miss La At The Cirque Fernando 1879
- The Pedicure 1873
( pronounced Pyer Auh-güst' Re-nwar' )
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Renoir |
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Cassatt |
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Watching you, watching me! Impressionism held up a mirror to Parisian society. This interest in each other, more than a stage performance, is shown in these two paintings by Renoir and Cassatt.
Renoir, another favorite impressionist of Zettie's, was one of the leaders of France's impressionist movement. Later in his career he settled in to a more traditional style. His portraits, landscapes, and still lifes, exhibit a unique texture and use of light. Renoir is concidered one of the world's finest artists.
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- The Luncheon Of The Boating Party 1881
- The Swing 1876
- Le Malawian De La Gazette 1876
( pronounced Mair-ee Ceh-sat )
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Cassatt ~ 1890 |
Conventional composition is the only traditional treatment of this painting, with the central placement of the figures. The rest shows the Impressionist's fascination with effects of natural light on color. Cassatt has captured the shadows with tonal contrasts of solid color, showing glowing, reflected light. Quick, lively brushwork convey the dissolving and ever changing effect of light on form.
Mary Cassatt, an American painter and printmaker, exhibited her works with other impressionists in France. She persuaded many of her wealthy American friends to buy impressionist art and by doing this influenced America's interest in impressionism.
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- Mother And Child 1893
- Woman In Black At The Opera 1880 (shown above)
- Woman Reading In A Garden 1880
( pronounced Paul Say-zahn' )
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Cezanne |
Most 20th-century painters have been influenced by Cezanne. He abandoned perspective and used overlapping planes to give objects depth. He invented a way of modeling three-dimensional forms by painting in patches of color--warm color for advancing planes, cool color for receding planes. He painted from nature but did not hesitate to distort a shape or to change its color to convey its psychological effect or to fulfill the needs of his composition. His finest works are serene but powerful expressions of forms in space.
(From Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia © 1999 The Learning Company, Inc.)
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