Art History Research: Impressionism

Impressionism: 1870s-1890s

Characteristics:

• Use of colored shadows
• Broken color and broken brushstrokes
• Use of Impasto/thick paint

Artists of the Era

Claude Monet:

Irises in Monet's Garden

1900

Water Lilies
1914-1926

Mary Cassatt:

Summertime 1894

1894

 Children Playing on the Beach
1884

Edgar Degas:

A Grecian Dance

1890

Dancers in Blue
1890