CLAUDE MONET“Studies in Light”

•Most “Pure Impressionist”•Worked en plein air•Short swift brushstrokes•Focus on light and color in nature•Painted scenes multiple times

Rouen Cathedral at Noon1894

Rouen Cathedral at Sunset1894

Rouen Cathedral in the Fog1894

Houses of Parliament1904

Houses of Parliament, London, Sun Breaking Through1904

ÉDOUARD MANET“Academic with a Twist”

•Linked between Realism (academic) and Impressionism•Dark palette•Focus on drawing/kept more solid forms•Used modern day scenes & nudes (vulgar?)

The Luncheon on the Grass1863

A Bar at the Folies-Bergere1882

Nana1877

EDGAR DEGAS“The Art of Dancing”

•Ballerinas, horse race scenes, theatre scenes, women•Used oil paint and pastels •Academic training=liked painting in his studio•Scenes are framed like a photograph (cut off forms)•Lost eyesight towards end of life=turned to sculpture to “feel” his art.

The Singer with the Glove, 1878L’Orchestre de l’Opéra, around 1870

Stage Rehearsal, 1878–1879

At the Races 1877-1880

MARY CASSATT“American Woman (stay away from me-e)”

•Only American Impressionist artist•Very close friends with Degas, learned much from him•Subject: women and children, womanly things•Soft, delicate brushstrokes, maintains solid forms•Admired Japanese art= simple lines, flat planes, patterned backgroungs

Woman in a Loge, 1879 Self-portrait, c. 1878

Woman in Black at the Opera1878-1880

Tea, 1880

The Child’s Bath, 1893

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIT

“Pretty, yes pretty!”•Luminous color and youthful Parisian leisure time•Shows the carefree spirit that is infecting Paris at this time•Focus is on people, instead on nature (Monet)•Very soft brushwork (captures movement)

Dance at Le moulin de la Galette, 1876

Dance in the Country, 1883

Girl With a Hoop, 1885

Bathers, 1918

CAMILLE PISSARRO“God, the Father”

•Oldest and most prolific (all 8 shows)•Enjoyed landscapes and busy Paris street scenes•Younger artists looked to him for guidance/ inspiration•Used more natural (desaturated colors)•Focus on land/cityscapes, not so much the people

Landscape at Pontoise, 1874

The Woods at Marly, 1871

Boulevard Montmartre, 1897