CLAUDE MONET• founder of f French impressionist painting• most famous painting “Sunrise”•Monet rejected the traditional approach to landscape painting and instead of copying old masters he had been learning from his friends and the nature itself.

IMPRESSIONISM• The most conspicuous characteristic

of Impressionism was an attempt to accurately and objectively record visual reality in terms of transient effects of light and color

FAMOUS IMPRESSIONIST

Edgar DegasPainted the “Absinthe

Drinker” (L’Absinthe)Year: 1876

FAMOUS IMPRESSIONIST Edouard Manet

Painted the The Floor Scrapers (Les raboteurs de parquet) by Gustave Caillebotte

Year: 1875

FAMOUS IMPRESSIONIST Camille Pissarro

Painted the Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather Camille Pissarro

Year: 1896

FAMOUS IMPRESSIONIST Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Painted the Dance at Le moulin de la Galette (Bal du moulin de la Galette) 

Year: 1876

FAMOUS IMPRESSIONIST Gustave Caillebotte

• Painted the Paris Street; Rainy Day • Year: 1877

FAMOUS IMPRESSIONIST

Painted the Starry Night

Vincent van Gogh 

FAMOUS IMPRESSIONIST Paul Cézanne

Painted the Compo tier Glass And Apples Aka Still Life With Compo tier

FAMOUS IMPRESSIONIST Mary Cassatt

Painted the Girl Arranging her Hair