Impressionism
Like all forms of art, painting is also dynamic and evolves through and with time. For sure, the impressionism movement was never developed and organized overnight. It took years of gradual evolution in style in the same way that it took years of regular meetings before its prime movers finally called themselves as the Impressionists.
As a matter of fact, the term impressionist did not come from the artists themselves. It was meant to be a satirical, albeit sarcastic, comment on one of the Claude Monet paintings titled “Impression, Sunrise.†The critic, titled “Exhibition of the Impressionists†was published in Le Charivari.
After much struggle against mainstream visual arts, impressionism gained public approval and attracted talented artists. Its list of highly celebrated recruits includes Vincent Van Gogh, who devoted his last years to painting landscapes and familiar household objects. Sunflowers, The Potato Eaters and Starry Night are some of the renowned impressionist Van Gogh paintings. Although he is more popularly known as a cubist, and in fact was one of the founders of Cubism in visual arts, Pablo Picasso was also, for a time an impressionist. Among the famous Picasso paintings under this genre are the “Head of Horse,†and “Glass and Pitcher.â€
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
