The historical significance of Impressionism

Impressionist painting is an epoch-making art school in the history of Western painting. It reached its heyday in the 1870s and 1980s. Its influence spread throughout Europe and gradually spread to all over the world, but it achieved its greatest success in France. A brilliant artistic achievement. From the second half of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, a large number of Impressionist art masters emerged in France. They created a large number of classic masterpieces that are still familiar today, such as: Manet's "Luncheon on the Grass", Monet's "Sunrise" ·impression".

Chinese name

Impressionism

Foreign name

Impressionism

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Art

Definition

Oil painting, watercolor, music, photography, literature

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Western painting art school

Impressionist painting (French : L'impressionnisme, English: Impressionism, German: Impressionismus, Dutch: Impressionisme, Italian: impressionismo), also known as Impressionism, is an epoch-making art school in the history of Western painting. It emerged in France from the 1860s to the 1990s.

Monet's work "Sunrise·Impression"

At that time, Claude Monet's oil painting "Sunrise·Impression" was ridiculed by a reporter. name. This picture depicts the early morning in the port of Le Havre, when the sun has just risen. Since the painter has to complete the work in a very short period of time, before the light changes, the beautiful scenery of the morning is impossible to depict very carefully. When the academic painters saw this work, they thought it was very rough and too casual, so they used sarcastic language to laugh at the "Barbizon" painters, meaning: Those are a group of painters who don't understand painting at all. "Sunrise·Impression" was completely drawn randomly based on impressions. Others also echoed that these painters are all "Impressionists". Unexpectedly, these sarcastic words actually empowered these painters, and "Impressionism" followed. After its birth, the "Barbizon School" was slowly forgotten.