Lesson 7-The Impressionist Movement

Lesson 7:
The Impressionist Movement
Pages 38-43
The Impressionist Movement
• Late 1800’s
• Founded by
Claude Monet
• Artist captured his
impressions of a
scene
• Ready-mixed paint
& portable easels
Impression: Sunrise
Claude Monet
Claude Monet
• Gave Impressionism
its name
• Plein-air painting
• Effect of light on the
subject
• Painted many
pictures in a series
• Known for waterlily
pictures
Claude Monet, self-portrait,
1886
Claude Monet
Haystacks
Cathedral at Rouen
Water Lily Pond
Claude Monet
Monet’s garden
at Giverny was
a great source
of inspiration for
his paintings.
J
Blue Waterlilies
Waterlilies
Claude Monet
L’Orangerie, Paris
J
Who would
you prefer
paint your
portrait,
Leonardo da
Vinci or
Monet?
Pierre-August Renoir
1841-1919
• Began career as a
porcelain painter
• Worked with Monet,
Pisarro, Cezanne
• Joyous scenes in
dappled sunlight
• Luncheon of the
Boating Party
Two Sisters (On the Terrace)
August Renoir
J
Girl with a Watering Can
Girl with a Hoop
Luncheon of the Boating Party
August Renoir
J
Edgar Degas
1834-1917
• Never considered
himself to be an
Impressionist
• Famous for paintings
of ballet dancers
• Also sculpted
• Only French
Impressionist to
create paintings in
the US
Dancers in Pink
J
The Dance
Class
Edgar
Degas
If money were no object, would you rather
buy a Degas painting or a
Jan Van Eyck painting?
J
Berthe
Morisot
1841-1895
• French female artist
• Given art lessons
by Corot, famous
French landscape
painter
• The Cradle –
Berthe’s sister with
her 2nd child in 1871
The Cradle
James MacNeill Whistler
1834-1903
•American born, but
spent much of his
boyhood in Russia
•Named his art work
as if they were
musical compositions
•His painting known
as “Whistler’s Mother”
is the 2nd most
famous painting in the
world
Symphony in
White No. 1
Symphony in White
No. 2
Arrangement in Black and Grey, No. 1
James MacNeill Whistler
J
Musee
d’Orsay,
Paris
• American
female
Impressionist
• Encouraged by
Philadelphia
artist, Thomas
Eakins
• Mothers with
children
provided the
theme for many
of her works
Mary Cassatt
1844-1926
A Ride in a Rowing Boat
Little Girl in a Blue Armchair
Mary Cassatt
J
Sleepy Baby
Mary Cassatt
Dallas Museum of Art
The Bath, Mary Cassatt
• Noted AfricanAmerican
Impressionist
• Encouraged by
Thomas Eakins
• Studied in Paris
during the 1880’s
• The Banjo Lesson
• Christ & His Mother
Studying the
Scriptures
Henry O. Tanner
J
Christ and His Mother
Studying the Scriptures,
Dallas Museum of Art
The Banjo
Lesson
Henry
O.Tanner
Auguste Rodin
• Impressionist
sculptor
• Works left
“unfinished”
• The Thinker
REVIEW QUESTION #1:
What is the title and who is the English
artist who painted this work?
J
The Hay Wain
John Constable
J
REVIEW
QUESTION
#2:
Name the title
and the creator
of this painting
by a French
Romantic
artist.
Eugene
Delacroix
Massacre at
Chios
The Louvre, Paris
REVIEW QUESTION #3:
What is the title of this painting and
which figure represents Jesus?
J
Jesus
The Calling of St. Matthew (by Caravaggio)
REVIEW
QUESTION #4:
What is the title of
this painting and
who is its Spanish
Baroque artist?
J
The
Waterseller of
Seville
Diego
Velasquez
Review Question #5:
What is the title of this painting by a French
Romantic artist? Name the artist.
Eugene Delacroix
Liberty Leading Her People
J
The Louvre, Paris
REVIEW
QUESTION #6:
What is the title
of this painting
by a Mannerist
artist?
And who was
the artist?
J
J
The Burial
of Count
Orgaz,
1586
El Greco
Toledo, Spain
REVIEW
QUESTION #7:
What is the
name of this
group portrait?
What is the
name of the
Dutch Baroque
artist who
created it?
J
The Night Watch
Rembrandt van Rijn
J
REVIEW QUESTION #8:
Which Impressionist artist was known
for his paintings of waterlilies?
Claude
Monet
REVIEW
QUESTION #9:
Which Mannerist
painted this
mythological
scene?
And what is the
title of this work?
J
Titian
Bacchus
and
Ariadne
REVIEW QUESTION #10:
What is the name of the American artist who
was known for naming his paintings as if they
were pieces of music?
J
Arrangement in Black and Grey, No. 1
James MacNeill Whistler
J
Musee
d’Orsay,
Paris
REVIEW QUESTION #11:
Which of these two paintings of the Last
Supper was done by the Mannerist,
Tintoretto?
J
J
A
B
REVIEW QUESTION #11:
Which of these two paintings of the Last
Supper was done by the Mannerist,
Tintoretto?
J
A
J
REVIEW
QUESTION #12:
Who painted
The Arnolfini
Marriage?
J
Jan van Eyck
REVIEW QUESTION #13:
What is the title of this painting?
And who is the artist?
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Andrews
Thomas Gainsborough
J
Combination of a double portrait and a landscape painting
J
REVIEW
QUESTION
#14:
Name the
artist and the
painting title:
J
King Henry VIII
Hans Holbein
the Younger
J
REVIEW
QUESTION
#15:
Name the title
of this painting
and its artist.
J
The
Swing
Fragonard
REVIEW QUESTION #16:
What is the title of this painting and
who is the artist?
J
Honore Daumier
J
Third Class Carriage
REVIEW
QUESTION #17:
What is the name of
this painting by a
Dutch Baroque
artist?
And what was the
artist’s name?
J
J
Woman in
Blue Reading
a Letter
Jan Vermeer
REVIEW QUESTION #18:
Who painted this fresco and
what is its title?
J
ANSWER:
Raphael
The School of Athens
J
REVIEW QUESTION #19:
Name the artist and the title of this
painting.
J
The Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli
J
REVIEW QUESTION #19: Which
artist was the founder of the
Impressionist Movement?
Haystacks
Impression: Sunrise
Claude Monet - the founder of
the Impressionist Movement
Haystacks
Impression: Sunrise