by G. Fernández - theartwolf.com
No artistic period has been as commented or discussed as Impressionism. But, as an image is worth a thousand words, theartwolf.com has decided to showcase 50 paintings to resume the very best of this fascinating Art movement
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GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE:
"Paris Street, rainy day"1877 |
When talking about Impressionism, an error is often committed when assigning to this movement a series of painters who nothing or almost nothing had in common with it -Rousseau, Redon-, or others who, despite having felt an early attraction to the new movement, soon separated from it -Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne- or even others who, though being generally considered as representative members of this movement, can not be called "pure impressionists"
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Edgar Degas (French, b.1834, d.1917);
DANCER IN HER DRESSING ROOM
(danseuse dans sa loge) (detail); Circa 1879 |
In this last group, we have to differentiate between those who developed his style before the impressionist dawn - Edouard Manet- and those whose interests led them to search even beyond the Impressionism - Degas, Renoir -. If we want to look for the "pure", essential impressionist painters, those who developed their impressionist style without interferences from any other style, the list -with the risks of using a dangerously simplistic purism- would be reduced to only three names: Monet -the real Michelangelo of the impressionist era-, Pissarro -the great chronicler of the rural life- and Sisley. Nevertheless, in this list we will include not only the "pure" Impressionist painters, but also those related to the so-called Post-Impressionism. We all accept that Cézanne, van Gogh, Gauguin... are not truly Impressionist painters, but their relation with that Art movement is more than evident
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