Claude Monet, one of the most important painters of impressionism.Library of Congress / Getty Images.
What was the objective of the impressionists?
Impressionist painters aspired to paint the light at the exact moment in which they observed the world, that is, the reality of the time. Therefore, these artists were inclined to landscapes, which were ideal for exploring the use of light and color to Perfect the method of impressionism.
Likewise, the faithful portrait of nature was essential, since for them, capturing the color, texture or shape of a rose, for example, was unfair to the rosemith in its entirety. Then, it was a great idea to highlight those details within a larger work, but with the light always as the protagonist, that is, as one more element of the piece. So, while a rose withered in the middle of a garden during autumn, it is what would be reflected in the painting, but not, how a healthy rose should always be seen, because to tell the truth, life changes and the world turns.
That is what is seen in the impressionist work: a reality of the environment, without tiento, without common beauty and without poses, all natural and there is nothing more than approaching naturalness than light itself.
Dancers by Edgar Degas, it is one of the most important and known impressionist paintings in the world.Geoffrey Clements / Getty Images.
Who are the main exponents of impressionism?
It was thanks to Claude Monet and his work Printing: rising sun of 1873 that The term impressionism He came to life, thanks to his pictorial findings in the treatment of light. It is worth mentioning that this work was presented in the Hall of Independent Artists of Paris in 1874. He mentioned on multiple occasions that Manet was part of his inspiration and, strictly speaking, he placed the foundations for Monet would move within impressionism With such security and of course, the precursor and maximum figure of the same will be considered.
Other prominent artists of the movement were Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Berthe Morisot in France; While Francesco Filippini did his own work in Italy, where he also had a significant boom.
Postimpressionism
So, Impressionism laid the foundations of other artistic movements that were born at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, such as Puntillismo, the avant -garde and the one that emerged almost directly: post -impressionism. The latter arose in London around 1910, thanks to an exhibition of three artists who would be the most famous in the world of art as a whole, over the years: Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin and Vincent Van Gogh.