Impressionism

Jean-Victor Bertin is a “French painter of historical landscapes” and a former pupil of Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes. Bertin went to Royal Academy of Painting in Paris as a history painting student studying under Gabriel-FFrancoisDoyen for three years. When the classes became too difficult and demanding, Bertin switched to paysage historique. This type of portrait takes landscape painting and blends a heroic view to give charm to the genre. Artist were also attracted to this style of oiled…

This is where his art began to take on the style that would make him famous. He discovers Impressionists and Post Impressionists, discussing art with some of the most avant-garde and influential artists of his time – painters like Gauguin, Bernard, and Toulouse-Lautrec. He was using more color, applying the paint with thick, bold brushstrokes, and painted all that surrounded him. Van Gogh arranged to show his work, to positive reviews, but was still unable to sell any pieces. Vincent lived in…

1) Why do you think critics labeled Matisse and other artists who made paintings in a similar style as Wild Beasts? Do you agree or disagree? Why? What do you think these "Fauvist" artists were trying to express? The reason why critics labeled Matisse and other artists who made paintings in a similar style as Matisse is due to the fact they had an abstract or semi-abstract style as well as the use of strong or intense colors that were labeled as wild. It also is labeled as Wild Beasts because…

When I took Art Appreciation back in high school, my art teacher, Jane Huebner, also known as “Heebs had told us a quote that I can still remember to this day; I need da money to buy da gas to make the Van Gogh. From there on out I started to like this artist that had stood out to me. This artist was Vincent Willem Van Gogh. He is known as a post-impressionist artist still to this day (2). He had a not so great life and had only sold one painting (4). Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in the…

Although plates 1.3.20 and 1.3.22 by Paul Cézanne have the same subject matter, the composition of the paintings has turned out completely different. One similarity is the way they are painted. Cézanne was described as the “founding father of modern art” (Jones, 2014) and these plates are clear examples of this. In 1.3.20 he used short brushstrokes to build up the scene. It has been described as a “rich mosaic of coloured strands” (Keller, 1980, p246). This compares to the cool toned…

In the world of art and sculpture, Edgar Degas’ The Little Dancer’s meaning is decidedly undecided. When the sculpture was first presented to the world in 1881, people reacted strongly in both good and bad ways because of just how different this sculpture was. The figure is rigid – in what looks like a stretch – and the face isn’t posed but natural and what some would call ugly. I found the sculpture to be profoundly refreshing due to the detail in every part of it, the unique authenticity, and…

Is there life after death? For Vincent Van gogh there was. Vincent Van Gogh was known for a painter whose work, notable for its beauty, emotion and color, highly influenced 20th-century art but before he was known in every household, Van Gogh had suffered from mental illness and remained poor causing him to be virtually unknown throughout his life. Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of art. In over a…

A new artistic movement that materialized in the late 19th century was given the name impressionism. One of the founders of the French impressionist movement was Claude Monet. Impressionists depict in their art what they see and feel at that very moment. It is a painting style that concentrates on the general impression made by a scene or an object. The main reason Monet’s The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil, 1881 attracted my attention is because I have a great fondness for flowers and gardens. The…

paintings. More than a century has passed since he gave our world one of his masterpieces, The Starry Night. He painted it in Saint Remy, France in June 1889. Gogh, as every other artist, is a product of his time. A time when the style of neo-impressionism flourished and the primary medium used was canvas on oil. The Starry Night follows that trend by being a canvas on oil painting with a typical size 29 by 36 inches. I feel highly gratified to have seen this famous painting in person at…

INTRODUCTION – thesis statement (1 paragraph) This is the Oil on canvas painting that called Madame Charpentier and Her Children in 1878 By Pierre Auguste Renoir. The size is 153.7 X 190.2cm and kept in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. How is ________ the pivotal point towards his successful career as an artist? BODY 1 - Describe piece (1 paragraph) In this painting, there are 3 main character. Which are Madame Charpentier and her daughters. There is a dog on the left bottom corner lying on…