simple and short description about impressionism and post impressionism

1. Sinchani Guha
Section B
Level 0

2. Impressionismoriginatedwitha groupofParis-basedartistswhose
independentexhibitionsbroughtthem toprominenceduringthe1870sand
1880s.Impressionismisan artmovementcharacterizedbyrelativelysmall,thin,
yetvisiblebrushstrokes,opencomposition,emphasisonaccuratedepictionof
lightinitschangingqualities,ordinarysubjectmatter, inclusionofmovementas
a crucialelementofhumanperceptionandexperience,andunusualvisual
angles.
Impressionistshaddifferentidealsandviolatedtheacademicrules.They
wantedtoshowtherealitythanhidingthefalsestructureofperfection.

3. Someofthe famous impressionists wereClaude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred
Sisley and Frederic Bazille. They meteach other while in an academicclass which
nothing but perfection. Buteach one of them shared a different perspective from the
academyand people around. They wereinterested in landscape andcontemporary
life.
Impressionists faced later on facedharsh opposition from conventional art community
in France.Thename of this style camefrom the title of Claude Monet’ work-
Impression, soleillevant(sunrise).

4. Born on 25 February 1841 till 3 December1919, hewas among the leading French
painters in the impressionist style which had a distinctly emphatic focus on feminine
beauty. His nudes paintings werehis signature subjects with details that are freely
suggested in brushed color,allowing the subject to blendwith the surroundings.

5. Renoir's paintings are notable for their vibrant light and
saturated color,most often focusing on people in
intimate and candid compositions. Thefemale nude was
one of his primary subjects.
His initial paintings showthe influence of the colourism
of EugeneDelacroix and the luminosity of Camille Corot.
Painter Renoirgreatly admired was the 18th century
masterFrançois Boucher.
François Boucher
Hewas a French painter whoworked in the Rococo
style. Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous
paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories, and
pastoral scenes. He was perhaps the most celebrated
painter and decorative artist of the 18th century.
Afine example of Renoir's early work, and
evidence of the influence ofCourbet's
realism, is Diana,1867.

6. It is a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and
1905, from the last Impressionist exhibition to the birth of Fauvism.Post-
Impressionism emergedas a reaction against Impressionists’ concern for the
naturalistic depiction of light and color.Post-Impressionists extended Impressionism
while rejecting its limitations: they continued using vivid colours, often thick
application ofpaint, and real-life subject matter, but weremoreinclined toemphasize
geometric forms, distort form for expressive effect, and useunnatural orarbitrary
color. Somefamous Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh and Georges
Seurat.

7. HenriJulien Felix Rousseau , born on May 21, 1844 till September 2, 1910, was a
French Post-Impressionist painterin the Naive or Primitive manner. Heis also known
as Le Douanier (the customs officer) after his place of employment. Ridiculed during
his life, he cameto be recognized as a self-taught genius whose works are of high
artistic quality.

8. His famous art works involve jungle and exotic animals,
but hehad never seenany of those animals becausehe
had neverleft France.His inspiration purely camefrom
illustrated books and botanical gardens in Paris. That
made him feel that hewas in some kind of a dream.
During his lifetime, hewas criticized and told that he
drew like a child but his works were quiet sophisticated.

10. Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani (born 11 May 1932), best known as
Valentino, is an Italian fashion designer and founder of the Valentino SpA brand
and company. His main lines include Valentino, Valentino Garavani, Valentino
Roma, and R.E.D.Valentino.
Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli are the designers whoare now presently
working after Valentino. Both of them, together helped expand the Valentino
brand andwerenominated for Creative directors of Valentions’.
In 2014 Vogue spring collection, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli
thought of doing something newand introduced the Henri Rousseau collection.