Modern Art

Usually refers to works produced during the approximate period 1870-1970.

Modern Art

An art movement that emerged in the second half of the 19th century among a group of Paris-based artists.

Impressionism

The name impressionism was coined from the title of what work? By who?

Impression Sunrise, Claude Monet

He was greatly admired and emulated by the early impressionists – specifically for his use of expressive brushstrokes, his emphasis on movement rather than on clarity of form, and most of all his study of the optical effects of color.

Eugene Delacroix

What work of Delacroix was one of the major influence in Impressionism?

The Barque of Dante

What does the characteristics of impressionism ELBOW stands for?

Everyday, light, brush strokes, outdoor, weather

What is Outdoor in French?

En plein air

A group of younger rebellious painters interested in painting landscapes and still life.

Impressionist

They held eight independent exhibitions promoting scenes of modern life, outdoor light, and sensory experience.

Anonymous Society

He was not the first to paint, but the first to be “accepted” and called an Impressionist.

Claude Monet

What are Monet’s main subjects?

Nature and landscapes- en plein air

This painting of Monet captures the casual moment outdoors, featuring Monet's wife, Camille or the woman with the parasol, and their son jean, on a breezy hillside

Woman with a Parasol

This painting of monet focuses on the japanese footbridge over the water lily pond in his garden at Giverny.

Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies

Give the four popular works of Monet

• Woman with a Parasol

• The Red Boats, Argenteuil

• Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies

• Irises in Monet's Garden

In 1862, Renoir began stidying art under who?

Charles Gleyre

Who are the artists that he met while studying art in Paris?

Alfred Sisley, Frederic Bazille, and Claude Monet

Renoir had his first success at the salon of 1868, with his painting ________ featuring ________.

Lise with a Parasol, Lise Trehot

His works are most often focused on people (especially females) in intimate and candid compositions.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

In 1890, Renoir married a dressmaker twenty years his junior. What is her name?

Aline Victorine Charigot

Which of Renoir sons became a stage and film actor?

Pierre Renoir

Which of Renoir sons became a filmmaker?

Jean Renoir

Which of Renoir sons became a ceramic artist?

Claude Renoir

One of Renoir works that despicts a poised young ballet dancer.

Dancer

One of Renoir’s wroks that despicts a child in a garden with a watering can.

A Girl with a Watering Can

One of Renoir’s works that shows a portrait of young Irène Cahen d’Anvers.

Mile Irene Cahen d'Anvers.

One of Renoir's wroks that despicts a group of friends at riverside lunch.

Luncheon of the Boarding Party

He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, and a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.

Edouard Manet

He served as Anonymous Society's intellectual nexus and catalyst.

Edouard Manet

What are the four popular works of Manet?

• Aregenteuil

• Cafe France

• The Bar at the Folies-Bergere

• Rue Mosnier Decked with Flags

His work exemplified

the transition from the 19th century impressionism to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century – paving the way for the next revolutionary art movement known as expressionism.

Paul Cezanne

What are the three popular painting of Cezanne?

• Hortense Fiquet in a Striped skirt

• Harlequin

• Still Life with Compotier

His works were remarkable for their strong, heavy brush strokes, intense emotions and colors that appeared to almost pulsate with energy.

Vincent Van Gogh

Give some of Van Gogh's works.

• Bedroom at Aries

• Wheat Field with Cypresses

• Starry Night