Impressionism

Girl with a Hoop is an 1885 Impressionist genre painting by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It is located in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. In Girl with a Hoop, by French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, we see a girl, in pale blue, who holds a golden hoop looking out just past the viewer. […]

In this dusky scene of a sunset at Moret in North-Central France, French painter Alfred Sisley uses the falling mist to clad the surroundings in a near-spiritual mystery as the light itself seems to override the importance of the picture’s objects. Sisley painted this work in 1888. Alfred Sisley’s Sunset at Moret is in the

The Girl in a Japanese Costume is painted by William Merritt Chase in a silk kimono at an oblique angle from us as if momentarily distracted from a daydream. The decorative design of the kimono is exploited by Chase for his nebulous coloring in bright hues and it stands out from the simple beige background.

In contrast to Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s portraits, precision is cast to the wind in Children at the Beach at Guernsey from 1883. Titled ‘Enfants au bord de la mer à Guernesey’ in French, Renoir’s concern here is to evoke a windswept and sunny day, and the very wind seems to conspire with the painter to bleed

French Impressionist artist Alfred Sisley painted A Street in Moret, North-Central France in 1890. Sisley’s sky, which takes up half of the canvas, sees the use of the palette knife which lends a thickness and a substantial character to it that is offset by the delicate painting of the figures and buildings. There is a

On the Balcony is an Impressionist painting by French artist Berthe Morisot painted in 1872 when she was 31 years of age. Morisot effaces any concern with psychology – and indeed individuality as the mother’s features are barely discernible and the little girl has her back turned to us. Just as the colors are vague

In the Dining Room is an 1886 painting in the Impressionist style by the leading female French artist Berthe Morisot. French Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot often painted domestic scenes and In the Dining Room is no different – the serving girl looks out at us as she mixes food in the bowl. The look of

The Louvre at Night is an 1892 Impressionist painting by Polish artist Aleksander Gierymski. It located is in the National Museum in Poznan, Western Poland. Aleksander Gierymski habitually painted at night and Louvre at Night from 1892 shows his skill in the rendering of light and shades, as our eyes move out from the darkness

This 1873 Portrait of Mme Boursier and Her Daughter by French artist Berthe Morisot sees Mme Boursier looking out at us with a faint smile. Morisot demonstrates the epitome of the devoted and loving mother as she holds her child’s hands. Madame Boursier is the cousin of the artist and the child of her niece,

A Modern Olympia is Post-Impressionist Paul Cézanne’s daring tribute to Édouard Manet’s earlier Olympia of 1863. A Modern Olympia Analysis The Manet version caused outrage in its feature of a nude prostitute confronting the viewer with her confident gaze. Here Cézanne, in a looser style than Manet, shows the prostitute and her black attendant pushed

The Market Gardens of Vaugirard is an 1879 painting in the Impressionist style by the leading French artist Paul Gauguin. The Market Gardens of Vaugirard is evidence of Paul Gauguin’s early Impressionist phase, with dappled light effects created by small dashes of colour, causing the canvas to pulsate. The scene is in Paris, where the

Mary Cassatt, a notable American Impressionist living in France, shows us a woman and a girl driving a horse-drawn carriage. A woman with the reins beside a little girl driving the carriage with their chaperone behind. The woman is empowered by Cassatt and possesses an air of concentration and self-assurance. The painting is a testament

The Sisters is an 1869 painting in the Impressionist style by the leading female French artist Berthe Morisot. Morisot again shows an interest in psychological states and, given the identical dress of the two sisters, their states of mind are contrasted all the more. The sister to the left is wistfully smiling in a daydream.

Berthe Morisot was associated with the French Impressionists and Grain Field from 1875 does show a loose style, typical of that movement. But instead of only rendering color and light effects, which she does, she also introduces the social and psychological element of the man staring out of the landscape at us. Also, her thick

In the Arbour is an 1882 Impressionist painting by Aleksander Gierymski, a Polish artist known for his realistic and atmospheric style. The artwork portrays a scene set in a tranquil garden, capturing a sense of introspection and contemplation. Polish artist Aleksander Gierymski painted In the Arbour in 1882, a scene of cheerful aristocratic leisure. The

French Impressionist Berthe Morisot’s 1881 painting Child Among the Hollyhocks is fast and intuitive, becoming nebulous and cloudy. The child and the garden setting seem to blend, representing the naturalness, innocence, and wonder of childhood. Berthe Morisot’s Child Among the Hollyhocks is in the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne, Germany.

Mary Cassatt’s 1913 Impressionist painting The Crochet Lesson depicts two girls leaning into each other with eyes fixed on their task at hand. In this late work of Cassatt’s there is quiet solidarity of femininity and a location of the feminine realm in terms of the traditional association of crafts with women. This craft of

William Merritt Chase was an American Impressionist and teacher who traveled widely in Europe He painted Open Air Breakfast in 1888. In this picture, he paints some children relaxing and playing in a verdant and floral garden setting. The figures of the children and the broad white of the hammock are reminiscent of Édouard Manet

Berthe Morisot’s 1894 The Hairstyle, or La Coiffure in her native French, shows a girl having her hair done by another red-haired girl in front of a portrait of a woman. We are in an intimate domestic space, a space generally associated with the realm of femininity. Morisot paints two psychological states – the almost

Self-Portrait in a Turkish Hat is an 1889 Self-Portrait by Japanese Yōga painter Kuroda Seiki. Analysis of Self-Portrait in a Turkish Hat The young Kuroda Seiki looks out at us with his head turned from the side orientation of his body. He painted Self-Portrait in a Turkish Hat in 1889 at age 23. The Turkish