Impressionism-Art History Section 5

How many total paintings did Monet paint similar to The Waterlily Pond Green Harmony from the same vantage point during the same year?

12

What years were the World Fairs held in?

1855, 1867, 1878, 1889, 1900

In this year, Manet exhibited this painting of a prostitute and her maid at the Paris Salon.

1865, O'ympia

The Third Republic is founded in France after Napoleon IIIs defeat by Prussian forces at Sedan during the Franco-Prussian War in this year?

1870

German troops siege Paris and Money, Sisley and Pissarro flee to London, Manet and Degas join the national guard when?

1870-1871

When was the siege of Paris by Prussian forces?

1870-71

In this year, the first impressionist exhibition was organized at the Paris studio of this photographer

1874, Nadar

When did the impressionists arrange expositions? How many of them?

1874-1886, 8

The Paris Opera, the Palais Garnier, openws in this year?

1875

The second Impressionist exhibition was staged this year at the gallery of this art dealer. There were this many artists

1876, Durand-Ruel, 19

This year, Pissarro meets Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. Small dots of contrasting colors are painstakingly applied to the canvas to blend in the eye of the viewer. This developed what?

1885, Divisionism

The last Impressionist show took place in this year

1886

The Eastman Company produces the Kodak No. 1 camera this year?

1888

The Eiffel Tower opens in Paris during the World's Fair this year?

1889

What year did Pissarro give up the Divisionist style?

1890

In this year, Monet showed this many paintings of the facade of this cathedral in different light conditions.

1895, 20, Rouen Cathedral

Work begins on the Paris metro, and an initial section that is this long, is opened 2 years later.

1898, 6 ¼ miles

Parisians flocked to this music hall, part of the name of this painting, to see circus acts and ballet, and to pick up prostitutes. The focus is on Suxon, one of the barmaids. She is aloof from the crowd, and she is lost in thought as she serves a customer. There is a mirror. The artist painted the bar from memory.

A Bar at the Folies-Bergére, Edouard Manet, 1882, Courtauld Gallery, London, UK

This man was overshadowed by his more famous Impressionist contemporaries. He was a friend of Cézanne, Pissarro and van Gogh. He exhibited works in 6/8 impressionist exhibitions and he specialized in scenes of the countryside around Paris. His work used brilliant colors, and modern features like smoking factory chimneys

Armand Guillaumin

This scene was first shown at the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874, it depicts Paul Valpinçon and his family at the races. It resembles a photograph.

At the Races in the Countryside, Edgar Degas 1869 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Paris was being given a "facelift" mid-1860s by this man, who was a civil servant. What was installed/added.

Baron Georgas Haussmann, tree-lined boulevards, cades, public buildings, apartment houses and gas lanterns.

Central figures in the impressionism group were these 9 people.

Bazille, Cézanne, Degas, Manet, Monet, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, and Sisley

This painting helped record a new feature of contemporary life in the sketchy manner that was soon adopted by other Impressionist painters. Vacationers flock to new seaside resorts. Reds and whites of clothes add to blue and brown of sand and sea.

Beach Scene at Trouville, Eugéne Boudin, 1873, National Gallery, London, UK

The artist of this was the first woman to show with the impressionist group. Motherhood became one of her favorite subjects.

Berthe Morisot

The dancers in this painting are captured adjusting their costumes just before they go on stage.

Blue Dancers, Edgar Degas, 1899, Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia

What did the impressionists want to do?

Break free from the constraints of academic art

This artist believed that New York was the most beautiful city in the world

Childe Hassam

This artist was American, and he came into contact with the work of Monet, Pissarro, and Sisley when he spent 3 years painting in Paris. He settled in NY, and continued painting his own version of Impressionism. He way part of an exhibiting society known as "The Ten"

Childe Hassam

In this painting, a Suffolk beach scene shows the artist's debt to Monet and Sisley in the use of flecked brushstrokes.

Children Paddling, Walberswick, Philip Wilson Steer, 1891-92, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

This artist was born in Paris and he grew up in Le Havre. He tried and failed to make his mark at the Paris Salon in the 1860s. He had a long career and was always faithful to the Impressionist aim of exploring the changing quality of light and color in landscape. He has paintings of grainstacks, the Rouen Cathedral, and waterlilies.

Claude Monet

New inventions, such as ___ and ___ were a great advancement in the mid-19th century.

Collapsible easels and pre-mixed paint in tubes

Depiction of a Sunday afternoon in a popular dance garden, conveys movement, natural sunlight through broken brushstrokes, blurred forms and vibrant color. Many of the artists friends posed as models.

Dance at the Moulin de la Galette, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

Dancers that are in rehearsal or waiting in the wings were one of this artists favorite motifs.

Edgar Degas

This artist was largely self-taught. He initially ran a picture-framing business. He came in contact with several artists who encouraged him. He was the son of a sailor, so he could feel the moods of the sea. Specializes in Normandy beach scenes. Advocated for painting in the open air.

Eugéne Boudin, July 12, 1824-August 8, 1898

This artists family is gathered together on the terrace of their home near Montpellier in the south of France. It is stiffly painted but conveys the light and bright colors of the Mediterranean.

Family Reunion, Frédéric Bazille, 1867, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

This man was born into a wealthy southern French family, he studied medicine in this city in 1862 but then took up painting. He admired Manet, and was close with Renoir and Monet. He really liked open air work. He died in combat during this war.

Frédéric Bazille, Paris, Franco-Prussian War

This Paris station was a popular subject for Impressionists, not just because they used it to board trains. In this painting, Victorine Meurent, a little girl is shown looking across the railway cutting

Gare Saint-Lazare, Edouard Manet, 1873, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Monet always painted the gardens of houses where he lived. When he finally bought a house in this place in this year, he had a chance to create a garden to his own taste.

Giverny, 1890

Auguste and Louis Lumiére hold the first public screening of films in what location during what year?

Grand Café, Paris, 1895

The loose brushstrokes in this painting suggest a sunrise over the harbor in this scene at Le Havre. It was shown at the first "independent art show" in 1874.

Impression Sunrise, Clause Monet, 1872, Musée Marmottan, Paris, France

Similar to a painting by Pissarro, two men labor in the fields and the choppy brushstrokes suggest the movement of the clouds on an overcast day

Landscape, Ile de France, Armand Guillaumin, 1874, Private Collection

In this urban scene, the trees, buildings, horse-drawn carriages, and figures journeying along a New York street almost dissolve in a blizzard of snow.

Late Afternoon, New York, Childe Hassa, 1990, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY

Who coined the term "Impressionist" hostilly? When?

Louis Leroy, 1874

In a painting, the artist's friends enjoy lunch at this restaurant, overlooking the Seine. In the painting, light streams in from the balcony opening and it is reflected off the white tablecloth and vests the mean wear

Maison Fournaise, Luncheon of the Boating Party, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1880-81, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

This type of painting was very popular in the 17th century, influences Boudin.

Marine scenes

This artist spent how many years of his life painting the moods and reflections of a pond.

Monet, 33

This study exhibits the broad handling that was typical of many Impressionist works. The artist was friends with Paul Helleu. In this painting, Helleu is shown doing art.

Paul Helleu Sketching with his Wife, John Singer Sargent, 1889, Brookly Museum of Art, New York, NY

This artist studied in Paris in the early 1880s. He was British. His work was influenced by Impressionists, specifically Monet. He became a founder member of the New English Art Club in 1886.

Philip Wilson Steer

The new boulevard of Baron Haussmann's Paris, and the people who strolled them are shown in this scene of the Place de Dublin. The influence of photography can be seen in the casual composition and the severe cropping of the figures.

Rainy Day, Gustave Caillebotte, 1877, The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

In this painting, there is a landscape covered in snow. The snow created discreet color harmonies in the winter landscape.

Snow Scene at Moret, Alfred Sisley, 1894, Private Collection

Painted by an artist who had previously concentrated on rural scenes, this painting shows a view from the Parisian boulevard seen from a hotel window. It conveys silvery light with feathery brush strokes.

The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning, Camille Pissarro, 1897. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

In this picture, with silvery tones, the artist sister Edma is shown gazing at her sleeping daughter

The Cradle, Berthe Morisot, 1874, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

This painting features a hillside near the artist's home, and it has a sense of intimacy between the landscape and the spectator. It was build up with dabs of broken color

The Côte des Boeufs at L'Hermitage, Camille Pissarro, 1877, National Gallery, London, UK

Renoir finishes this piece this year. It shows evenly lit figures with hard contours. It reflects his worry that he has reached the end of his experiment.

The Large Bathers, 1887

Very famous painting, horizontal brushstrokes, flowers in a pond. 12 other paintings just like it. The paintings were all made after the death of the artists stepdaughter Suzanne

The Waterlily Pond of Green Harmony, Claude Monet, 1899, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

The artist of this painting produced several scenes of well-to-do women, often family members or friends, engaged in domestic tasks. In this scene, a woman is sewing

Young Woman Sewing in a Garden, Mary Cassatt 1880-82, Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France