IMPRESSIONISM

"Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct"

Claude Monet

Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists. It can be considered the first distinctly modern movement in painting. Their independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s, in spite of harsh opposition from the conventional art community in France. Its influence spread throughout Europe and eventually the United States. The name of the style derives from the title of a Claude Monet work, Impression,(Impression Sunrise), which provoked the critic Louis Leroy to use this term in a satirical review published in the Parisian newspaper Le Charivari.

In turning away from the fine finish and detail to which most artist of their day aspired, the Impressionists aimed to capture the momentary, sensory effect of a scene, the impression objects made on the eye in a quick instant. To achieve this effect, many impressionist artist moved from the studio to the streets and countryside, painting en plein air.

Students from SIES Humanes in Cubas have been working with three of the most important paintings by Claude Monet: 

Impression Sunrise

Water Lilies Pond

Wild Poppies near Argenteuil

In the pictures below you can see the different interpretations that our students have made  about Monet´s paintings.

Impression Sunrise

Wild Poppies near Argenteuil

Wate Lilies Pond