Impressionism, a Revolution in Painting
The Impressionist movement is the starting point of a painting that leaves figurative representation to invent a mode of artistic representation marking the beginning of the modern non-figurative sketch images painting. A new artistic approach The Impressionist movement was born in France in the 1860s, with a new generation of artists who admired the art of Camille Corot (1796-1875), a pioneer of Plein air painting. The first impressionist painter to break tradition, Corot aims for a realistic and luminous representation of nature. He inspired the creation of groups in Fontainebleau, Honfleur, Provence, and Lyonnais. As early as 1865, the impressionist painter Charles François Daubigny (1817-1878) appeared as head of the printing school. Another precursor, EugèneBoudin (1824-1898), played an important role in Monet's career. Fascinated by the inconstancy of the colours of nature, which change according to the time and the wind. The method and the term...