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Exploring Impressionist Portraits: Capturing Light in 1870s Paintings

Discover how painters in the 1870s embraced the Impressionist style, breaking free from Realism's constraints to convey light's ephemeral beauty. Learn about the unique characteristics of Impressionist art and explore notable portraits by Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, and Guy Rose.

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Exploring Impressionist Portraits: Capturing Light in 1870s Paintings

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  1. Impressionist Portraits

  2. How did it happen? In the 1870’s, painters began painting in the Impressionist style as a reaction against the strict style of the Realists. Impressionist painters were interested in the changing qualities of light and wanted to express that in a way that Realism could not.

  3. Characteristics of Impressionist paintings: - Small, thin, yet visible brush strokes - Open composition, emphasis on the accurate - Depiction of light in its changing qualities - Ordinary subject matter - The inclusion of unusual visual angles.

  4. Claude MonetImpression, Sunrise1873

  5. Claude Monet Self Portrait with a Beret 1886

  6. Claude Monet Portrait of Jean Monet 1880

  7. BertheMorisot

  8. Berthe Morisot Self Portrait 1885

  9. Berthe Morisot Self Portrait with Julie 1887

  10. Camille Pissarro Portrait of Felix Pissarro 1881

  11. Guy RosePortrait of an Algerian1900

  12. Guy Rose My Sister Maude

  13. Guy Rose The Model 1919

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