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The term “Impressionism” comes from the title of Claude Monet’s painting Impression, soleil levant (Interpreted: Impression, Sunrise. The painting was exhibited in 1874, and changed the world for artists. Monet had painted the painting before nature outside of the studio … Continue reading

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“Everything painted on the spot has a strength, a power, a vividness that cannot be recaptured in the studio.”~Eugene Boudin There are some great arguments and discussions about the importance of painting in open air rather than in the studio. … Continue reading

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Matisse and Picasso were not only fervent admirers of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, but over and over again turned to him for inspiration as they extended the characteristics of painting in the early twentieth century. It can be said that Renoir continues … Continue reading

The system of loosely dabbing and dashing paint employed by Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir to preserve the spontaneity of a late summer or early autumn moment at Argenteuil (a suburb of Paris on the bank of the Seine), or, … Continue reading