Tuesday, December 5, 2017

The History Of Impressionist Prints

By Barbara Myers


The art of impressionism was very influential especially in the 19th century, but not so many people had embraced it. Impressionist prints are a unique kind of artistry that tends to be conspicuous, and they are meant to objectively and accurately record a visual reality by the use of transient effects like color and light. This kind of artistry has, therefore, become one of the most widely recognized artifacts that are on display.

The drawings were so revolutionary as they differed from most of the classical or fantastical scenes. This is because of the use of this technique of broken brushstrokes to depict the real life that emphasized the overall impression of a place. They were mostly thought to have an unfinished look. This kind of artistic struggled to be popular.

During those days, many artists that had embraced impressionism artistry had their work rejected for exhibitions by most artistic bodies because they differed so much from the classically-accepted form of art. After they were rejected, they decided to form their exhibition where they showcased their work, but the locals did not very well receive the exhibition.

After a few years, one famous artiste decided to paint a drawing that had the impression of an unfinished painting and called it the impression. He later used the name to name a movement which he started. However, the public did not receive this movement very kindly, and some became so hostile, but in the later years, they started to embrace it as the paintings displayed some modernity.

This moved to grow as more people started appreciating the art. Then, an association was formed that helped the artists to exhibit their works. During the first exhibition, 30 artists were present, and 165 paintings were showcased. The people who attended the exhibition were approximately 3,500, but there were some of a craftsmen started to leave the exhibitions and chose to paint the classically-accepted drawings. This was a big blow to the painters that remained but they decided not to give up, so they continued to attend the shows.

Some years later, more people started to understand this form of painting thus they were becoming supportive to the painters. Impressionism thus became influential to many people who could now define their feelings through art. For this reason, many painters came to light and embraced Impressionism. They painted very nice drawings that they exhibited in many shows thus this artistry became so popular as years passed by.

At first, the radical technique of painting, the bright colors used in the canvases was so shocking to many people who had been used to the more solid or sober colors of the paintings. In fact, most of the independent artistes did not use the thick golden paints to tone their works as the other painters did. More so, the paints they used were more vivid thus the drawings came out so bright.

Usually, most impressionism paintings centered on modernity especially suburbs, but there are others that depicted the rural settings. Some of these artists focused on drawing the daily lives of a local villagers while others focused on landscapes such as railways as well as factories. Therefore, these paintings were a very vivid way of expressing the lives of people.




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