The History Of Impressionist Prints

By Barbara Myers


Impressionism is an art that was fighting to be popular in the past centuries, but it became most popular during the 19th century. Impressionist prints were unique from the form of artistry that was accepted by most people. This is because it was very conspicuous and the paintings objectively and accurately recorded visual reality using transient effects such as lights and colors making this kind of art to be very popular today.

These paintings were revolutionary during their time, and they deviated from classic and fantastical scenes. They portrayed real life by use of broken brushstrokes designs that emphasized the general look of a scene or place. Although it is popular today, this form of art struggled to get to its feet in the past centuries.

In ancient days, so many works of these painters that had decided to embrace impressionism were rejected in the exhibitions by the artistry associations. This is because their style differed from the standards of art that had been set. The rejected artistes then decided to create their centers to exhibit their works of art, but the public did not receive them very well.

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.

Since many people were now accepting the movement, it started growing at a very high rate. An association was then formed to help the artists to showcase their works independently. 3,500 people attended the show in which 30 artistes showcased 165 paintings. Although there are painters who later decided not to take part in the exhibitions anymore, the ones who remained continued with the art.

In later years, many people were now accepting this kind of artistry as they were being impressed by it. It became very influential in that it started defining how people expressed what they feel in the form of art. This made more and more painters to sprout and exhibit their works of art without being afraid of the reaction of public.

People were at first being shocked by this form of painting because of the use of bright colors because most were accustomed to the more sober colors used for art. More so, most of the impressionism painters chose not to use thick golden colors that the classical painters used to tone the drawings they made. Also, these painters preferred more vivid paints to make the pictures appear bright.

Most of the drawings captured modernity such as suburbs and even some rural settings. Some painters focused on the day to day life of these villagers while others focused on urban settings. Landscapes were also prominent figures in these drawings, but the painters who focused more on modernization included railways and factories.




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