Post-impressionism and Artists

Impressionism was a movement that came ab pop out in the late 19th century, to the highest degree specifically its roots can be traced back the 1874 when a group called the Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers, etc. create an exhibition in Paris. (Samu, 2004). The group led several exhibitions through the 1880s which brought them into the spot light despite criticism from the conventional art association in France. The movement received its name from one of the movements most instanter most recognized artists Claude Monet and his piece Impression, Sunrise.It is said that a critic incriminate the caying of being a sketch or impression. (Samu, 2004) Paintings of this expiration tended to be outdoor scenes and panoramas. My Grandfather, Lawrence Bird, who was an artist and set designer for Disney modeled his carriage of art after this period. He was inspired by the artists of this period and their tension on developing their own technique that was more centere d just about light and its effect on the image.The painting technique included miserable choppy and broken strokes with vibrant and light colors adding spick-and-span dimensions to their paintings. Impressionism did an stupefying thing it realized the phenomenon of transitoriness. The artist that carries his canvas out into the great outside and strives to record every small detail of what his eye can grok is in very different state of mind than the artist that creates his art in a studio reconstructed from sketches or studies. (Collins, 2012) The loving, economic and governmental climate of this time saw galore(postnominal) modifications.You had the industrial revolution, which replaced small farms and factories with self-aggrandizing industrial complexes. This eventually led people into more urban aras out of the country side. There is the release of the communist manifesto by Marx and Engles and of build Darwins release of Orgin of the species. (Werner, 1998) Both c hanging the guidance people purpose and viewed the world they lived in. Due to the above mentioned industrial revolution there are many new and useful items now readily available to artists, authors, sculptors and so forth.One of these items includes synthetic chemical pigments that oftentimes have greater lighter than previous organic pigments, thus allowing the artists to explore more vibrant styles. The most nonable and recognized painters of this time embraced this new medium in which to civilise with. These artists included Alfred Sisley, Armand Guillaumin, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet and Pierre Renoir. As a former sailor in the United States Navy I have an affinity for lighthouses and depictions of the sea. One of my pet pieces of this time is Claude Monets Mouth of the Seine, done in 1865.This masterpiece, with its lighthouse in the distance depicts the coming and going of the many merchant, fishing and leisure vessels as they navigate the waters of the Seine river as it empties into the English Channel. The image to me, represents a simpler time where sailing was an art that was performed by skill rather than instruments and automation. Impressionism was not brought about by a necessity or tragic change in the social environment, more so out of the fact of new ideas and the availability of these new mediums.This allowed the artists to break free of the statu quo and express their view on the world around them in a fresh, new and vibrant way. Impressionism open up up the art worlds eyes and lead to the captivate of many new and creative artists that expounded on not only utilize the optical impressions but also using the new found tasteful style to also expression emotion and themes of greater symbolism. (Voorhies, 2000) These artists rebelled against the so-called limitations of impressionism.These artists mat that impressionism was missing many key elements including ablaze, structural, symbolic and spiritual represen tation. (Misialowski, 2006) Artists of this time regorge worked, in most cases, independently and today are most often referred to as Post-Impressionists. The style was defined by vibrant colors, thick paint application, real life subject matter, geometric shapes, and distortion of objects figures for expressive emotional effect. Some of the key artists of this time included Vincent van Gogh, capital of Minnesota Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat. Aristide Maillol and Edouard Vuillard.One of my favorite pieces of this time comes of course from van Gogh. The piece is highborn Stra?enarbeiter which means Road Workers. The imagery of this piece is rough and course with distorted views and sharp lines. The shapes of the trees almost draw you away from the what the piece is actually titled after, the road workers who are shown off in the distance and then again on the left edge of the painting. The colors give the image a dark look like it is depicting a late turn back day with t he workers frantically trying to complete the task before the onrush of winter.Again, like the impressionism movement, there was not really a prime priming for this movement other than the artists wants to more freely express themselves through their work. The social climate of the times were changing allowing for these artists to do what they were doing, however the majority of these post-impressionism artists were famished artists and didnt gain huge notoriety until after death. The two paintings are similar but completely different. all(prenominal) of the pieces captures the artists view of the world as they perceive it, the use of color to exact a response from the viewer.Each artist depicted a scene in which people were working(a) against the elements with those that were there for leisure. Where they differ is in the way the artist wants the picture to be viewed. While Monet wanted to show the beauty of the landscape, ships and buildings, van Gogh showed a different view o f it being distorted colorless and hopeless. As impressionism gave way to post impressionism, post impressionism paved the way for modern art. Showing many artists that it was okay to express and play with imagery.That art was not locked down to individual elses definition of what it should be. It was what your perception of it was. It could be the anger of a thou paint splatters. It could be the combination of print, paint, chalk and pastels. What you thought was art was art. As my Grandfather told me, art is not limited or bound by rules nor is it created in a lab. Art comes from within, from your emotions, from your perceptions. Impressionism unlocked chains of a mebibyte years of oppression to give us the inspiration for what we have now.