1. IMPRESSIONISM
ST EFAN I E D EAN E

2. Impressionism:
• 19th century art movement (from the
1870s and 1880s).
• Interaction between objective
descriptions of the exterior world and
the artists’ subjective responses.
• Depicts what the artists saw and felt.

3. Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1872. Oil on canvas, 1’ 7 ½’’ x 2’
1 ½’’. Musee Marmottan, Paris.

4. Edgar Degas, Ballet Rehearsal, 1874. Oil on canvas, 1’11’’ x 2’ 9’’.
Glasgow Art Galleries and Museum, Glasgow (The Burrell Collection).

5. Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889. Oil on canvas, approx. 2’ 5’’ x 3’ ¼’’.
Museum of Modern Art, New York (acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss
Bequest).

6. Claude Monet, Saint-Lazare
Train Station, 1877. Oil on
canvas, 2’ 5 ¾’’ x 3’ 5’’. Musee
d’Orsay, Paris.
Gustave Caillebotte, Paris: A
Rainy Day, 1877. Oil on
canvas, approx. 6’ 9’’ x 9’9’’.
The Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, Worcester Fund.

7. Edouard Manet, A Bar at the
Folies-Bergere, 1882. Oil on
canvas, approx. 3’ 1’’ x 4’ 3’’.
Courtauld Institue of Art
Gallery, London.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Le
Moulin de la Galette, 1876. Oil
on canvas, approx. 4’ 3’’ x 5’
8’’. Musee d’Orsay, Paris.

8. Paul Cezanne, Mont
Sainte-Victoire, 1902-
1904. Oil on canvas, 2’ 3
½’’ x 2’ 11 ¼’’.
Philadelphia Museum of
Art, Philadelphia (The
George W. Elkins
Collection).
* Starry Night and Mont Sainte-Victoire are considered to be Post-
Impressionist paintings; they included the use of geometric/distorted
forms and bolder colors.

9. Realism:
Gustave Courbet, The
Stone Breakers, 1849. Oil
on canvas, 5’ 3’’ x 8’ 6’’.
Formerly at Gmalde-
galarie, Dresden
(destroyed in 1945).
Jean-Francois Millet, The
Gleaners, 1857. Oil on canvas,
approx, 2’ 9’’ x 3’ 8’’. Louvre,
Paris.

10. Question for the Class:
What is the difference between
Impressionism and Realism?
Answer: Impressionism focuses on a single
moment (what the artist saw and felt); Realism
focuses on the depiction of subjects as they
appear in everyday life.