I would love to be Impressionism... (Daniel Castillo)

Impressionism is an art movement and style of painting that started in France during the 1860s. Impressionist artists tried to paint candid glimpses of their subjects showing the effects of sunlight on things at different times of day. The leaders of this movement were: Camille Pissarro (French, 1830-1903), Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917), Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926), and Pierre Renoir (French, 1841-1919). Some of the early work of Paul Cézanne (French, 1839-1906) fits into this style, though his later work so transcends it that it belongs to another movement known as Post-Impressionism.

Characteristics:

E	Everyday life
L	Light
B	Brushstrokes
O	Outdoor settings
W	Weather  and atmosphere

I would love to be Impressionism because it represents daily scenes and every day life of normal people, mainly middle-class people as I am. I like it because it doesn't need to represent like kings or princes or exagerated scenes to be beautiful. This type of painting makes us remember the beauty of common things that we have at our disposition and that we do not notice. Also, I would be impressionism because of the fact that I'm a very simple person that likes being outdoor and doing daylight activities with my family and friends, and seeing people doing that type of activities is one of the things that I found most interesting.

Also, being impressionism would mean having extraordinary beauty  brought from just "impressions" of real things, this means that real beauty doesn't come from very detailed things, it comes from what you can see in the scenes or the pictures, depending on your person. Beauty dependes on the persons that sees it.

Claude Monet, Self-Portrait with a Beret (Autoportrait de Claude Monet coiffe d'un béret), 1886, 56 x 46 cm, oil on canvas, private collection

I think that my favorite artist of this period would be Claude monet. (http://giverny.org/monet/biograph/) Link to Claude Monet's life.

 Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise (Impression: soleil levant), 1873, oil on canvas, 48 x 63 cm, Musée Marmottan, Paris.

Claude Monet, The Regatta at Argenteuil (Régate à Argenteuil), 1872, oil on canvas, 19 x 29 1/2 inches (48 x 75 cm), Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Claude Monet, Waterlilies, Green Reflection, Left Part, 1916-1923, oil on canvas, Orangerie, Paris



Sources:
Artlex.com "Impressionism" Michael Delahunt. 23/10/10
Giverny.org "Claude Monet" Modified :Wednesday, 20-Oct-2010 04:51:34 . 23/10/10