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  WHAT IS ART ? Art is something we do, a verb. Art is an expression of our thoughts, emotions, intuitions, and desires, but it is even more personal than that: it’s about sharing the way we experience the world, which for many is an extension of personality. It is the communication of intimate concepts that cannot be faithfully portrayed by words alone. And because words alone are not enough, we must find some other vehicle to carry our intent. But the content that we instill on or in our chosen media is not in itself the art. Art is to be found in how the media is used, the way in which the content is expressed. Art’ is where we make meaning beyond language.  Because what art expresses and evokes is in part ineffable , we find it difficult to define and delineate it. It is known through the experience of the audience as well as the intention and expression of the artist. The meaning is made by all the participants, and so can never be fully known. It is multifarious and on-g...
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IMPRESSIONISM

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CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926)
'Waterlilies and Japanese Bridge', 1899 (oil on canvas)


Impressionism was an art movement in France at the end of the 19th century. The Impressionists were a group of artists renowned for their innovative painting techniques and approach to using color in art. Their paintings became the most popular art form of the 20th century with the public and collectors alike.

The Impressionist Artists


ALFRED SISLEY (1839-99)
'Flood at Port Marley', 1876 (oil on canvas)

Many artists contributed to the first exhibition of French Impressionist painting in 1874 but Claude Monet (1840-1926), Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), Camille Pissarro (1831-1903), Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Alfred Sisley (1839-99) and Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) were the main figures who formed the backbone of the movement.

Impressionist Painting Technique


CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926)
'Wheatstacks - End of Summer', 1890-91 (oil on canvas)

The Impressionists were excited by contemporary developments in color theory which helped their search for a more exact analysis of the effects of color and light in nature. They abandoned the conventional idea that the shadow of an object was made up from its color with some brown or black added. Instead, they enriched their colours with the idea that the shadow of an object is broken up with dashes of its complementary color For example, in an Impressionist painting the shadow on an orange may have some strokes of blue painted into it to increase its vitality.






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