Impression, Sunrise 

Claude-Oscar Monet 

1873

• Wanted to capture what he saw on Canvas
• Portraying on canvas 
• Not interested in detail 
• means for capturing are small dabs of paint on canvas
• Intends to be highly naturalistic through colours that he saw in nature 

Boulevad des Capucines 

Claude-Oscar Monet

1873

Made to appear spontaneous

upon roof top looking down 

Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, Montmartre

Pierre-Auguste Renoir 

1876

• Portrays light and frivolous 
• lots of trees that gave cover 
• Dappled effect -- Trees creating light spots on people 
• adding a level of visuality where most paintings before impressionist time period were smooth with non visible brush strokes 

George Seurat (1859-1891) 

Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte 1886

-- 1884-1886

-- came up with Cromoluminary -- 

Critic dubbed new technique as --Neo-Impressionism (new)