ANTANE’GAYLE
ART APPRECIATION HUMA205-1403A-04
PROFESSOR DEBORAH KASZOVITZ
AMERICAN INTERCONTINENTAL UNIVERSITY
JULY 10, 2014
Impressionist painters are artists that love to do their artwork outdoors; they love to get the feel of seeing things even if they cannot be seen. After being rejected from the Salon, they never gave up on their selves. They continued to paint until they reached where they wanted to be at in their lives.
In this paper, I will be talking about three artworks from three different artists. The first painting is by artist Claude Monet; the painting is called “The Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare St Lazare was painted by Claude Monet in 1877, the materials used for this painting was oil, and a canvas, the size of the painting is 23 ½ by 31 ½ in (59.6 by 80.2cm). The second painting is by Pierre Auguste Renoir and it is called “Two young girls at the Piano, the materials used for this painting were oil and a canvas as well, this size of the painting is 44 by 34in. and the third painting is by Edgar Degas and his painting is called “The Ballet Class it is an oil on canvas painting, the size of it is 32 by 30 ¼ in and it was …show more content…
He took his easel to the St Lazare railroad station and painted his painting in the train shed. He was amongst the famous French painters who started the Impressionism art movement. He began to love drawing in his early ages, he was known around town for painting the residents, he started exploring the world after he met a local landscape artist by the name of Eugene Boudin, he was introduced to outdoor painting which became is cornerstone work. He became a student at the Le Havre College. Claude was inspired to paint by the artist Edouard Manet. In 1923 Claude was nearly blind but had surgery to fix his sight, he later died on December 5, 1926 at the age of 86 from lung