Impressionism

Abstract

Impressionism is considered as the first vanguard movement of Occidental art history; it opens modernity in art. Its starting point is a group of artists who had in common a rejection of academic art. They organized eight collective exhibitions between 1874 and 1886. Most of the artists only took part in some of these exhibitions, like Cézanne. The painters considered as more "typically" impressionist are above all Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Camille Pissarro. Georges Roque has retired.