Impressionism
인상파
A painting movement that arose in France in the 1870s, marked by visible brushstrokes, open composition, and the depiction of changing light.
01About
In April 1874 a group of painters, working outside the official Salon, held their first joint exhibition in the studio of the photographer Nadar. The critic Louis Leroy mocked Monet's Impression, Sunrise in a satirical paper, and the name “Impressionism” stuck; by 1886 they had exhibited together eight times. These painters often worked outdoors, setting colors side by side in short, separate strokes, and ready-mixed paint in tin tubes made such quick painting easier. In his later years Monet painted the water-lily pond in his garden at Giverny again and again. The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art had no Monet until 2021, when Water Lily Pond came to it with the donated Lee Kun-hee Collection.
02In the gallery
Stand close to see how the strokes sit side by side, then step back for the whole picture; compare the colors in the bright and dark parts of the water.
Wall label terms in Korean
- 인상파
- Impressionism
- 외광파(야외 사생)
- Plein air
- 후기 인상파
- Post-Impressionism
03Notes
The Impressionists often painted outdoors, setting colours side by side in short, separate strokes.
Up close it is stroke after stroke of color; step back a few paces, and what does it become?