Society of Painters Sculptors And Printmakers

Running head: ART HISTORY
Art History
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Introduction
The beginning of the impressionism art began in the year 1874 by a group of anonymous
artists. This group was called the Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, and Printmakers
etc. They developed a new form of the artistic tradition that was very impactful in the lives of the
contemporary people. This art movement had begun when they launched an exhibition of art at
Paris. Some of the founding members of this art movement were Claude Monet, Edgar Degas
and Camille Pissarro (Dodgson, 2019).
The group was very much unified because they were very much independent from the
annual Salon that was the official group of art in the country. These painters or artists were very
much independent and their approach to painting was very much diverse than the formal ones.
The subject matter of their painting was very much innovative in their styles. The works that
belong to the artists of impressionism are mainly recognized for the modernity that they bring in
for the common people.
Discussion
The main essence of the impressionism art movement lies in the fact of their modern
styles and the challenge they took to break through barriers of the established styles. This is what
made them very famous. The proponents of this art movement were also very attached to the
development of these movements (Dodgson, 2019). One of the critics like Louis Leroy said that
this art movement was born out of the ‘impression’ but it was not actually the finished painting
at all. Rather its innovative styles had gathered the attraction of the art lovers of the time. The
works of art through the loose brushworks had completely changed the landscape of the artistic

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compositions of the time (Broude, 2019). The spontaneous efforts of the artists could be reflected
through this kind of artwork in this art movement.
This new kind of artistic traditions set for the new types of languages in the society. The
academic painting had used many sober colors that were very much effective for the
contemporary painters (Broude, 2019). On the contrary, the proponents of this art movement had
completely used some bright colors that were astonishing to the eyes of the traditional art lovers.
In usual times, painters used the brushes to use the golden varnish colors. This is why it was
completely useful for them to avoid that color and use others to tone down their artistic works.
The most important fact behind the beginning of this kind of movement was their
dissatisfaction of the academic and traditional painting (Hendren, 2017). The academic painting
only used their emphasis on the mythological and historical aspects. Therefore, they were not at
all pleased with these situations and they wanted to bring in some new things that would be
entertaining as well as interesting (Mauclair, 2019). This is why these independent artists began
their way of expressing their minds through their brushes. They wanted to have the rights that
they could use various new textures and used some surface patterns in this scenario.
Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro were two of the most potent artists of this period and
they exhibited their depth of artistic knowledge in these sections. The artistic traditions went
through complete down-gradation and the independent artists went on to manipulate the colors
according to their will (Hendren, 2017). This was the major critique that came from the ideas of
the traditional artists. The independent artist group of the Impressionist group began the practice
of painting outdoors while looking at the actual landscape (Fénéon & Thomson, 2014).