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be found in the paintings of artist Eugène Edgar Degas «French», 1834 / 1917, A Woman
Boudin (1898-1824). He is one of the Dancer, Bronze, 43x23x19 cm.
founders of Impressionism in France
with as in his “On the Beach at Trouville”
painting (1887). The artist executed this
painting directly from nature, observing
the changes of the scene during the
day, with the change of degrees of
light and color. Therefore, Boudin is
considered one of the first artists to break
the traditional academic restrictions
in classical art. While the artists in the
first half of the nineteenth century were
producing their paintings in their studios,
he was ahead of his time by practicing
his work in the open air. He painted the
beaches through careful observation and
giving importance to all the intricacies.
The beach paintings, for example, enjoy
an “Impressionistic” technique, where
rare and distant figures wandering on the
sands of the beach, which raises the question of whether these figures are people
who passed in front of the artist during the execution of the painting, or they come
from his imagination. The paintings depicting the beaches often clearly feature a sky
rich in gradient colors, thus achieving the unique Impressionistic feature of Boudin’s
works of art represented in the mastery of capturing the effect of light on color tones
and the blue sky.
Among the paintings are those of the French Impressionist “Edgar Degas” (-1834
1917), who was famous for portraying ballet dancers, and was admired for his mastery
of drawing. Although he was a pioneer and one of the founders of Impressionism,
he made fun of depicting “landscapes” from nature or in the open air. He developed
an aesthetic style in which he employed fragmentary and repetitive color touches
and the “counterpoint” technique, using multiple colors relatively independent to be
seen simultaneously. However, his paintings were well planned and represented a
personal view of that world. What brings pleasure on seeing a Degas’ painting is its
brilliant tenderness and ingenious presence, as well as the trembling movement. He
flooded his subjects with bright lights, and simplified and diversified postures and
movements, depicting the temporary moments and the internal movement resulting
from the change of light from one degree to another, in which it is not specifically
noticeable the areas of transition. Degas succeeded in giving scenes of contemporary
life an accurate psychological character.
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Boudin (1898-1824). He is one of the Dancer, Bronze, 43x23x19 cm.
founders of Impressionism in France
with as in his “On the Beach at Trouville”
painting (1887). The artist executed this
painting directly from nature, observing
the changes of the scene during the
day, with the change of degrees of
light and color. Therefore, Boudin is
considered one of the first artists to break
the traditional academic restrictions
in classical art. While the artists in the
first half of the nineteenth century were
producing their paintings in their studios,
he was ahead of his time by practicing
his work in the open air. He painted the
beaches through careful observation and
giving importance to all the intricacies.
The beach paintings, for example, enjoy
an “Impressionistic” technique, where
rare and distant figures wandering on the
sands of the beach, which raises the question of whether these figures are people
who passed in front of the artist during the execution of the painting, or they come
from his imagination. The paintings depicting the beaches often clearly feature a sky
rich in gradient colors, thus achieving the unique Impressionistic feature of Boudin’s
works of art represented in the mastery of capturing the effect of light on color tones
and the blue sky.
Among the paintings are those of the French Impressionist “Edgar Degas” (-1834
1917), who was famous for portraying ballet dancers, and was admired for his mastery
of drawing. Although he was a pioneer and one of the founders of Impressionism,
he made fun of depicting “landscapes” from nature or in the open air. He developed
an aesthetic style in which he employed fragmentary and repetitive color touches
and the “counterpoint” technique, using multiple colors relatively independent to be
seen simultaneously. However, his paintings were well planned and represented a
personal view of that world. What brings pleasure on seeing a Degas’ painting is its
brilliant tenderness and ingenious presence, as well as the trembling movement. He
flooded his subjects with bright lights, and simplified and diversified postures and
movements, depicting the temporary moments and the internal movement resulting
from the change of light from one degree to another, in which it is not specifically
noticeable the areas of transition. Degas succeeded in giving scenes of contemporary
life an accurate psychological character.
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