Impressionist (style)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to the movement in 19th-century Western art that developed in France and rejected traditional academic teaching and attempted to use science regarding the physics of color to achieve exact representations of color, tone, and light. Impressionist art is characterized by the use of small touches of pure color, painting out-of-doors in order to catch the essence of a fleeting time of day, and an objective depiction of contemporary life.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Paintings by American Impressionists, [July 1942]
Sub-Series
Abstract
An exhibition of paintings by American Impressionist artists who worked in response to the French Impressionist movement of the nineteenth century. No materials remain for this exhibition.
Dates:
[July 1942]