This paper discusses the evolution of 19th Century landscape painter Theodore Rousseau, the leader of the French Barbizon school of painting.: Style, influence and subjects.
2,250 words (approx. 9 pages), 10 sources, 1995, $ 79.95
From the Paper "Th"odore Rousseau was the leading light of the Barbizon school of painting in France in the mid-nineteenth century, a school that was a precursor in many ways to the Impressionists who would so dominate the art world later in the century and into the twentieth century. Rousseau, Camille Corot, and the other members of the Barbizon school developed the style known as paysage intime, which made use of subtle gradations of glowing tones.. Rousseau (1812-1867) was the pioneer in plein air or open air landscape painting. His work had a consistently non-academic look and was therefore rejected again and again by the Salon, earning him the nickname of "le grand refus"." After 1836, Rousseau worked regularly in the Forest of Fontainebleau, where he specialized in wooded scenes, an example of which is ... "
Abstract Claude Monet is widely recognized as one of the towering figures in the art world. His paintings of haystacks and the gardens at Giverny continue to attract visitors to museums all over the world. Both the subjects of his paintings and his techniques are dominant representations of the Impressionist movement. The first part of the paper looks at Monet's biography, including his early training and influences. The next part then examines Monet's role in the development of the Impressionist movement, the break from classical painting and the beginnings of modernist art. In the last section, the paper looks at how Monet's contributions to Impressionism continues to influence artists decades after his death.
From the Paper "Despite this early success, the Salon later rejected many of Monet's later pieces. This included the massive Women in the Garden, which Monet submitted in 1866. After this rejection, Monet began to work on smaller paintings, as seen in the series of outdoor landscapes he painted with Renoir in 1869. The subject of these paintings was La Grenouillere, a fashionable bathing area along Paris' Seine River (Tucker 64). These paintings showed the beginnings of Monet's impressionist style, where daubs of fresh color were used to capture the spontaneity of the scene and the flowing water."
