Claude Monet- Born 14 November 1840 and died 5 December 1926, he was a founder of French Impressionist painting. Monet's ambition of documenting the French countryside led him to adopt a method of painting the same scene many times in order to capture the changing of light and the passing of the seasons, Like his famous water lilly pond series.
Edgar Degas- Born 19 July 1834 and died 27 September 1917, he was a French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings. He is especially famous for his paintings on the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism, although he rejected the term, and preferred to be called a realist. He was particularly masterful at depicting movement, as can be seen in his renditions of dancers.
Georges Seurat- Born 2 December 1859 and died 29 March 1891, he was a French Impressionist painter and draftsman. He is noted for his innovative use of drawing media and for devising the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism.
Pierre Renoir- Born 25 February 1841 and died 3 December 1919, he was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. Renoir's paintings are notable for their vibrant light and saturated color, most often focusing on people in intimate and candid compositions. In characteristic Impressionist style, Renoir suggested the details of a scene through freely brushed touches of color, so that his figures softly fuse with one another and their surroundings.
Edgar Degas- Born 19 July 1834 and died 27 September 1917, he was a French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings. He is especially famous for his paintings on the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism, although he rejected the term, and preferred to be called a realist. He was particularly masterful at depicting movement, as can be seen in his renditions of dancers.
Georges Seurat- Born 2 December 1859 and died 29 March 1891, he was a French Impressionist painter and draftsman. He is noted for his innovative use of drawing media and for devising the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism.
Pierre Renoir- Born 25 February 1841 and died 3 December 1919, he was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. Renoir's paintings are notable for their vibrant light and saturated color, most often focusing on people in intimate and candid compositions. In characteristic Impressionist style, Renoir suggested the details of a scene through freely brushed touches of color, so that his figures softly fuse with one another and their surroundings.