Jumat, 26 Mei 2017

The Character Behind Extreme Impressionism

By Pamela King


Each and every artist has their inimitably unique style of doing their paintings. As much as this presents an individual with the freedom to paint visually impressive landscapes in whichever way that favors their style, Extreme Impressionism still remains the most impeccable form of painting. It has its own distinct character that places impressionists apart from other painters. To the viewer, true landscape paintings simply leaves them in awe.

Most people have divided views on what impressionism really is. Some think that it is a collection of artworks. Extreme-impressionism as a movement, is not the most revolutionary artistic style among the French. It is simply an idea shared among artists who have the same approach to their works. Hence, their paintings have a common character. Most notably, Claude Monet came up with ideas about realism, that until now, have formed the basis of works by realistic arts.

Historically, it is depicted that early realistic paintings were performed by Romantics in the former years of the nineteenth century. Previously known as Plein-Art paintings, the visual impressions created in this era had its own distinct character that brought out the natural environment as it appears, without no alteration of objects. As time elapsed, its popularity broadened across the entire European realm.

The most compelling aspect of arts by impressionists is their ability to recreate objects that appear in sight just as they are. This simple character is what makes them different from other artists. Upon viewing their works, one notices that the brush strokes are spontaneous, rapid and robust, with much emphasis polarized on how light influences the appearance of different objects. Further, they capture brief moments, regardless of how differently objects appear.

Light as mentioned earlier, was the main character of the visual impressions made by artists. Their approach was strongly influenced by the principle that light influenced appearances as perceived by the eye. A painting by an impressionist was not influenced by emotions as provoked by the appearance of objects, but by observing how the physical setting changed, disintegrated or fragmented, because of variance in light degrees.

Another critical aspect of extreme impression arts is color. Early artworks by Romantics appeared dingy, because of too much use of dark pigments. This veiled the underlying purpose, and compromised the whole concept of using light. Resultantly, the following generation of artists sought after more bright colors like orange, green, blue, violet, and crimson among others. Nonetheless, most of them relied on their natural ability to observe the character in a natural setting.

Impressionism, as a matter of fact, did not hatch any school. It neither had a clear manifesto, nor set standards on how to paint. In simple terms, it comprises a series of art groups made up of artists whose trajectory of thought in regard to their works are parallel. Regardless, each of them is always very cautious not to compromise their individuality as far as their works go.

In America, the impact of this revolutionary stylistic painting approach cannot be ignored. It brought with it a unique approach to create realistic impressions, totally different form other forms of painting. It is through such a style that many young impressionists have nurtured their skills.




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