Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (1798- 1863) is a famous French painter and a typical representative of Romanticism.
He inherited and developed the achievements and traditions of various European art schools since the Renaissance, including Venetian School, Dutch School, P.P. Rubens and J. constable, and influenced later artists, especially Impressionists.
Representative works include "Guiding People's Freedom" and "Salt Island Massacre".
2. claude monet
Claude monet (1840165438+1October14-092665438+February 5th), a French painter, is known as "the leader of Impressionism" and is one of the representatives and founders of Impressionism.
Monet is one of the most important painters in France, and most of the theories and practices of Impressionism have been popularized by him. Monet is good at the experiment and expression of light and shadow.
His most important style is to change the way shadows and outlines are drawn. In Monet's paintings, there are no very clear shadows, and there are no prominent or flat outlines. The color depiction of light and shadow is the biggest feature of Monet's paintings.
20 19 On May 4th, the work Haystack by French impressionist painter claude monet was sold at Sotheby's in new york at a record high price of 1. 107 billion US dollars (1 US dollars is about 6.87 yuan). This is the highest auction price of Monet's works and impressionist paintings.
Representative works include Impression of Sunrise, Rouen Cathedral, Poppy Field near Vitney, Water Lily, Haystack and so on.
3. Edward Manet
Edward Manet (? Toure Manet (1832.01.23-1883.04.30) was one of the founders of19th century impressionism, and was born in Paris, France.
He has never participated in the Impressionist Art Exhibition, but his innovative artistic attitude has deeply influenced emerging painters such as Monet, Cezanne and Van Gogh, and then brought painting to the road of modernism.
Influenced by Japanese Ukiyo-e and Spanish painting styles, Manet boldly adopted bright colors, abandoned the middle tones of traditional painting, liberated painting from the traditional bondage of pursuing three-dimensional space, and took a revolutionary step towards two-dimensional plane creation.
His representative works include The Piccolo Boy, Lunch on the Grass, Foley Beagle's Bar, Olympia and so on.
4. Pierre Auguste Renoir
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is an important impressionist painter. 184 1 was born in limoges, Haut-viennese, France, and later moved to Paris with his family. One of the impressionist painters. He is famous for his oil paintings and also makes sculptures and prints.
I was an apprentice in my early years and painted ceramics, fans and curtains. He studied painting under the academic painter Greer (1806- 1874), and was later influenced by Delacroix and Courbet. He made an in-depth study of Rubens and French painting in the18th century.
In his creation, he can combine traditional painting with impressionism, and express the vibration and clear atmosphere of sunshine and air with bright and transparent colors, which is unique.
Representative works include Box, Lunch on a Cruise, Portrait of Little Margo, Ball in Pancake Shop, etc.
5. Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas (1834— 19 17) is an important French impressionist painter. He was born in a family of financial capitalists and his grandfather was a painter, so he grew up in a family that was very concerned about art.
After graduating from high school, Degas entered the art school. He studied Italian art in Italy, especially during the Renaissance.
At the same time, he studied painting in the studio of Louis lamotte, the favorite pupil of Jean-Sukut Dominique Angel (1780- 1867).
Representative works include Dancer Adjusting Shoes, Dance Class, Bathing in the Bath, etc.
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