Wednesday 31 May 2017

Features Of Extreme Impressionism As A Painting Style

By Pamela King


Different artists portray a distinct character in their works. While this gives liberty to an artist to communicate the message behind their masterpiece however they please, Extreme Impressionism has its own character that sets it apart from other forms of paintings. To the plain eye, the compelling blend of light colors on the canvas of an impressionist simply upholds it as the most beautiful type of art.

Impressionism is neither a collection of landscape artworks, nor the most renowned movement in French art. It is an attitude commonly shared by a number of individuals whose paintings are subject to the same problems. The name Claude Monet is synonymous to this movement. He was a prominent landscape painter, reputed for introducing new ideas, that formed the foundation of landscape painting.

Historians acknowledge that realism in artistic representations of Plein arts, as in extreme-impressionism, was first started by the Romantics, early in the nineteenth century. Their search for an authentic and realistic paintings of a natural environment added a distinct value to their works. Progressively, this form of art gained ground across Europe and to other global horizons.

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 plays an important role in the making of realistic landscape paintings. Its reflection and disintegration as part of the natural phenomenon, forms the basis of extremely impressive landscape paintings. Impressionist are intuitive. This trait persuades them to study how light influence the appearance of objects in sight. Hence, unlike other artists, their style is not driven by emotions, but by constant experiments of natural phenomena.

Colors play an important role in landscape visual impressions on canvas. Early Romantism made use of dark pigments which failed to bring out the intended purpose. That made the next generation of artists to limit themselves to an array of bright colors ranging from; orange, red, green blue, crimson and violet. However, extreme realistic artist had a great degree of intuition, which allowed them to study the physical characteristics, and other scientific forces that aided their works.

In real sense, the realistic art movement did not give rise to any school, in spite being hatched from the depths of intuition and tryouts. It had no manifesto, no rules or regulations. It was simply a series of collection of artists who had the same outlook and shared the same style to create pictures. Despite the unity, each painter was keen to protect themselves from external influences that may compromise their individuality.

Extreme-impressionism had a great impact on the historical schools in the Western front. Though not equally revolutionary as other movements such as Cubism or Surrealism, the character of realistic landscape paintings drew an entirely new approach to painting that depicted nature as it was.




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