Impressionist Revolutions (Face to Face)

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Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise, 1872, Oil on Canvas, Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris.

Join us for the next lecture in our monthly A to Z of Art History series.

‘Impressionism’, as it became known, has proved to be one of Europe’s most popular art movements. At the time, however, there was a good deal of resistance to the movement. It was criticised as slapdash, unfinished, with subject matter unfit for respectable society. We will look at technique, subject matter, some of the main protagonists and the movement’s artistic legacy.