The main German impressionist painters followed the French Impressionists, with Liebermann and Slevogt continuing to use the style well into the twentieth century.
Sisley
If anyone led Impressionism during the 1860s and early 1870s, it was surely Jongkind.
His richly colourful paintings of women are reminiscent of Renoir at his best, and some of his later studies of nudes appear to owe much to the influence of Degas.
There are several uncanny parallels with the Impressionists, including the importance of the tache and plein air painting, early critical hostility followed later by acceptance, and of course the tragic deaths of Sernesi and Bazille in war.
Perhaps they are the landscape equivalent of serial self-portraiture after all.
This article considers Claude Monet’s series paintings: how they developed, which major series he produced, and what he intended by painting them.
This article considers Alfred Sisley’s series paintings: how they developed, which major series he produced, and what he intended by painting them.
We are all familiar with Monet’s famous series paintings of Grainstacks at Giverny and Rouen Cathedral. This series of articles investigates series painting, and the Impressionists who painted series.
How many times have you heard it said that mark-making is a sign of abstraction in painting?
One of the most atmospheric paintings by any Impressionist, it is mystifying that Sisley’s wonderful landscapes have been all but forgotten.
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