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Impressionism in the 19th century was a style of art that gained prominence during those periods and originated from Paris. This movement was however criticized and rejected by the conventional artists. The emphasis of this movement was on clear compositions of paintings with accurate indication of light that could show the different times of the day in the picture. The radical artists rejected this art style arguing that it violated the rules of painting (McKenzie, 2000).

However, despite the opposition from certain group of arts, some artists continued to produce paintings that exhibited impressionism. An example of impressionist painting was the Le Repos, ca that was produced in 1870 by a French artist Edouard Manet. Edouard was one of the artists who began impressionism (Sayre, 2012). The painting is of his close friend and fellow painter Berthe Morisot. The picture shows Morisot seated in a chair. The picture exhibits the characteristics of the impressionist movement in that image is small and the colour used is brown with Morisot wearing a white dress. The use of brown colour shows conservatism which was important to the impressionist artists.

Another impressionist painting is Fredrick Childe’s painting known as the Poppies on the Isles of shoals that was produced in 1890. Fredrick was an American artist but was also an impressionist artist. The painting shows poppy plants on an island. The painting has a lot of characteristics of impressionist paintings. The 1st characteristic is the use of little brushwork in the painting as a result, different colors can be seen the painting. In addition, the picture shows a clear depiction of light which makes someone to predict the time of the day shown in the painting. The painting also depicts different angles of the subject matter of painting.

The 3rd impressionist painting is also by another French artist. The painting is referred to as Renoir La Liseuse (The Reader) and was produced in 1877. The painting shows Renoir shows reading some materials. The painting by Pierre-Auguste has colour conservatism, a characteristic of impressionist paintings (Sayre, 2012). Pierre-Auguste used dull colors of black and brown making the paining very conservative. The subject matter used is very simple and ordinary in addition the composition is very open. Although the painting has very few or just one visual angle, it contains a lot of characteristics of impressionist paintings.

Post impressionism refers to the development of French art after Manet (Sayre, 2012). An example of post-impressionist painting is the Deutsch: Zypressen in Cangnes by Henri Edmond. The painting shows very tall green trees and other trees which are orange in colour. At the background there are tall buildings. The painting is a typical post impressionist painting because there is use of thick paint and the subject matter which is a forest burning, is a real life situation.

Henri Rousseau was an English artist in the post impressionist era. He made a painting of himself carrying a lamp. The painting is a typical post impressionist painting as shown by the use of thick paint, different brushstrokes and the use of bright white color.

The last post impressionist painting is by Robert Pinchon called Robert Antoine Pinchon produced in 1909.The painting is of a river flowing under a bridge with some sailors travelling through the bridge. The painting just like the other post impressionist paintings has very thick paint application. It has unnatural colors and different brush strokes. The subject matter is also very real.

Part 2

Internal Memo

From Adam Johnson

Company’s Interior Designer

To The Managing Director Hopps Limited

Jonson Wesley.

I have completed looking at all the paintings that are supposed to be used at the new company’s offices. I looked at six paintings and have picked on 6 that are to be used at these new offices. The 3 paintings are a reflection on the company’s mission and visions. Some of the paintings do have our corporate colour therefore; conform to our ambition and aspirations. The 1st painting shows a young woman seated and was produced by the French artist Manet. The 2nd painting is on plants growing on an island while the 3rd painting shows a woman reading some of reading materials.

The other 3 paintings are about different things. One painting is about a forest being on fire, the other is a painting of a famous French artist while the last painting is about a river flowing under a bridge. I will bring all these paintings so that you can have a look at them and also give your view on them. Any painting that you think does not reflect our corporate image I will remove and look for another painting as you so wish. Thanks you much.

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The paintings by Manet and Renoir are very important historically as they showed the beginning of impressionist as a movement of art. The 2 paintings were both by French artists who were the pioneers of impressionism as a style of art. These were among the 1st impressionist paintings to be produced (Sayre, 2012).

The painting by Childe showed the spread of impressionism to other parts of the world. Childe was not French but an American. He neither travelled to France although his painting was shown at the France art show piece during the 19th century. He developed impressionism all by himself (McKenzie, 2000). His painting therefore shows impressionism spreading to other artist like Childe in America.

The paintings by Edmond, Rousseau and Pinchon are equally historically important as they signal the beginning of a new era in the painting industry. These three paintings marked the end of impressionism and the beginning of post impressionism. The paintings are all by English artists indicating the change of style of painting in Europe at that time. These paintings introduced the post impressionism characteristics of painting where there was less emphasis on expression by the use of many different geometrical angles of the paintings.

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The paintings reflect the corporate image and mission. The paintings on poppies on Shoals Island by Childe indicate the company’s environmental and conservation initiatives. The company has been on the fore front to protect the environment by avoiding pollution of the water bodies. The painting therefore shows how our environment should look like when conserved.

The painting of a forest burning by Edmond indicates our main objective of protecting the environment by avoiding such forest fires shown in the painting. The last picture, by Pinchon, show a river flowing which can support water transport therefore must have been deep enough. This resonates with our message of conservation to prevent water in rivers from drying up.

References

McKenzie, L. (2000). Non-western Art: A Brief guide. (2nd Ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Sayre, H. M. (2012). The Humanities: Culture, Continuity and Change, Volume 2 (2nd Ed).Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearsons Education.

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