Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterised by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities, ...

When did impressionism begin and end?

Impressionist painting comprises the work produced between about 1867 and 1886 by a group of artists who shared a set of related approaches and techniques.

How did Impressionism start?

BEGINNINGS OF IMPRESSIONISM

Impressionism coalesced in the 1860s when a group of painters including Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley and Pierre-Auguste Renoir pursued plein air painting together. ... His clever new technology offered easily portable, pre-mixed paint, and allowed painters to bring their process outdoors.