Impressionism: History and Methods - Cybele von Redern

In 1863, the French Académie des Beaux Arts refused more than 3,000 artworks from its Salon de Paris, unleashing a protest among younger and more experimental artists like Edouard Manet.

This prompted Emperor Napoleon III to organize a parallel show for the rejected works—the Salon des Refusés.

By 1874, the first Impressionist exhibition, comprised of the works of the rejected artists, opened at the studio of photographer Félix Nadar and included Claude Monet’s famed Impression, Sunrise, giving the painterly movement its name.

This 13-week course traces the history of Impressionism from the Salon des Refusés to the end of the post-Impressionist phase, covering its fundamental history and considering new scholarship pertaining to the artists’ inspirations and techniques.