Impressionist artists used brighter colors and modern subject matter, but their poor vision, caused by cataracts or retinal disease, led to less detailed and more vivid paintings. Synthetic pigments allowed for new colors. Edgar Degas’ supposed shift to abstract was actually due to his failing eyesight.
Impressionism, an art movement that began in the late 1800s, was less accurate in its depictions than other types of art, and the vision of many well-known Impressionist artists became poor as they progressed in their careers. Artists tended to use brighter colors and more modern subject matter, and their poor vision is thought to explain the look of their later paintings, rather than be stylistic choices. For example, one of the most famous Impressionists was Claude Monet, whose later works became less detailed and had more vivid colors as he suffered from cataracts which eventually blurred his vision to the point of forcing him to paint from memory.
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The Impressionist movement got its name in 1874 from Louis Leroy, a critic who panned Monet’s painting Impression, Sunrise as an impression rather than a detailed painting.
Synthetic pigments for paint were invented in the 1800s, which represented brilliant colors never seen before in paintings, such as cerulean blue, in Impressionist works.
One of the founders of the Impressionist movement, Edgar Degas, suffered from retinal disease towards the end of his career. Many art critics believed that he was changing his style of him into the abstract, but in reality he was unable to see the details.
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