Impressionism - Main Impressionists

Main Impressionists

The central figures in the development of Impressionism in France, listed alphabetically, were:

  • Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870)
  • Gustave Caillebotte (who, younger than the others, joined forces with them in the mid 1870s) (1848–1894)
  • Mary Cassatt (American-born, she lived in Paris and participated in four Impressionist exhibitions) (1844–1926)
  • Paul Cézanne (although he later broke away from the Impressionists) (1839–1906)
  • Edgar Degas (a realist who despised the term Impressionist, but is considered one, due to his loyalty to the group) (1834–1917)
  • Armand Guillaumin (1841–1927)
  • Édouard Manet (who did not regard himself, nor is he generally considered, as an Impressionist, but who supported the Impressionists and was a great influence on them), (1832–1883)
  • Claude Monet (the most prolific of the Impressionists and the one who embodies their aesthetic most obviously) (1840–1926)
  • Berthe Morisot (1841–1895)
  • Camille Pissarro (1830–1903)
  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)
  • Alfred Sisley (1839–1899)

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