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The Impressionists and the Wanderers
The artistic life in Russia and in France in the late nineteenth century had a lot in common. The art of French Impressionists and Russian artists called ‘Peredvizhniki’ or ‘The Wanderers’ had different philosophies and views of life, but both opposed academism in painting. In fact A ________, to achieve similar goals.
Back in 1860-s the painters of those two groups were yet very young people, who were B ________, where the training was mostly academic. Claude Monet claims that his teacher, Charles Gleyre, told him that whatever he paints, he must keep the classical antique models in the back of his mind. This was quite different from the young artist’s view of C ________. So after two weeks Monet left the Academy with his friends Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and Frederic Bazille.
Quite fascinating that a Russian painter, Ivan Kramskoy, describes the same thing happening to him at the Academy of arts in Russia. His teacher told him that he should learn from classical antique masters, rather than D ________. Just as Claude Monet did, Ivan Kramskoy left the Academy with some of his friends and developed his own method of painting. Some years later, Ilya Repin, Vassily Surikov, Ivan Shishkin and other famous painters joined the Wanderers art society.
Of course at fi rst both the Impressionists and the Wanderers were rejected by other artists. All through the 1860-s their pictures were not displayed at the exhibitions in the capital cities. But gradually the art society started E ________ and manner of painting. The fi rst exhibition of the Wanderers took place in 1871, while the fi rst exhibition of the Impressionists was in 1874. By the 1880-s the Wanderers and the Impressionists F ________ and commercial success. But in the early 1890-s their methods have had to face the crisis. So the next generation of artists had to discover new depictive patterns that further on took us into the world of contemporary art.
1. attending art schools
2. trying to be realistic
3. enjoyed critical acclaim
4. they followed different ways
5. learned to paint well
6. to appreciate their style
7. what art should be
A-4; B-1; C-7; D-2; E-6; F-3
The Impressionists and the Wanderers
The artistic life in Russia and in France in the late nineteenth century had a lot in common. The art of French Impressionists and Russian artists called ‘Peredvizhniki’ or ‘The Wanderers’ had different philosophies and views of life, but both opposed academism in painting. In fact they followed different ways, to achieve similar goals.
Back in 1860-s the painters of those two groups were yet very young people, who were attending art schools, where the training was mostly academic. Claude Monet claims that his teacher, Charles Gleyre, told him that whatever he paints, he must keep the classical antique models in the back of his mind. This was quite different from the young artist’s view of what art should be. So after two weeks Monet left the Academy with his friends Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and Frederic Bazille.
Quite fascinating that a Russian painter, Ivan Kramskoy, describes the same thing happening to him at the Academy of arts in Russia. His teacher told him that he should learn from classical antique masters, rather than trying to be realistic. Just as Claude Monet did, Ivan Kramskoy left the Academy with some of his friends and developed his own method of painting. Some years later, Ilya Repin, Vassily Surikov, Ivan Shishkin and other famous painters joined the Wanderers art society.
Of course at fi rst both the Impressionists and the Wanderers were rejected by other artists. All through the 1860-s their pictures were not displayed at the exhibitions in the capital cities. But gradually the art society started to appreciate their style and manner of painting. The fi rst exhibition of the Wanderers took place in 1871, while the fi rst exhibition of the Impressionists was in 1874. By the 1880-s the Wanderers and the Impressionists enjoyed critical acclaim and commercial success. But in the early 1890-s their methods have had to face the crisis. So the next generation of artists had to discover new depictive patterns that further on took us into the world of contemporary art.
