Essays on Impressionism Page 2

Vincent Van Gogh’s PaintingsThroughout Vincent William van Gogh’s artistic career, he was mocked and rejected by intellectuals. An intellectual is defined as “a person who is wellinformed and intelligent, and interested in activities involving the intellect” (World 1,096). By this definition, we can therefore assume that critics of art, would be intellectuals. The viewpoint critics…

Introduction  Impressionism and Expressionism are two different artistic movements, each happening one century after the other. Impressionism was the first of the two, emerging during the 19th century while Expressionism followed a century later during the 20th century. Impressionism and Expressionism in comparison reflects contrasting qualities. Impressionism is focused on more realistic take on ordinary…