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New way of painting landscape and scenes of everyday life developed in France by Monet and others from early 1860s. Based on practice of painting finished pictures out of doors, as opposed to simply making sketches (actually pioneered in Britain by Constable around 1813–17). Result was greater awareness of light and colour and the shifting pattern of the natural scene. Brushwork became rapid and broken into separate dabs to render these effects. First group exhibition Paris 1874 greeted with derision, Monet's Impression, Sunrise being particularly singled out and giving its name to the movement. Seven further exhibitions held at intervals to 1886. Other core artists, Camille Pissarro, Renoir, plus Degas and Manet in slightly tangential relationship. Second generation of Post-Impressionism.
 

Claude Monet, Woman Seated on a Bench, circa 1874
Claude Monet
Woman Seated on a Bench
circa 1874
 
Camille Pissarro, A Corner of the Meadow at Eragny, 1902
Camille Pissarro
A Corner of the Meadow at Eragny
1902
 
Auguste Renoir, Nude on a Couch, 1915
Auguste Renoir
Nude on a Couch
1915