art that inspires

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Art has the ability to captivate and move. Many styles of art have motivated the people of that time and inspired them in the spirit of the artists. Art leaves a lasting impression on the people of that time. It takes a special style of art to last and continue to inspire people for generation after generation. Some of the art of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century continue to have that very affect. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism remain two of the most influential art styles ever. Likewise Monet, an impressionist, and Van Gogh, classified as a Post-Impressionist, are two of the most renowned visual artists of all time.

The Impressionist movement began in 1874 when a group of artists organized an exhibition of their unconventional art. Within a few years Impressionism had revolutionized European art (Cunningham 349). Although Impressionism at first seems to be completely abstract, it is actually a form of realism. Impressionism uses realism of light rather than realism of form. They are interested in the way light changes the visual images of objects. These artists looked at the world with an "innocent eye" and painted the colors that were created without blending them together (C

The most well known of all the Post-Impressionist artists is Vincent Van Gogh. However, Van Gogh was not popular while he was alive. In fact he only sold one painting during his lifetime. Van Gogh's genius was not realized until after his death. Van Gogh's impact is different from Monet's. While Monet was a big influence on many artists to follow him, Van Gogh is better known for the popularity of his works among collectors. Van Gogh's paintings continually sell for several million dollars. The Cypress and the Tree in Bloom was Van Gogh's first painting to sell for over $1 million dollars. It was sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries in 1970 for $1.3 million. Since then over twenty of his paintings have sold for over $1 million, seventeen of which were sold for more than $10 million. Even one of Van Gogh's pen and ink drawings was sold for several million when Estee Lauder Chairman Ronald Lauder $8.5 million for Olive Trees with the Alpilles in the Background (Thomas 192).

Impressionism differed from many of the art forms that proceeded it in one other way. Impressionists were known for capturing the joy and beauty that exists in the world, rather than focusing on the problems (Cunningham 350).

Possibly the first artist to be influenced by Monet was Matisse. You can see evidence of Monet's loose gentle brushstrokes in many of Matisse's works. Monet's paintings of the Rouen Cathedral are also attributed to influencing the blurry, spatial movement in Picasso's style known as Analytic Cubism. Of course you cannot discuss Monet's influence on art without mentioning his series of paintings titled Water Lilies. In these p

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