#pre-impressionism

Eugène Boudin's "The Manet Family in the Garden at Gennevilliers" captures the simple pleasure of a summer evening. Small figures relax on the grass while a glowing sunset fills the sky with soft pink and golden light, making the landscape itself the true star of the scene. Painted in 1866 as a gift for the Manet family, the work reveals the quiet friendship between Boudin and Édouard Manet. Often called the "painter of skies," Boudin found beauty in everyday moments long before they became a hallmark of Impressionism. Available as a fine art print at meisterdrucke.com. Quelle: meisterdrucke.com

JMW Turner turned out to be one of the influencers of Claude Monet, even though he was painting way before Impressionism as such emerged; his perspectives on color and light became fundamental for the development of Impressionism and even Abstract Art.

- Will Gompertz, What Are Your Looking At?

Paris, Musée d’Orsay