Manet, Renoir & the revolution of Impressionist Art

SSILL welcomed Bob Potter to talk about Impressionist Art on Tuesday, September 10th.  Bob’s talk was full of images of the artwork created by some of the most famous impressionists of the period.  Bob explained that in the mid-19th century, the Impressionists were considered artistic radicals, even revolutionaries.

Manet, Renoir, and their fellow artists violated all the rules of Western art and French academic painting. They would instead create a new way of seeing and painting with expressive brush strokes of vibrant color showing the real world around them. The Impressionists would change the art of painting forever, leading the way to every artistic movement that would follow.  Bob’s presentation also included several short videos that enhanced the program.

Bob is a graduate of Syracuse University’s School of Visual and Performing Arts.  He was an art director and marketing executive for leading media companies, created arts therapy programs, and was a corporate development officer for the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. He later launched a career development program for art majors at the Lyme Academy of Art and is currently a docent at the Yale Center for British Art.

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