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| Paul Signac Paimpol 1925 watercolor Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Hippolyt Petitjean Village and Bell Tower ca. 1912-1929 watercolor Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
The Impressionists famously broke down the representation of solid forms into a struggle to represent light reflections – their main claim to newness. At an even more basic level of form, though, they seldom altered (or even questioned) the conventional two-dimensional representation of three dimensional space using linear perspective. Instead these academically-trained artists continued to exploit the conventional depiction of receding space that had remained constant in European painting for at least five hundred years. This was the final generation of serious painters in the West who could operate without challenging spatial illusionism.
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| Hippolyt Petitjean Boat on a Pond ca. 1912-1929 watercolor Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Louis Valtat Skaters in Winter (Garden of the Petit Trianon,Versailles) ca. 1900 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Jean Lubin Vauzelle The Tuileries watercolor 19th century British Museum |
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| Stanislas Lépine The Seine at the Pont de Sèvres ca. 1876-80 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Paul Signac Port en Bessin, The Beach 1884 oil on canvas Museo Thyssesn-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Camille Pissarro The Orchard at Éragny 1896 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Camille Pissarro The Cabbage Field, Pontoise 1873 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Camille Pissarro Route de Versailles-Louveciennes, Winter, Sun & Snow 1870 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Alfred Sisley A Forest Clearing 1895 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Alfred Sisley Evening in Moret, end of October 1888 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Alfred Sisley Flood at Port Marly 1876 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Paul Gauguin Dogs running in a meadow 1888 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |