THE TREE OF IMPRESSIONISM
Often, I am asked to share my thoughts about the different schools of art, which artist influenced other artists, who studied with, or who preceded who. Not an easy task to take on during a weekend workshop.

Capturing a visual overview of the interconnectedness and offshoots of the different movements, for me as an instructor, became essential to help students find their way through the labyrinth of commentaries. Years ago, I found online an image using a tree that helped me explain the development and influencers of the Impressionist movement. Taking that concept as a visual teaching tool, I create my own with some changes of course and commissioned a new graphic image from my brother-in-law Robert Knight, famous in his own right as an artist.

I do hope you will find the “Tree of Impressionism” helpful, as well as the list of links of the names to use as a quick reference. It is available on my website in the Master Class section for Downloads. Here are just a few of my favorites that are presented here. I will be sharing more about these artists and others as we move through the Master Class.
Note: These are Dmitri’s shorthand notes as takeaways. See the videos for more.

Delacroix – Sketch from Soul
Poussin – Color Arrangement
Ingres – Exaggerative Form
Corot – Engage to Capture

Manet: Journaling
Monet: Paint a Series
Sisley: Surface Texture

Renoir: Fall in Love
Morisot: Brushstrokes in Color
Degas: Balance the Mystery and Technical

Sargent –Layering Painting Process
Chase – Charge your Batteries
Hassam – Paint your Imprint
Weir - Paint your legacy
Twachtman – Illuminated Memory
Cassatt –Lines Caressing Fields of Color

van Gogh –Line Choreography
Cezanne –Reconstructing Perspectives
Bonnard –Colors and Memory

Matisse – Line to Design
Derain – Symbolized World
Kandinsky – Confluence