The Swing by Pierre Renoir

The impressionist movement started when Claude Monet and other artists held an exhibition in Paris in 1874. People like Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Pierre Renoir, Camille Pissaro created their most important work between 1870 to around 1910. The critics gave the exhibition the worst reviews possible. "The critics considered Impressionist paintings an insult to viewers because they were expected to accept apparently unfinished art as a ‘real' painting." The name was taken from Monet's Impression, Sunrise. "The artists took the name after a critic used it mockingly to describe all the exhibited works." The critics said that the paintings were "evidence of sloppy workmanship" (world book).
The Swing by Pierre Renoir shows many of the characteristics of a painting made during the impressionist movement. During the impressionist period the painters didn't care to show emotion on the characters depicted in the painting. The impressionist also......

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Title: The Swing
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