ps: Talking about art, I guess there are still one or two chapters, and when I read it, I can also talk about the depth!

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The main reason for this may be that he did not create his own unique style and did not have any great influence on others. He was not interested in anything in his life except to revel in his beloved dream of color. Zhang Feng also knows very little about his thoughts and life, only that he is a very shy person with a modest personality.

Sisley was born in Paris, but his parents were British. After his education in Paris, he moved to London to work in a trading house. However, he loved literature and painting, and in 1862 he returned to Paris and entered the studio of Glaire, where he met Monet, Renoir and others, and began his career as an impressionist painter. He was greatly influenced by Monet's painting style, and used landscape as his main material. He is particularly good at depicting the sky, and the sky he paints is vast, profound, and full of color change, full of atmospheric feeling.

Of Sisley's about 800 oil paintings, most are landscapes. And during his lifetime, his works did not change profoundly, perhaps because he was not so revolutionary, throughout his life, Sisley did not receive the attention and evaluation he deserved. Of course, his love for nature and simple emotions are evident in his creations.

Pissarro once said that Sisley was the purest Impressionist painter because he adhered to his original philosophy of painting – to capture the true impression of a moment in a natural landscape through the expression of light and color. When he came to Barbizon, he was attracted by the fresh and solemn environment of Corot's works under the bright sun, and he inherited the style of the Barbizon School while showing the Impressionist style in color and brushstroke. Analyze the characteristics of Sisley's landscape works from three aspects: composition, brushstrokes, light and color:

1. The Sisley-style composition is deeply influenced by Corot, neat and orderly, free and not limited to form; the sky often occupies a large space in the picture to show the delicate changes of light and shadow; the characters in the works are small in proportion, and the depiction is concise and generalized; the perspective of the scenery is strong, and no exaggerated form is pursued.

2. Brushstrokes are one of the main modeling methods of oil painting, which cannot be ignored. Sisley's works are dominated by fragmented dot-like brushstrokes, which are light and smooth, thick and calm in structure, and depict the sky and water in an unrestrained and powerful way to make it light and flowing.

3. The painter conveys affection with color, the audience sees the color and emotion, which plays a non-negligible role in the appeal of the painting, the beautiful field of French scenery provides Sisley with a very rich sense of color, the poet sees the scene, the poem appears in the chest, the painter sees the scene and feelings, and the image presented in the mind should first be the overall color effect.

Nature itself contains countless vivid color pictures, and Sisley, with his long-trained keen eyes, explores the mysteries of natural colors through faithful intuitive nature and diligent artistic practice, breaking the traditional concept of "inherent color". In order to improve the purity of the colors and the brightness of the picture, the painter juxtaposes the unblended colors, so that the audience's eyes can harmonize the colors at a certain distance, so that the picture produces a rich color effect. Realistically reproduce the virtual and real system of the scenery in light and atmosphere, Sisley makes the outer contour line hidden in the atmosphere, and the role of lines in the picture is reduced, highlighting the color blocks of the form; The painter is not limited to the details of the contours, but focuses on quickly capturing the changing objects in the scene, so that the picture can form a unique and beautiful form.

Orsay is very fond of Sisley's works, although they are all landscapes, they are pure beauty. Zhang Feng thought that this painter must be living the life he likes and painting the works he likes.

Renoir was a French painter who was initially closely associated with the Impressionist movement. His early works are typical impressionist works that record real life, full of dazzling brilliance. However, in the mid-80s (18th century), he split away from the Impressionist movement and turned to portraiture to develop his more rigorous and formal painting techniques.

Of all the Impressionists, Renoir was perhaps the most popular, because he painted beautiful children, flowers, beautiful landscapes, and especially lovely women. All of these will immediately attract people. Renoir expressed the pleasing sensations he received from them directly on the canvas. He once said, "Why can't art be beautiful? There are enough ugly things in the world." He is also an admirer of the female figure, saying, "I only finish a portrait when I feel like I can touch the person in the painting." ”

Renoir was one of the younger members of the Impressionist group, a year younger than Monet. The artist's life's work mostly depicts young women in bright and loud warm tones, especially their nude figures. He uses a special traditional technique to depict the soft and elastic skin and plump body of young women with affection. Although he also painted many exterior landscapes and innocent children's images, the nudity = body and women occupied the mainstream of his life's work. His oil paintings of the human body are different from the hypocrisy and artificiality pursued by the painters of the previous school. Renoir's female body is filled with a joyful and youthful vitality, all of them are like Eve who has never tasted the forbidden fruit in Eden's paradise, they are leisurely and charming.

Attached is his life experience:

1840s - Renoir is born in Limon, a small town in Haute-Vienne, France, and relocates with his family to Paris.

1850s - Started painting by learning to paint porcelain in a porcelain factory.

1860s - Formally studied painting in Paris, and met quite a few painter friends, including Monet.

In 1864 he officially entered the Salon with his paintings. During this period, Renoir's sweet style of painting generally appeared, and he also focused on the improvement of the painting of light and shadow on the surface of the water.

1870s - Participated in the Salon Selection, began the illustration and promotion of Impressionism. During the Franco-Prussian War, he was arrested by the government mistaken for a spy. During this period, Renoir did not like Camille Pissarro, Gauguin and other painters who fled to other places, but stayed in Paris to paint many scenes of street life as a document, and these paintings were painted on large canvases, such as the classic Bal du Moulin de la Galette or Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Le Moulin de la Galette) in 1876. The painting is 1.30 meters high and 1.70 meters wide, and is now in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay, France.

In the 1880s-1881, Renoir painted another classic work: the Luncheon of the Boating Party. However, after this painting, he gradually abandoned his focus on creating light and shadow in favor of more modest depictions. During this period, he also traveled to Spain, Italy and other countries, and got married and had children.

1890s – By this time Renoir was already a successful painter, and in an atmosphere of family harmony, he continued to paint, painting many charming family sketches.