Yesterday I took a trip out into the country side with Camille Pissarro, a founder of a revolutionary new art style, impressionism. Impressionist artists just like Camille are escaping from the studios and venturing out into livid and lush environments to paint. As Camille and I walked through pastures and fields he said that, "Precise drawing is dry and hampers the impression of the whole, it destroys all sensations." He also told me that the key to impressionist painting is, "Don't proceed according to rules and principles, but paint what you observe and feel. Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression." In an emotional interview with Camille he also said the impressionists are only trying to escape the shackles of the Académie des beaux-arts, who have told artists which syles and content should be included in paintings. The Académie puts value in somber and conservative colors. This was seen when in 1863 the Académie rejected......
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