Impressionism By borjavva 1860 Beginning of Impressionism 1860 Beginnings Four young painters (Monet, Renoir, Sisley, and Bazille) met while studying under the academic artist Charles Gleyre. 1864 Trouville, Eugène Boudin 1864 Self-portrait. Paul Cezanne 1872 Artists' petitions Artists' petitions requesting a new Salon des Refusés in 1867, and again in 1872, were denied. 1873 The castanets of Osny, Camille Pissarro 1873 Preparatory phase to the flourishing phase. 1874 First impresionist exhibition 1876 Le Bal au Moulin de la Galette, Renoir 1878 La calle Montorgueil, Claude Monet 1880 End of Impressionism
