“They (the impressionists) have tried to render the walk, the movement, the tremor, the intermingling of passersby……and the vibration of air inundated with light, and just as in the case of the rainbow colourings of the solar rays, they have been able to capture the soft ambiance of a grey day.” Indeed the impressionists did focus on the ability to capture an event and much attention was given to the way in which the …showed first 75 words of 2209 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2209 total…single moments with colour, stroke and paint. “I have finally discovered the true colour of the atmosphere. It’s violet. Fresh air is violet.” BIBLIOGRAPHY Bomford,art in the making:impressionism, London 1990 Brettell, French Impressionists, New York 1987 Gage, Colour and culture: practice and meaning from antiquitty to abstraction, London 1993 Nochlin, impressionism and post impressionism 1874-1904, New Jersy 1966 Roque,G.1996 ‘Chevreul and impressionism: a reappraisal’. Art Bulletin, LXXVIII, pg26-39 Venturi, impressionists and symbolists, New York 1973