Many artists employed purples, yellows, and other colors to suggest colored shadows and reflected light. In so doing, they heightened
the coloristic effects that captured their attention when painting in the open air. Impressionist painters developed a way of applying
pigment that has been called “broken color” or “broken brushstrokes.” The paint is applied in mosaic-like patches which creates a
rough irregular surface texture. Through using thick brushwork an artist can create a roughened uneven texture that often mimics the
texture of the subjects as well as captures and reflects light.
Claude Monet
-Autumn Effect at Argenteuil, 1873.
-Stormy Sea in Étretat, 1883.
Mary Cassatt
-The Child's Bath, 1893.
-At the Theater, 1880.
Edgar Degas
-The Dance Class, 1871
-Dancers in Blue, 1890.
