1860 -1920 · Snow, mist and cold light

Snow offers the Impressionists and their heirs a laboratory of colorful whites, blue shadows, mists and changing lights.

Painting winter is like painting light itself. Far from using uniform white, artists observe the pink, blue, purple or yellow reflections that snow receives from the sky and buildings. The split touch reflects a surface that melts, sparkles or gets dirty upon contact with the city. In Rouen, Crozant, New York, Copenhagen or Moret-sur-Loing, the winter motif transforms rivers, streets, train stations and villages. In Rouen, Crozant, New York, Copenhagen or Moret-sur-Loing, the winter motif transforms rivers, streets, train stations and villages. In Rouen, Crozant, New York, Copenhagen or Moret-sur-Loing, the winter motif transforms rivers, streets, train stations and villages. The mist erases the contours, the gel hardens the shapes and passers-by bring human measure to the space. These paintings bring together direct experience of the outdoors and a very conscious search for composition. The "Impressionist Snow and Winter" selection brings together direct experience of the outdoors and a very conscious search for composition. particularly in view of the Seine in Rouen in winter, snow effects and Snow landscape in Crozant. His reading favors movement.

In impressionist snow, white is never empty: it collects all the colors of the atmosphere.