Chamberlain College of Nursing HUMN 303N week 3 art creation paper

Art Creation and Reflection 2 Art can be many things and represent a story in their own way. That’s why it is art. A popular form of art is painting. Paintings can range from many different canvases and types of paint. One most commonly used is oil paint. A famous style of painting with the use of oil paints is called impressionism. Impressionism painting originated in France and then migrated to America, which is why there is French Impressionism and American Impressionism. Impressionism paintings used bright colors and loose brush strokes to capture intimate beauty of every day American or French life (The Art Story, n.d.). Many impressionist paintings are of commonplace landscapes or of landscapes that had significance to the artist (The Art Story, n.d.). The influencing painting I chose is, Summer Evening by Childe Hassam. Childe Hassam was a famous American impressionist artist from 1881 to 1935 when he passed away (The Art Story, n.d.). Childe studied art in