1874 thru 1890
In 1874, a group of artists called the Anonymous Society of Painters organized an exhibition in Paris that launched the movement called Impressionism. Radicals in their time, early Impressionists violated the rules of academic painting, using freely brushed colors that took precedence over lines and contours. Their work is recognized today for its modernity, embodied in its rejection of established styles of the late 19th century.