Painting "en plein air” (AKA outside) allowed impressionist painters to capture the transient nature of sunlight, which became a huge focus for painters who adopted the style.
Painting "en plein air” (AKA outside) allowed impressionist painters to capture the transient nature of sunlight, which became a huge focus for painters who adopted the style. Favoring loose representations over concrete details, Impressionism became a precursor for other movements including Neo-Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, and Cubism.