NAPLES ART INSTITUTE Date: 3/15/2027-3/16/2027 Time: 9:00 AM-3:00 PM on Mon Tue iCalendar: Download iCalendar Fee $585.00 Member Fee $550.00 Begin Registration Impressionism Then and Now Workshops | Available Program Description Explore Impressionist painting as a living tradition through Dmitri Wright’s Tree of Impressionism, guiding students from Natural Impressionism (Looking - Seeing), through Post-Impressionism (Insight - Visionary), to Transcendent Impressionism (Inspired). Beginning...

Dmitri at Silvermine Art Center: This five-day intensive is an immersive exploration of Impressionist figure painting that connects historical tradition with contemporary practice. Guided each day by a master artist whose work reflects a distinct stage in the painter’s development, students will engage with these influences not as distant historical references, but as living companions in the act of seeing and painting. Rooted in the principle Lux Ante Formam—light before form—the course...

The Impressionists’ palettes evolved differently than their Academy predecessors, the latter being generated by the craft guilds via the master to student tradition. The Impressionists’ palettes were revolutionary and simple in comparison to the maximized palettes of the Old Masters and even to the contemporary palettes often used today. Impressionist paintings reflected a radical break with traditional notions about color and painting. Impressionist artists were inspired by the innovations...