Which artists are associated with Impressionism?

• A. Monet, Auguste Renoir, Mary Cassatt, Degas
• B. Picasso, Braque, Matisse, Dali
• C. Van Eyck, Bellini, Titian, Botticelli
• D. Pollock, Rothko, de Kooning, Newman

Answer: (A)

Impressionism focuses on capturing light and fleeting moments in everyday scenes with loose, visible brushwork and painting outdoors to record how conditions change. The artists Monet, Auguste Renoir, Mary Cassatt, and Edgar Degas are iconic figures of this movement, all working in late 19th-century France and prioritizing how color and light shift in a moment over meticulous, polished detail.

The other names belong to different movements. Picasso and Braque are known for Cubism, Matisse for Fauvism, and Dali for Surrealism. Pollock, Rothko, de Kooning, and Newman are associated with Abstract Expressionism and related approaches. The Renaissance group—Van Eyck, Bellini, Titian, Botticelli—precedes Impressionism by several centuries and has a distinct set of techniques and aims.

So the quartet that best fits Impressionism is Monet, Renoir, Cassatt, and Degas.