Born from a desire to capture fleeting light and everyday life, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism transformed the language of painting. Monet, Degas, and Renoir explored color and atmosphere with immediacy and grace, while Cézanne, Van Gogh, and Gauguin pushed the movement toward structure, emotion, and abstraction. Together, they bridged the natural and the modern — shaping a vision of the world that feels both timeless and alive.