Impressionism paintings derived from Claude Monet's Impression of Sunrise, which was criticized by Louis Leroy upon its exhibition.Impressionism ia a manner or painting which is light and spontaneous.It began in France as a reaction against the restrictions and conventions of the dominant Academic art. Its naturalistic and down-to-earth treatment of its subject matter has its roots in the French Realism.Other artists that painted in impressionism style are of Camille Corot, Alfred Sisley , Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Frederic Bazille, Edgar Degas, Gustave Caillebotte, Edouard Manet, and the American Mary Cassatt.