Reproductions of paintings by Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cezanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro and Paul Signac will be on display and on sale at an Impressionism-themed exhibition at Artron Art Center.

Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities, often accentuating the effects of the passage of time, ordinary subject matter, inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience, and unusual visual angles. Impressionism originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s.

The impressionists faced harsh opposition from the conventional art community in France. The name of the style derives from the title of a Monet work, “Impression, Sunrise,” which provoked the critic Louis Leroy to coin the term in a satirical review published in the Parisian newspaper Le Charivari.

The development of Impressionism in the visual arts was soon followed by analogous styles in other media that became known as impressionist music and impressionist literature.

Dates: Aug. 27-Sept. 3

Venue: 5/F, Artron Art Center, 19 Shenyun Road, Nanshan District (南山區深云路19號雅昌藝術中心5樓)

Metro: Line 2 to Qiaocheng North Station (僑城北站), Exit D(SD News)