You would perceive it as a recognizable scene with possibly a brighter use of color and enhanced brush strokes. But what scene does an impressionist artist actually place on canvas and could it really be called abstract.
A great example of Impressionist art is Monet's Iris Garden At Givenry. It is well documented that Monet had failing vision in his later years due to cataracts in both eyes, but the result of this painting was amazing, it was a hazy or almost abstract look at reality.
I contend that although impressionism is a form of realism, it is in fact abstract by definition.
When examining a painting of Claude Monet (Water Lilies #40) for example, we see hanging vines that jump off the canvas as if they are swaying in all directions, bright reflections dominate the water, while the lilies remain colorful and calm in the bottom.
Below is a wonderful explosion of color by Renior, his uses flowers with bursting color, all leaning toward the sun, to actually give the painting movement and life.
Eugene Boudin provides another interesting abstract Impressionist painting below, titled Sky At Sunset. Boudin seamed to emphasize a magnificent sky in his art and this piece was no exception. The sky and landscape are carefully blended together separated only by the sea which gives the whole painting meaning. Truly beautiful and abstract.
The reality is in my opinion, that the use of movement, shapes and color while presenting a seemingly realistic picture is actually abstract.
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