in 1874 thirty impressionist artists held their first exhibition. the main artists who are called "impressionists" include claude monet, auguste renoir, paul cézanne, camille pissarro, alfred sisley, edgar degas and berthe morisot. manet became friendly with berthe morisot, who later married his brother eugene manet. manet encouraged morisot with her painting. morisot, in turn, encouraged manet to paint outdoors, in the way that monet and the other impressionist painters did. monet painted some landscapes, seascapes and city scenes in the impressionist style. however, most of his paintings are "figurative" (they are pictures of people).