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IMPRESSIONISM
POST-IMPRESSIONISM
•Began in Paris; influenced by Romanticism and Realism
•Artists gave their impression of a subject, rather than a realistic representation.
•Devoted to subjects of leisure, the upper middle class, thecity, and city dwellers on holiday in the countryside.
•Leading impressionist artists were Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
IMPRESSIONISM (1863-1887)
Edouard Manet: Le Dejeunner sur I’Herbe. 1863
Claude Monet: Terrasse a Sainte-Adresse. 1867
Claude Monet: The Railroad Bridge. 1874
Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Moulin de la Galette. 1876
Mary Cassett
Lydia in a Loge, Wearing aPearl Necklace.
1879
Edgar Degas
The Tub. 1885-86
Edourd Manet: A Bar at the Folies-Bergere. 1881-82
Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Luncheon of the Boating Party. 1881
Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Bathers. 1887
POST-IMPRESSIONISM (1880-1895)
•A typical French movement
•Artists began to move even further from realistic painting.
•Was a revolution in art as artists experimented with new methods such as vivid colors & distorted images.
•Famous artists include Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, andVincent van Gogh
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
At the Moulin de la Galette. 1889
Paul Cezanne: The Bay From L’Estaque. 1886
Paul Cezanne: Still Life With Basket of Apples. 1890-94
Georges Seurat: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. 1884-86
Paul Gauguin
Ia Orana Maria
(We Hail Thee Mary)
1891-92
Vincent van Gogh: Harvest at La Crau (The Blue Cart). 1888
Vincent van Gogh: The Starry Night, 1889
Edvard Munch: The Scream 1893
James Ensor: The Intrigue 1890
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