Post-Impressionism 1886-1905 Paris, France & across Europe
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POST-IMPRESSIONISM 1886-1905 PARIS, FRANCE & ACROSS EUROPE After the Impressionist Movement artists began to wonder what other alternatives there could be to Academic art. What else could they focus on instead of just capturing light and atmospheric effects? And so began … "You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well." - Paul Cezanne
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POST-IMPRESSIONISM1886-1905
PARIS, FRANCE & ACROSS EUROPE
After the Impressionist Movement artists began to wonder what other alternatives there could be to Academic art. What else could they focus
on instead of just capturing light and atmospheric effects?
And so began …
"You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well." - Paul Cezanne
•showed a greater concern for emotional expression, structure and form than the Impressionist artists (light and atmospheric effects).
•Used vivid colors• Thick application of paint• Distinctive brush strokes (pattern-like)• Real-life subject matter, •Inclined to emphasize geometric forms• distorted form for expressive effect•used unnatural or arbitrary colors.•Divergent directions for each artist, no clear cut rules•Did not show together like the Impressionists did.
Starry NightVincent van Gogh1889
Portrait of Dr. GachetVincent van Gogh 1890
The Night Café, Vincent van Gogh, 1888
The Circus Georges Seurat1891
The Yellow ChristPaul Gauguin1889
Main Artists:
Vincent van GoghPaul CezanneGeorges SeuratHenri de Toulouse LautrecHenri RousseauEdouard VuillardPierre Bonnard
•These artists were diverse and found their own ways of solving artistic problems.
•They did not show together like the Impressionists did.
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch)•Only sold 1 painting; 900 paintings, 1,100 drawings and sketches•Tormented individual suffering from epileptic seizures•Spent time in and out of mental institutions•Close relationship with brother Theo, art dealer (supported Vincent financially)
•moved to France=influenced by the Impressionists, lightened his palettes and broke up his marks
•Moved Arles (Southern France, countryside) to begin artist community/school•Begged Gauguin to join him=cut off ear in fight•Died at 37 from gunshot wound (1890) (suicide?)
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The Potato Eaters, 1885
Self-Portrait with Straw Hat1887
The Sower, 1888
Wheatfield with Crows, 1890
Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889
Bedroom in Arles, 1888
Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers 1888
Henri de Toulouse Lautrec“The Dark Side of Modern Life”
Broken legs as child=stunted growth= social outcast= hung around with other social outcasts (Moulin Rouge, sketchy people)
Influenced by Degas & Japanese prints Used camera views, cropped images,
strong diagonals Glaring artificial light, harsh music,
masklike faces (corruptness)
At the Moulin Rouge, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec,1892
Moulin Rouge – La Goulue, 1891
Paul Gauguin“ Back to Primitive”
Used abstract expressive color & very flat abstract shapes
Paintings seem to be painted from memory & imagination instead of observation
Obsessed with “purity” and the “untainted” After van Gogh incident, moved to Tahiti to
capture nature, untamed paradise, primative life
Fatata te mipi (delectable waters), 1892
The white horse, 1898
Three Tahitians, 1899
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, 1897-98
Georges Seurat “Dots of Color”
Approached art from an intellectual & scientific standpoint
Used optical color mixing with tiny dots of color (pointilism/divisionism)
Observed color and broke down into parts Paintings seem rigid with simplified forms Impressionistic Themes: recreation
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–1886
Detail from Circus Sideshow (or Parade de Cirque) (1889
Paul Cezanne“Form Focused”
Began as Impressionist, but thought it lacked form and structure
Created form/depth through warm/cool colors and small flat planes
Paintings are not optically realistic Juxtaposes 2-D and 3-D (flat planes/round
forms) Less spontaneous than the Impressionists,
worked for longer periods of time
