ImpressionismPost-

Impressionism

Camille Pissarro

1890

1867 1895

The Apotheosis of DelacroixPaul Cezanne, 1873-1877, 1890-94

Post-Impressionism

(1885 – 1905)Influenced by:Altered understanding of physical realityAtomic physics & chemistry; experimental psychology & subconscious“All things become flimsy, with no strength or certainty.” – Kandinsky

New understanding of artistic traditionChallenges to the art establishment, new influences

Development of avant-garde cultureDemocracy & pluralism; rise of mass culture; alienated artists

Changes in artistic form and contentImitation replaced by internal processes & structures – new subject matter

Shared Characteristics:

• Negative reaction to purely optical

• Search for new types of subjects and forms of expression

• Attempt to deepen meaning – focus on conceptual over perceptual

Creating a model of the real world

Nature as observed

Perception

Mind

Intellect

Creating an imaginary world

Artist’s sensations

Conception

Spirit

Intuition

Is art most rightly concerned with:

or

…or both?

Seurat (1859-1891) Gauguin (1848-1903) Cezanne (1839-1906) Van Gogh (1853-1890)

“Woman Leaning on aParapet By the Seine” 1881

“Study for UneBeignade” 1883

“Bathers at Asnières” – Georges Seurat 1883-84

“A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” – Georges Seurat 1884-86

“Bridge at Courbevoie” - Georges Seurat 1886-1887

“Orchard, Côte Saint-Denis

atPontoise”

1877 Paul CézanneCamille Pissarro

“Orchard in Pontoise” – Paul Cézanne 1877

1883-85

“Gulf of Marseilles Seen from L’Estaque” – Paul Cézanne

“The Bather” – Paul Cézanne

1885-87

“Victor Chocquet Seated”

-Paul Cezanne 1877

“Hortense Fiquet in a Striped Skirt”

-Paul Cezanne 1877-78

“Portrait of Gustave Geffroy”

Paul Cézanne

1895

“The Card Players” – Paul Cézanne 1890-92

“Two Card Players” –Paul Cezanne 1892-95

"Rideau, cruchon et compotier“ – Paul Cezanne 1893-94

“The Basket of Apples” – Paul Cezanne 1895

“Still Life with Apples” – Paul Cezanne 1895

“Mont Sainte-Victoire” – Paul Cezanne, 1885-1887

“Mont Sainte-Victoire” – Paul Cézanne 1885-1895

“Mont Sainte-Victoire Above the Tholonet Road” or “Hermitage, St. Petersburg” – Paul Cézanne 1900

“Mont Sainte-Victoire” – Paul Cézanne 1890 – 94

"May I repeat what I told you here: treat nature by means of the cylinder, the sphere, the cone,

everything brought into proper perspective so that each side of an object or a plane is directed towards a central point. Lines parallel to the

horizon give breadth... lines perpendicular to this horizon give depth. But nature for us men is more depth than surface, whence the need to introduce into our light vibrations, represented by the reds and yellows, a sufficient amount of blueness to

give the feel of air."

Paul Cézanne to Emile Bernard, 15 April 1904

                                 

1895-

1900

1902- 04

1904-

1906

“The Great Bathers” – Paul Cézanne 1898-1905“The Great Bathers” – Paul Cézanne 1898-1905

Paul Gauguin

(portrait of his wife)

1878

“Washerwomen at Pont-Aven” – Paul Gauguin 1886

"I have sacrificed everything for style, because I wished to force

myself into doing something other than what I know how to do."

Gauguin to a friend, 8 October 1888

“Blue Trees” Paul Gauguin

1888

“Vision after the Sermon; Jacob Wrestling with the Angel” – Paul Gauguin 1888

”Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers” Paul Gauguin 1888

“Washerwomen in Arles” Paul Gauguin 1888

“Night Café at Arles” – Paul Gauguin 1888

“The Yellow Christ”

Paul Gauguin 1889

“When Are You to be Married?” Paul Gauguin

1892

“The Day of God” – Paul Gauguin 1894

“Farm in Brittany” – Paul Gauguin 1894

“Whence Do We Come? What Are We? Where Are We Going?” – Paul Gauguin 1897

“Portrait of the Artist (at Golgotha)”

By Paul Gauguin

1897

“Horsemen on the Beach”

“The Call”

Paul Gauguin 1902

                                  

“The Potato Eaters” – Vincent Van Gogh 1885

“Bedroom at Arles” – Vincent Van Gogh 1888

“I think the sunflower is mine.”

Van Gogh, in a letter to his brother Theo

“Starry Night Over the Rhone” – Vincent Van Gogh 1888

“The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night”

Vincent Van Gogh 1888

“The Night Café” – Vincent Van Gogh 1888

“The Starry Night” – Vincent Van Gogh 1889

“Wheat Field with Crows” – Vincent Van Gogh 1890

“Thatched Cottages by a Hill, Auvers-sur-Oise” Vincent Van Gogh July, 1890