Post Impressionism

Similar to Impressionism in that...

• Artists still used bright colors that were often applied crudely.

• Obvious brush strokes and thick application of paint.

• Real-life subject matter.

Post Impressionism is different from Impressionism because...

• Not as cohesive as Impressionism, in that there were a few smaller "movements" and ideologies within P.I.

• More focus on feelings and emotions through artworks.

• Distorted forms instead of realistic forms in order to show emotion and expression.

• Use of unnatural or arbitrary (random) colors.

Styles within P.I. (some I made up :-)

• Pointilism: The use of tiny dots of color. Artists include: Georges Seurat, Georges Lemmen.

• Purer-Impressionism: Sort of a continuation of Impressionism but with more intention and thought (or so they said...)

• Feelings- and Emotions-based: a way of painting that conveyed a state of mind and showed emotion through the application of paint. Artists include: Van Gogh.

Paul Gauguin Vision After the Sermon, 1888

Paul Gauguin

Hail Mary (La Orana Maria),

1891

Georges Seurat, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grand Jatte, 1884

Georges Lemmen The Beach at Heist, 1891/2

Paul Cezanne Still Life with Skull, 1898

Paul Cezanne The Card Players, 1890/92

Paul Cezanne Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1902

Henri de Toulouse LautrecAt the Moulin Rouge, 1892/95

Vincent Van GoghSelf Portrait

Self Portraits

Van Gogh: A sketch prior to a painting. Notice the lines, marks, and perspective.

Vincent Van Gogh

Sunflowersca. 1888

Vincent Van Gogh The Starry Night, 1899

What we will be doing...

How to Collage with Vik Muniz

Vik Muniz website

You will choose one Post Impressionist painting to recreate using collage with a partner. Once you have decided on the painting, I will print you a color version of it for reference.

Included in this assignment will be some research about the painting and the artist.

Some completed collages…