The Modern World of Art

Chapter 21- Living With Art

IMPRESSIONISM:

The Impressionist style of painting developed in the late 1870s in France. The artists sought to represent objects with light and air; it was not to paint local colors, but the

effects of light under which everything momentarily changes color.

The name of the movement is derived from

the title of a Claude Monet

work, Impression,

Sunrise

Characteristics of Impressionist

paintings include relatively small, thin, yet visible

brush strokes and emphasis on the

accurate depiction of light

in its changing qualities.

Armand Guillaumin (1841–1927), Sunset at Ivry1873

Movement is a crucial element of the Impressionist style.

Claude MonetHaystacks1890-1891

Radicals in their time, early Impressionists broke the rules of academic painting. They began by giving more emphasis to color and free brush strokes than they did line.

They also took the act of painting out of the studio and into the modern

world. Previously, still lifes and

portraits as well as landscapes had

usually been painted indoors.

Claude MonetWoman With A Parasol1875

Impressionism was an art of

immediacy and movement, of

candid poses and compositions, of the play of light expressed in a

bright and varied use of colour.

Vincent van GoghThe Starry Night1889

Post-Impressionism

Characteristics

• Emphasis on color and form

• Art for art’s sake– Didn’t try to sell their art– No patrons– Didn’t care what critics or public thought

• Strived to invent new techniques

Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890)

• Bright colors (especially yellow)

• Short, choppy brushstrokes– Sometimes didn’t even use a brush

• Lonely life of poverty, depression and mental illness

Vincent van GoghSunflowers1888, Oil on canvas

Vincent van GoghWheatfield with Crows1890, Oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin (1848 – 1903)• Abandoned his wife and kids, travelled the world

and settled in Tahiti• Knew van Gogh

– Painted together in France– Argued frequently

• Figures with no shadows• No realistic colors

Paul GauguinDay of the Gods (Mahana no Atua)1894, Oil on canvas

Paul GauginSpirit of the Dead Watching1892

Georges Seurat (1859 – 1891)

• Pointillism – Painting using tiny dots that are side by side

• Scientific use of color

• Painted indoors with artificial light

Georges SeuratThe Bathers, AsniAsnièèresres1883 - 18841883 - 1884

Georges SeuratA Sunday on La Grande Jatte – 18841884 – 1886, Oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne (1839 – 1906)

• Tried to recapture the glory of landscapes

• Obsessed with 3D feel in nature

• His still-lifes tilt, twist, and violate the laws of physics

Paul CezanneThe Basket of Apples1895, Oil on canvas

Paul Cezanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire1902 – 1904, Oil on canvas

Impressionism & Post-ImpressionismArt Activity!

• Pick an artist from either art period (refer to the PowerPoint as needed)

• Find a work of art from this artist• On paper, work on sketching the outline

of the basic shapes• Tomorrow and Thursday we will

establish colors and textures with the use of pastels and colored pencils!