Impressionism- • 19th century art movement• Word is from “Sunrise”• Originated in Paris • Used large brush strokes• Focused on the effects of the

change in time

Claude Monet, Impression – Sunrise, 1872.

Artists of Impressionism and Post Impressionism

• Monet Van Gogh• Pissarro Gaugin• Renoir Toulouse-Lautrec• Cezanne Seurat

Monet1840-1926

Waterlilies, 1920-1926, Musee de l’Orangerie.

Nature, time of day, light, and color

PISSARRO 1830-1903.

Pissarro

Renior

Paul Cezanne1839-1906

Plein-Air Landscape Painting

Painting outdoors, in the “open air”

Still Life with Peppermint Bottle, 1890.

Pommes et Oranges, 1899.

Still Life with Skulls, 1895.

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) Self Portraits

Sketch, in Paris, 1886.

With felt hat, 1886.

1886-87.

With Straw Hat, 1887.With a Japanese print, 1887.

(influenced by Pointillism,)1887.

With a bandaged ear, inArles, 1889. At Sainte-Remy, 1889.

Van Gogh’s still lifes

Starry Night, 1889, oil on canvas, now at the Museum of Modern Art.

In a letter to Theo, van Gogh wrote, “…it does me good to do what’s difficult. That doesn’t stop me from having a tremendous need for, shall I say the word ---for religion. So I go outside at night to paint the stars.”Van Gogh, the letters to Theo van Gogh. On or about Saturday, 29 September 1888.

Van Gogh, Bedroom in Arles, 1888, Van Gogh Museum.

Gauguin

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec1864-1901

Pointillism/Neo-impressionismSeurat