IMPRESSIONISM

POST-IMPRESSIONISM

•Began in Paris; influenced by Romanticism and Realism

•Artists gave their impression of a subject, rather than a realistic representation.

•Devoted to subjects of leisure, the upper middle class, thecity, and city dwellers on holiday in the countryside.

•Leading impressionist artists were Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

IMPRESSIONISM (1863-1887)

Edouard Manet: Le Dejeunner sur I’Herbe. 1863

Claude Monet: Terrasse a Sainte-Adresse. 1867

Claude Monet: The Railroad Bridge. 1874

Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Moulin de la Galette. 1876

Mary Cassett

Lydia in a Loge, Wearing aPearl Necklace.

1879

Edgar Degas

The Tub. 1885-86

Edourd Manet: A Bar at the Folies-Bergere. 1881-82

Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Luncheon of the Boating Party. 1881

Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Bathers. 1887

POST-IMPRESSIONISM (1880-1895)

•A typical French movement

•Artists began to move even further from realistic painting.

•Was a revolution in art as artists experimented with new methods such as vivid colors & distorted images.

•Famous artists include Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, andVincent van Gogh

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

At the Moulin de la Galette. 1889

Paul Cezanne: The Bay From L’Estaque. 1886

Paul Cezanne: Still Life With Basket of Apples. 1890-94

Georges Seurat: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. 1884-86

Paul Gauguin

Ia Orana Maria

(We Hail Thee Mary)

1891-92

Vincent van Gogh: Harvest at La Crau (The Blue Cart). 1888

Vincent van Gogh: The Starry Night, 1889

Edvard Munch: The Scream 1893

James Ensor: The Intrigue 1890

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