Post on 24-Feb-2016
description
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.
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