Paul Gauguin Gauguin, Self Portrait, 1888. POST-IMPRESSIONISM Gauguin had a multicultural awareness due to his extensive travel of the world. Gauguin gave up his successful life to escape civilization and live as a painter in Tahiti. Painting took over his life in 1888. Known for his arbitrary use of secondary and tertiary colors. He was a very arrogant man who thought quite highly of his own ability as a painter. Gauguin was also very inspired by the visual characteristics of Japanese printmaking. Gauguin, Self Portrait, 1888.

Paul Gauguin Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), 1891. POST-IMPRESSIONISM Gauguin flattens his picture plane much like the Japanese printmakers that he often studied. This was painted while he was in Tahiti. While in the foreign land, he used exotic people to represent biblical characters. In this painting he uses a Tahitian woman to represent the Virgin Mary, and he uses a young Tahitian boy to represent the Young Christ. This painting clearly demonstrates Gauguin’s use of arbitrary intermediate and tertiary colors in his paintings. Paul Gauguin Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), 1891. POST-IMPRESSIONISM

Self Portrait With Halo, 1889. POST-IMPRESSIONISM Paul Gauguin Gauguin thought quite highly of himself as a creator of art. The concept as a ‘creator’ caused Gauguin to see himself as a prophet. He believed himself to be as important as a prophet because of his ability to see the world in a visionary way as well as his ability to depict that visionary world onto his canvases. This is a self portrait of Gauguin surrounded by biblical references. Notice the apples to the right of his face, and the snake that he holds in his hands. There are many biblical references to sin, while at the same time the painting alludes to Gauguin being divine. Paul Gauguin Self Portrait With Halo, 1889.

Paul Gauguin, Woman With a Flower, 1891 POST-IMPRESSIONISM

Paul Gauguin, Tahitian Women on the Beach, 1891 POST-IMPRESSIONISM

POST-IMPRESSIONISM Paul Gauguin Paul Gauguin, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, 1897. POST-IMPRESSIONISM Gauguin’s painting reads from right to left in this case. ( just as Japanese writing is read from right to left ) Emphasis is built on the concept of the “Golden Mean” or “Rule of Thirds”. This image was done toward the end of Gauguin’s career and it is known as his Masterpiece. It was his largest work and was created in only a month. This work was completed just prior to his attempted suicide by way of an arsenic overdose. (He was saved when his body violently rejected the poison!)

George Seurat POST-IMPRESSIONISM George Seurat Considered a “Classical” Post Impressionist painter who created his images in the absence of line. Seurat was very interested in the science of color theory. He spent his short life studying and mastering the theory of color and how the eye received color. He worked in a new style that he called Pointillism Seurat was intrigued by Impressionism but he felt that lacked the form and structure that all good paintings need. It was his mission to take Impressionism to a much higher and refined level by use of optical blending.

George Seurat, The Side Show, 1888. POST-IMPRESSIONISM George Seurat George Seurat, The Side Show, 1888.

POST-IMPRESSIONISM George Seurat George Seurat, The Circus, 1891.

POST-IMPRESSIONISM George Seurat, Le Pont de Courbevoie, 1886-87.

Seurat, Study for La Grand Jatte, 1884. POST-IMPRESSIONISM George Seurat Seurat, Study for La Grand Jatte, 1884.

POST-IMPRESSIONISM George Seurat, The Bathers, 1884.

POST-IMPRESSIONISM Seurat, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1886.

POST-IMPRESSIONISM George Seurat

POST-IMPRESSIONISM George Seurat

POST-IMPRESSIONISM George Seurat

POST-IMPRESSIONISM George Seurat – Sketch of Eiffel Tower

POST-IMPRESSIONISM George Seurat

POST-IMPRESSIONISM Contrast Cezanne’s ‘Nudes’ with Seurat’s ‘nudes’!

POST-IMPRESSIONISM On display at the Art Institute of Chicago

POST-IMPRESSIONISM On display at the Art Institute of Chicago

POST-IMPRESSIONISM On display at the Art Institute of Chicago

POST-IMPRESSIONISM On display at the Art Institute of Chicago

POST-IMPRESSIONISM On display at the Art Institute of Chicago

POST-IMPRESSIONISM Auguste Rodin Auguste Rodin Artist who resurrected the art of bronze sculpture work, as seen in: The Burghers of Calais The Gates of Hell The Thinker The Kiss

POST-IMPRESSIONISM Auguste Rodin Rodin working on bust, 1863.

POST-IMPRESSIONISM Auguste Rodin, Burghers of Calais, 1884-86.

Auguste Rodin, The Gates of Hell 1880-1917 POST-IMPRESSIONISM

Auguste Rodin, The Gates of Hell 1880-1917 POST-IMPRESSIONISM

POST-IMPRESSIONISM Auguste Rodin Auguste Rodin, The Kiss c1880

The Thinker (or The Poet) c1880 POST-IMPRESSIONISM Auguste Rodin Auguste Rodin, The Thinker (or The Poet) c1880

Rodin's Funeral in Meudon - November 24, 1917 POST-IMPRESSIONISM Auguste Rodin Rodin's Funeral in Meudon - November 24, 1917