1. Post- Impressionism

2. Some review: Impressionism was influenced by Realism: scenes of contemporary life personal views and subjects; art for art’s sake avant garde attitude; the artist is separate from the mainstream

3. Some review: Impressionism was influenced by Realism: scenes of contemporary life personal views and subjects; art for art’s sake avant garde attitude; the artist is separate from the mainstream Impressionism was mainly concerned with: the play of light on surfaces intensity of colour (canvases primed white; no black used) informal compositions

4. The play of light on surfaces: Renoir, Dance at the Moulin de la Galette, 1876

5. The play of light on surfaces: Degas, L’etoile, 1878

6. Intensity of colour: Monet, Field of Poppies, 1873

7. Intensity of colour: Monet, Water Lilies, 1916

8. Informal compositions were inspired by the wide-spread use of photography (thanks to the invention of roll film) and the resulting candid photos.

9. Informal compositions: Degas, The Absinthe Drinker, 1876

10. We call the next generation Post-Impressionists

11. “Post” signifies after. The only thing this group of artists has in common is that they ere influenced by the Impressionists’ use of intense colour. Their importance lies in their huge influence on the artwork of the 20 th century: Modernism.

12. Henri Toulouse-Lautrec At the Moulin Rouge, 1892 / 95

13. La Goulue arrivant au Moulin Rouge, 1895 Henri Toulouse-Lautrec

14. Jane Avril, lithograph, 1893 Henri Toulouse-Lautrec

15. La Parade,1889 Georges Seurat Tiny dots of pure colour placed next to each other; your retina does the mixing! No more informal compositions; everything is carefully planned.

16. Detail from La Parade Georges Seurat … this technique is called pointillism.

17. Sunday afternoon on the Island of Grand Jatte, 1884-86 Georges Seurat

18. Still Life with Plaster Cupid, 1895 Paul Cezanne Collapse of space!!

19. The Card Players, 1890-92 Paul Cezanne Simplification of form!!

20. Mount St. Victoire, 1897 Paul Cezanne Surfaces broken up into flat facets, like the shimmering surface of a diamond!!

21. The Vision after the Sermon, 1888 Paul Gauguin Distortion of space!! Distortion of colour!!

22. The Yellow Christ, 1889 Paul Gauguin The beginnings of abstraction!! 500 years of tradition was thrown out the window!!

23. Self Portrait with Halo, 1889 Paul Gauguin Abstract forms, colours and symbolism!!

24. Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, 1897 Paul Gauguin

25. Self Portrait, 1889 Vincent Van Gogh

26. Self Portraits Vincent Van Gogh

27. Van Gogh’s Room at Arles, 1889 Vincent Van Gogh Distortion of colour, depth and form to convey emotional or psychological states!!

28. Starry Night, 1889 Vincent Van Gogh These swirls weren’t in the sky; they were in his mind.

29. Cezanne… 20 th Century Western Art has its roots in the Post Impressionists influenced “Cubism”

30. Van Gogh and Gauguin… influenced “Expressionism” 20 th Century Western Art has its roots in the Post Impressionists

31. Van Gogh and Gauguin… influenced “Expressionism” 20 th Century Western Art has its roots in the Post Impressionists

32. Van Gogh and Gauguin… influenced “Expressionism” 20 th Century Western Art has its roots in the Post Impressionists