1. Post-Impressionism

2. Objectives
Understand how Impressionism influenced Post-Impressionist artists
Describe the paintings of Vincent van Gogh and Georges Seurat
Understand the need for patrons in the art world

3. Realism Artists worked in Realism art style
Realism was the accepted art of the Salon
Focused on familiar scenes as they actually looked-ordinary people doing ordinary things
Winslow Homer
Cotton Pickers
1876

4. Remember Impressionism
Characteristics:
1. quick glimpse
2. how light effects color
3. unposed
4. bright colors
…5. no emotion, just painted what they saw

5. Mary Cassatt-Early 1870’s Spanish Dancer wearing a Lace Mantilla, 1873
Musical Party, 1874
On the Balcony during Carnival,
1873

6. Vincent van Gogh Started out as a missionary in Belgium
Began painting and drawing when he failed as a missionary
First colors used were browns and other drab colors
At age 33, his brother Theo (an art dealer), paid to send him to art school and supported him.
Theo was his patron
Patron: a person who financially supports another person, cause or activity

7. Vincent van Gogh
A woman in a White Cap, 1885
Potato Eaters, 1885

8. The Impressionists made an impression!
While in Paris, van Gogh met Edgar Degas and the other Impressionists
Their influence on him was immediate and dramatic
Paintings began to blaze with color
Adopted impressionists technique of using small, short brushstrokes to apply his paint
1885
1887

12. Georges Seurat
Neo-impressionism was originated by Georges-Pierre Seurat (French, )
He used a technique called pointillism based on the scientific combination of dots of pure color.
Entrance to the Harbor
1888
21 5/8 x 25 5/8"

13. Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886
81 x 120 inches

14. The Channel at Gravelines, Evening. summer 1890 25 3/4 x 32 1/4"