1. Impressionism & Post-Impressionism

2. Characteristics of Impressionism
Developed in France between 1860s-1890s
Scenes of daily leisurely activities
Loose brushstrokes
Pastel colors (with blues and violets replacing blacks and browns)
Lack of a structured composition
Natural lighting
Characteristics of Impressionism

3. Claude Monet
He made no attempt to smooth the brushstrokes or blend the pigments.
The work was “finished in the sense of a complete thought- the capture of a specific moment in time”

4. Impression Sunrise, 1872

5. Claude Monet, Hay stacks . 1890

6. Claude Monet, Rouen Cathedral, 1894.

8. He sought to paint a “slice of life”
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Painted “happy
pictures”
He avoided black
paint.
He sought to paint a “slice of life”

9. Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1881.

10. La Moulin de la Galette,

11. Edgar Degas primary subject – ballet dancers diagonal compositions
“Ballet Rehearsal”, 1876.

12. “The Dance Class,” 1874.

13. “The Bath,”
Mary Cassatt
American
Daughter of a Philadelphia banker, lived in France
Most famous female impressionist, Befriended by Degas
Primary subject
mother and child

14. Mary Cassatt Mother and Child, 1889.

15. Kitagawa Utamaro Woman with Baby 1860s
Mary Cassatt Maternal Caress, 1891.

16. Post-Impressionism
Reaction to Impressionism, became more non-representational
Sometimes used multiple or contrasting vantage points.
Emphasized individual style or expression
Frequently represents abstract or unconscious thought or feeling

17. Other styles (Post-Expressionism)

19. Vincent Van Gogh,
Self-Portrait

21. Undergrowth with a Couple, Vincent Van Gogh

22. Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat (Pointilism)

25. Red Room, Henri Matisse (Fauvism)

26. Now do your own 
Select a coloring page to complete in the style of a Romantic, Realist, Impressionist, or Post-Impressionist.
Use markers, colored pencils, or crayons.
Write your first and last name, English teacher’s name, and hour on the front.