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IMPRESSIONISM IMPRESSIONISM (1870s-1880s)(1870s-1880s)
1. Captured a moment in time, slice 1. Captured a moment in time, slice of life of life
2. Interested in fleeting effects of 2. Interested in fleeting effects of light on color light on color
3. Used short, choppy brushstrokes 3. Used short, choppy brushstrokes to capture a moment to capture a moment
4. Avoided use of black 4. Avoided use of black 5. 5. Cropped at edges to imitate Cropped at edges to imitate
photography photography 6. Depicted leisure activities of 6. Depicted leisure activities of
Parisian bourgeoisie Parisian bourgeoisie 7. Influenced by Japanese 7. Influenced by Japanese
woodblock printswoodblock prints 8. Criticized by traditional 8. Criticized by traditional
academic painters academic painters
series of paintings showing a subject at various times
Monet
portraits and slices of French life
Renoir
cityscapes capture bourgeois life
Pissarro
dancers, horse races and portraits
Degas
garish colors, elevates the status of poster art
Lautrec
American Impressionist, mentored by Degas
Cassatt
CLAUDE MONET, Saint-Lazare Train Station, 1877. Oil on canvas
MARY CASSATT, The Bath, ca. 1892. Oil on canvas,
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, At the Moulin Rouge, 1892–1895
EDGAR DEGAS, Ballet Rehearsal, 1874. Oil on canvas,
POST-POST-IMPRESSIONISM-IMPRESSIONISM-
1890s1890sInfluenced by, but dissatisfied with Influenced by, but dissatisfied with
Impressionism Impressionism Impressionists were too tied to Impressionists were too tied to
natural world--only painted natural world--only painted what they saw what they saw
Wanted to restore line and solid Wanted to restore line and solid colors colors
•Pioneer of pointillism or divisionism •Theory of optical mixing based on work of Chevreul •Most famous work-A Sunday on the Grande Jatte
Seurat
•Rejected artistic traditions of Western civilization •Influenced by "primitive" cultures-Tahiti •Used flat planes of color to express feelings
Paul Gauguin
•Used color and brush strokes to express his feelings •Color reflects moods-for example, yellow is happy •Influenced the Expressionists
Vincent Van Gogh
•Capture the underlying structure of objects and nature •Restore formal elements: the use of color and shape •Series of paintings of Mont Sainte- Victoire
Paul Cezanne
VINCENT VAN GOGH, The Night Café, 1888. Oil on canvas
PAUL CÉZANNE, The Basket of Apples, ca. 1895. Oil on canvas,
PAUL GAUGUIN, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, 1897. Oil on canvas
GEORGES SEURAT, A Sunday Afternoon at La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886. Oil on canvas, 6’ 9”x10’. Art Institute of Chicago