Characteristics Vivid colors, thick

application of paint, visible brush strokes and real-life subject matter

Emphasized geometric forms, to distort form for expressive effect

Use of unnatural or arbitrary color

Unusual visual angles

Coined by the British artist/art critic, Roger Fry, in 1910 to describe the development of French art since Manet

Pierre BonnardModel in Backlight

Pointillism Small distinct dots of color

create the impression of a wide selection of other colors and blending

Cyan (blue), Magenta (red), Yellow and Key (black)

Georges Seurat, La Parade de Cirque

Popular Artists

Georges Seurat Vincent van Gogh

Paul Cezanne Henri Edmond Cross

Georges Seurat Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande

Jatte, his masterpiece, took two years to paint Took a scientific approach to painting Color theory

“Art is Harmony. Harmony is the analogy of the contrary and of similar elements of tone, of color and of line, considered according to their dominance and under the influence of light, in gay, calm or sad combinations.”

Bathers at Asnières

Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

Paul Cezanne Said to form the bridge

between late 19th century Impressionism and the early 20th century's new line of artistic enquiry, Cubism.

Convey intense study of his subjects, a searching gaze and a dogged struggle to deal with the complexity of human visual perception.

Geometric simplification and optical phenomena inspired Picasso, Braque and Gris

Bend in Forrest Road

Henri Edmond Cross Early works, portraits and still lifes, were in the

dark colors of realism, but after meeting with Claude Monet in 1883, he painted in the brighter colors of Impressionism.

Avid pointillist

His final years were plagued by rheumatism

Antibes

Vincent van Gogh Art not appreciated till after

death Numerous self portraits,

landscapes, portraits and sunflowers

Anxious and unsettled for most of his life, suicide.

Did not begin his career as an artist until he was about 27. During his last ten years he produced more than 2,000 pieces, including around 900 paintings as well as 1,100 drawings and sketches.

Café At Night

SOURCES http://en.wikipedia.org http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/ http://www.artinthepicture.com/artists/Henri-Edmond_Cross/

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/ http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/seurat/