impressionism (1870s- 1880s) 1. captured a moment in time, slice of life 2. interested in fleeting...

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