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Discover the essence of Post-Impressionism in late 19th-century art through artists like Seurat, Gauguin, Cezanne, and Van Gogh. Explore their unique styles, use of vibrant color, and self-expression versus representation.
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History • Late 19th Century • 1886-1914 • The artists began as Impressionist, but broke away from the style • Rejected its limitations on focusing on color and light, not spontaneous, more form and order. • The basis of many 20th century works
Characteristics • Gave more definition and form to subject matter • Formal order and structure • Used vibrant, expressive, and arbitrary color • Thick application of paint • Distinctive brush strokes • Self-Expression vs. Representation
Artists • Georges Seurat • Paul Cezanne • Paul Gauguin • Vincent Van Gogh • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Georges Seurat • Developed the technique, Pointillism • Rather then spontaneous broken brushstrokes • Very planned and carefully applied mixing of color • Optically mixed complementary colors • Should fuse together from a distance
Paul Cezanne • Was mentored by Pissarro • Broke down reality to see the underlying geometry in nature • Work has a permanent look, not a fleeting glance • His work • Eliminate ariel and linear perspective • Lay flat • Used color to indicate depth • Inspired Cubism
Paul Gauguin • Flattening of form. • Refused to reproduce • Intensified arbitrary color • Spent a lot of time in Tahiti • Paved the way to Primitivism • Had a friendship with Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh • Dutch • Inspired Expressionism • Thick Paint • Emotionally charged • Painted hundreds of Self-Portraits • Did lots of series of paintings on a variety of subjects. • Went through a lot of spurts of depression. • Made over 2,100 works of art
Slide Identification • Get out a piece of paper • Title Paper • “Slide ID Post-Impressionism” • Write your Name, Date, Period • Number your Paper #1-7 • Answer • Full Name of the Artist
#1 Georges Seurat
#2 Paul Gauguin
Paul Cezanne #3
#4 Georges Seurat
Paul Cezanne #6
#7 Vincent Van Gogh