IMPRESSIONISM POST-IMPRESSIONISM
Began in Paris; influenced by Romanticism and Realism Artists gave their impression of a subject, rather than a realistic representation. Devoted to subjects of leisure, the upper middle class, the city, and city dwellers on holiday in the countryside. Leading impressionist artists were Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir. IMPRESSIONISM ( )
Edouard Manet: Le Dejeunner sur I’Herbe. 1863
Claude Monet: Terrasse a Sainte-Adresse. 1867
Claude Monet: The Railroad Bridge. 1874
Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Moulin de la Galette. 1876
Mary Cassett Lydia in a Loge, Wearing a Pearl Necklace. 1879
Edgar Degas The Tub
Edourd Manet: A Bar at the Folies-Bergere
Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Luncheon of the Boating Party. 1881
Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Bathers. 1887
POST-IMPRESSIONISM ( ) A typical French movement Artists began to move even further from realistic painting. Was a revolution in art as artists experimented with new methods such as vivid colors & distorted images. Famous artists include Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, and Vincent van Gogh
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec At the Moulin de la Galette. 1889
Paul Cezanne: The Bay From L’Estaque. 1886
Paul Cezanne: Still Life With Basket of Apples
Georges Seurat: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Paul Gauguin Ia Orana Maria (We Hail Thee Mary)
Vincent van Gogh: Harvest at La Crau (The Blue Cart). 1888
Vincent van Gogh: The Starry Night, 1889
James Ensor: The Intrigue 1890
Bibliography Harden, Mark, The Artchive. Jansen, H W. History of Art 5th Edition. Harry N. Abrams Publishers Inc., New York Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History Revised Edition Volume two. Harry N. Abrams Publishers Inc., New York No Author Given. The Artist.Org. Witcombe, Chris. Art History Resources on the Web