Late 1800s
Post-Impressionists
it described the artists
who followed the
Impressionists and to
some extent rejected
their ideas. They
considered
Impressionism too
casual or too
naturalistic, and sought
a means of exploring
emotion in paint.
Vincent Van Gogh,
Starry Night Over the Rhone, 1888.
Toulouse-Lautrec
Post-Impressionism
Disabled poster artist known as one of the first Graphic Designers
Paul Cezanne
Large block-like brushstrokes; Still lifes, Landscapes
Vincent Van Gogh
Distrurbed painter of impasto and bright, vivid colors
George Seurat
Founder of Pointillism
Paul Gauguin
Rejected Urban Life and chose Tahitian women as subject
Auguste Rodin
Bronze sculptor; inspired by Michelangelo. “The Thinker”
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Because of his disabilities, he
focused only on his art. He lived in
the tawdry part of Paris with
outcasts, entertainers and
prostitutes who became his
models.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Because of his
disabilities, he
focused only on
his art. He lived
in the tawdry
part of Paris with
outcasts,
entertainers and
prostitutes who
became his
models.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
” At the Moulin Rouge”
1895
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Inspired by Degas.
His work had an
almost caricature
look.
He popularized the
poster as an art
form
Toulouse-Lautrec
” At the Moulin Rouge”
1895
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
La Goulue, 1891.
Degas
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Jane Anril
1893.
Shepard
Fairey
Toulouse-Lautrec
Ambassadeurs: Aristide Bruant
1892.
Paul Cezanne
Son of a wealthy banker
Post Impressionists did not have much commercial
success.
Cézanne's art was misunderstood and discredited by
the public during most of his life
Saw himself as a failure
Left many works unfinished and destroyed others
By the time of his death in 1906 he attained
legendary status.
Paul Cezanne, Still Life with Apples, 1890.
Condenses themes of apples to structured abstraction
Paul Cezanne, Still Life with Apples, 1890.
The structure of
the apples
supports his belief
that the natural
world can be
“reduced to a
cone, a
sphere, and a
cylinder”
Paul Cezanne, Still Life with Peppermint Bottle, 1894
Paul Cezanne, Card Players, 1892.
Paul Cezanne, The Bathers, 1890-91.
Paul Cezanne, Mont Saint Victoire, 1885.
Vincent Van Gogh
•Greatest Dutch artist since
the Baroque period
•Didn’t begin painting
until he was 30 and died
before he was 40.
•A life of poverty and
despair with bouts of
madness
Van Gogh, The Potato Eaters, 1885.
started out with a dark palette and evolved to
bright, intense colors
•He was supported
by his brother,
an art dealer
Van Gogh
Sunflowers, 1888.
Vincent Van Gogh, The Night Cafe, 1888.
Vincent Van Gogh
The Night Cafe,
1888.
Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889.
He paints energy!
Hokusai, The Great Wave, 1828
Vincent Van Gogh
Self-Portrait with
Felt Hat,
1887-88.
Van Gogh
Portrait of Dr. Gachet,
1888.
Vincent Van Gogh, Bedroom at Arles #3, 1889.
Edvard Munch
“The camera cannot
compete with the brush
and the palette so long
as it cannot be used in
heaven or hell…"
Edvard Munch
The Scream
Oil and pastel on
cardboard
1893.
Edvard Munch
Norwegian painter
-A moody guy.
-Called his paintings his
children.
-He expresses modern
anguish- extreme
emotions.
-Forerunner of
EXPRESSIONISM- astyle
that portrayedemotions
through distorting form
and color
The Scream
Edvard Munch
-Forerunner of EXPRESSIONISM
a style that portrayed emotions
through distorting form and color
Kandinsky, 1915
Edvard Munch, The Dance of Life, 1899-1900.
Tension….eerie
Paul Gauguin
•Extensive world
travel
•Lived as apainter in
Tahiti
•Known for arbitrary
use of color
•Arrogant, obnoxious
•Inspired by Japanese
prints
Gauguin, Self Portrait, 1888.
flattens his picture plane
much like the Japanese
printmakers.
Tahiti. He used exotic
people to represent biblical
characters. Madonna scene
Paul Gauguin
Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary),
1891.
He felt himself a
visionary
His self portrait
alludes to his
divinity. (halo,
apples, snake)
Paul Gauguin
Self Portrait With Halo, 1889.
Tahitian Women on the Beach, 1891
Paul Gauguin,
Woman With a Flower, 1891
George Seurat
•No line
•Interested in the science of
color theory- how does the eye
perceive color?
•POINTILLISM
•He felt he could take
Impressionism to a higher level
using Optical Mixture
Stare at the red dot on the next
slide for a slow count to 10…
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1886.
George Seurat,
The Circus, 1891.
Seurat, Le Pont de Courbevoie, 1886-87.
Seurat, The Bathers, 1884.
Auguste Rodin
Artist who resurrected
the art of bronze
sculpture work, as seen
in:
•The Gates of Hell
•The Thinker
•The Kiss
Auguste Rodin, Burghers of Calais, 1886.
Auguste Rodin,
The Thinker
(or The Poet)
1880
Auguste Rodin,
The Gates of Hell
1880-1917
Inspired by
Michelangelo
Auguste Rodin,
The Kiss
c1880
Art Nouveau
an international style
of art, architecture and
design ( glass, furniture,
jewelry)
A response against
industrialization that
peaked in the beginning
of the 20th century.
Art Nouveau
highly-stylized,
flowing, curvilinear
designs often
incorporating floral
and other plantinspired motifs.
Louis Comfort Tiffany,
Glass Vase, 1910.
Victor Horta
Hotel Tassel,
1890s.
1st Art
Noveau
building
Art Nouveau
Gaudi
Spanish Architect
Building was
considered sculptural as
well.
biomorphic, or
organically-shaped.
a rejection to the
coldness of the
geometric industrial
world
Casa Milà, 1907.
Gustav Klimt,
Kiss 6’x6’. 1908
The couple
“blends “ in with
the design. They
are submerged by
the intricate gold
pattern
Aubrey
Beardsley
Salome with the Head
of John the Baptist,
1893
He was an illustrator
who was denounced
for decadence