Modern Art: From Impressionism to
Expressionism
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Russ McNeil
Impressionism
Post-impressionism
Fauvism
Pointillism
Art Nouveau
Symbolism
Group of Seven
Expressionism
Surrealism
Impressionism
An attempt to accurately and
objectively record visual reality in terms
of transient effects of light and colour.
Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889)
The Death of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta
Adolphe-William Bouguereau (1825-1905) The Knitting Girl
Claude Monet (1840-1926) Houses of Parliament
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Madame Charpentier and Her Children
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) The Chestnut Trees at Osny
[note: Impressionist “martyr”]
Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) In a Park
Note: Manet Influence
Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927) Sunset at Ivry
Frederic Bazille (1841-1870) Bazille's Studio; 9 rue de la Condamine
Edgar Degas (1834-1917) The Rehearsal
Edouard Manet (1832-1833) Luncheon on the Grass
Post-impressionism
Post-Impressionism is an umbrella term
used to describe a variety of artists who
were influenced by Impressionism but took
their art in different directions.
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) Mont-St-Victoire (1885)
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) Spirit of the Dead Watching
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Van Gogh – Night Cafe
Van Gogh – Starry Night
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) In the Salon of the Rue des Moulins
Henri Julien Felix Rousseau (1844-1910) The Dream
Fauvism
Short lived movement but one that
marked the advent of Modernism. The
style of painting, using non-naturalistic
colors, was one of the first avant-garde
developments in European art.
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) The Joy of Life
Pointillism
Form of painting in which the use of tiny
primary-color dots is used to generate
secondary colors
Georges Seurat (1859-1891) [neo-impressionist]
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an elegant decorative art
style characterized by intricately detailed
patterns of curving lines.
Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939)
Gustav Klimt
(1862-1918)
Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926)
Symbolism
Late 19th c. movement that influenced many
modern trends.
Gustave Moreau (1826-1898)
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898 )
Group of Seven
Group of Seven artists were strongly
influenced by Impressionism, PostImpressionism, Fauvism, and Art Nouveau
and Symbolism - creating bold, vividly-colored
canvases, and instilling elements of the
landscape with symbolic meaning.
Franklin Carmichael (1890-1945 ) North Shore, Lake Superior
A. J . Casson (1898-1992 ) – White Pine
Lionel Fitzgerald (1890-1956) Doc Snider's House
Edwin Holgate (1892-1977) Canadian Destroyers, Halifax
A.Y. Jackson (1882-1974) Houses of Ypres
Arthur Lismer (1885-1969) Canadian Jungle
J.E.H. MacDonald (1873-1932)
Oaks, October Morning
F.H. Varley (1881-1969) Stormy Weather, Georgian Bay
Frank Johnston (1888–1949) Camp Borden (1919)
Lawren Harris (1885-1970) Afternoon Sun, North Shore, Lake Superior, 1924
Lawren Harris – Miner’s Houses, Glace Bay
Expressionism
Expressionism is a style of art in which the
intention is not to reproduce a subject
accurately, but instead to portray it in such a way
as to express the inner state of the artist.
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) – Couple Riding
Franz Marc (1880-1916) – Yellow Cow
Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) - Nude -- Caryatid
Edvard Munch (1863-1944 )
Dead Mother
Gershon Iskowitz (1921-1988 ) Sky
Kathe Kollwitz
(1867-1945 )
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Surrealism
Fantastic visual imagery from the
subconscious mind.
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) Metaphysical Interior with Factory
Yves Tanguy (1900-1955)
Indefinite Divisibility
Dorothea Tanning (1910-) Ein klein nachtmusik
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)