Impresionism and PostImpressionism Vocabulary
1. Landscape- a painting or drawing of the land or a
natural environment
2. En Plein Air- French for “in the open air.” Sketching
or painting outdoors, as opposed to in a studio
3. Still life- a painting or drawing of flowers, fruit, or
other assorted objects
4. Portrait- a picture of a person
5. Tight brush stroke- when the brushstrokes on a
painting are not visible, giving the art a polished look
6. Loose brush stroke- when specific strokes from a brush
are visible on a painting
Why learn about Impressionism?
We will…
• see how master artists have painted.
• learn what you should be striving for
in your plein-air oil pastels (the next
unit.)
• learn how to “read” art and talk
about it.
• Use this information when putting
together your 2nd art history book.
Impressionism•
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19th century art movement
Word is from “Sunrise”
Originated in Paris
Used large brush strokes
Focused on the effects of the
change in time
• Influenced by the invention of
photography and other
industries
Claude Monet, Impression – Sunrise, 1872.
http://www.toffsworld.com/art_artists_painters/impressionist_impressionism_art_
movement.htm
Artists of
Impressionism and Post Impressionism
• Monet
• Pissarro
• Renoir
Van Gogh
Mary Cassatt
Toulouse-Lautrec
Seurat
Impressionists
• Monet
• Renior
• Pissarro
Post Impressionists
• Seurat
• Van Gogh
• Mary Cassatt
• Toulouse-Lautrec
Changing times:
The Industrial Revolution
Paris Salon of
1865
Examples of paintings hung
in the French Salon
(Artists: Delacroix and
Poussin)
-What does the subject
matter of these two
paintings seem to be?
-What style of clothing are
the subjects wearing?
-What are the main colors?
Honoré Daumier satirized the bourgeoises scandalized by the Salon's Venuses, 1864
Bazille’s Studio, Frederic Bazille (studio shared with Renoir and
includes Monet, Renoir, Bazille holding the pallette, and Manet
wearing a hat.) Hanging paintings had been refused by the Salon.
Monet
1840-1926
Rouen Cathedral during….what times of day?
Waterlilies, 1920-1926, Musee de
l’Orangerie.
Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare
Madame Monet and her Son
Avenue de l'Opera, Paris
PISSARRO
1830-1903.
Pissarro
Boulevard
Montmartre
la nuit
Orchard in Bloom, Louveciennes
The Two Sisters
Frédéric Bazille
Renior
1841-1919
Luncheon of the Boating Party
The Swing
RENOIR, Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, 1876, Musee
d’Orsay.
Children
Playing
On The
Beach
Mary Cassatt
1844-1926
Breakfast in Bed
In the Loge, 1879
Title unknown
Lydia Seated In The Garden With A Dog In Her Lap
Portrait of
Mary Cassatt
by Edgar Degas
Portrait Of A Little Girl
Boating Party
The Letter, 1890-91
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)
Self Portraits
1886-87.
Sketch, in Paris, 1886.
With a Japanese print,
1887.
With felt hat, 1886.
(influenced by Pointillism,)
1887.
With Straw Hat, 1887.
With a bandaged ear, in
Arles, 1889.
At Sainte-Remy, 1889.
Irises
Vase with Twelve Sunflowers
Sunflowers
Starry Night, 1889, oil on canvas,
now at the Museum of Modern Art.
In a letter to
Theo, van Gogh
wrote, “…it does
me good to do
what’s difficult.
That doesn’t stop
me from having
a tremendous
need for, shall I
say the word --for religion. So I
go outside at
night to paint the
stars.”
Van Gogh, the letters to Theo van Gogh. On or
about Saturday, 29 September 1888.
Starry Night reed pen study, 1889, part of the Baldin Collection.
Van Gogh, Bedroom in Arles, 1888, Van Gogh Museum.
Auvers-sur-Oise, July 1890.
“They are vast stretches of wheat under
troubled skies, and I did not have to go out of
my way very much in order to try to express
sadness and extreme loneliness…. I'm fairly
sure that these canvases will tell you what I
cannot say in words, that is, how healthy and
invigorating I find the countryside.”
Pointillism/Neo-impressionism
Seurat
A Sunday Afternoon
on the Island of La
Grande Jatte
The Seine and la Grande Jatte - Springtime
La Tour Eiffel
Fauvism
Henri Matisse
1869-1954
Red Room
The Green Stripe (La Raie
Verte), also known as
Portrait of Madame Matisse
Still Life with Geraniums
Woman with a Hat
Open Window, Collioure,
The Luxembourg
Gardens.
The Sheaf
Blue_Nudes
The Horse, the Rider, and the Clown
Jazz