Chapter 30: 19th Century Art in Europe and the United States

Post-ImpressionismMagister RicardAP Art History

19th Century Artistic Developments: The “-isms”

Neoclassicism (early 19th)

Romanticism (early 19th)

Realism (mid 19th)

Impressionism (late 19th)

Post-Impressionism (late 19th)

The Birth of “Modern Art”

Post-Impressionism

Impressionism

Realism

What is Post-Impressionism

• Artists were dissatisfied with Impressionism• Lacked line, shape, color – loose brushwork did

not create solidity• Wanted to restore color and shape or even

subjectivity (don’t just copy nature)– Moves away from objectivity (positivism)

• Did not want to simply capture a passing moment• Like Impressionism, was based in France• Thrived from 1880-1905

Who are the Post-Impressionists?

• Seurat• Gaugin• Cezanne• Toulouse-Lautrec• Van Gogh (Dutch, but worked in France)

The Schism in Post-Impressionism

Post Impressionism

Seurat and Cezanne

Formal, scientific design

Gaugin, Van Gogh, Lautrec

Emotions, sensations

Mount Sainte Victoire

Paul Cézanne

Mount Sainte Victoire

1897oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne

Mount Sainte-Victoire

1902-1904oil on canvas2 ft. 3 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 11 1/4 in.

Color Theory: Test

Color Theory: What do you see?

Conclusion

• Impressionism – 1870’s and 1880’s• Post Impressionism – late 1880’s and 1890’s• Impressionists interested in capturing a moment in time

and how the moment is reflected by light and color• Transitory nature of their art is conveyed through

cropped edges, informal arrangements• Post Impressionists not satisfied• Seurat and Cezanne played with color and shape• Gaugin and Van Gogh explored the world as an observed

thing

Impressionism and Post Impressionism

Impressionism (1870s-1880s)

Transitory nature

of life through

art

Post Impressionism (1880s – 1890s)

Seurat