NEO-IMPRESSIONISM AND POST-IMPRESSIONISMNEO-IMPRESSIONISM POST-IMPRESSIONISM

Isabel Naranjo Díaz-Ropero 4ºA

NEO-IMPRESSIONISM

Neo-impressionism appeared in France at the end of the 19th century. In this period some painters experienced with compositions made with dots of pure colour. Some important painters of this period were Paul Signac and Georges Seurat.

Paul Signac: Pink Clouds.

Georges Seurat: The Eiffel tower.

Georges Seurat: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

Paul Signac: Grand Canal in Venice. Camille Pissarro: View From my Window.

Henri Matisse: Luxe, calme et volupté.

POURTRAIT OF FÉLIX FÉNÉON

This painting is the portrait of Félix Fénéon, painted by Paul Signac in 1890.

It is painted with the most characteristic technique in this period, pointillism. This is oil on canvas. At present this portrait is located in The National Gallery of Art in Washington DCFélix Fénéon was an art dealer, collector, political activist, critic, and Signac's friend who shared the artist's interests in science and Japanese prints. On this painting Signac depicts this unconventional and enigmatic personality with his characteristic chin, holding a top hat and a walking stick in one hand and a flower in the other one. Combining figuration and abstraction, he sets Fénéon's static profile against a swirling background, a kaleidoscopic portrait of optical theorist Charles Henry's recently published color wheel. Maybe, the stars in the lower rigth corner, are connected to the interest that Felix Fénéon had about the United States.

POST-IMPRESSIONISMPost-impressionism is a term used to express the artistic period that appeared after Neo-impressionism. It developed in the last decades of the 19th century. Post-impressionism was an extension of impressionism and at the same time it was a rejection of its limitations. In this period they still used very colorful paints, peculiar brushwork and realistic themes, but they tried to transmit more emotions. Some of the most famous painters of this period were: Paul Gauguin, Henry de Toulouse-Lautrec, Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Cézanne.

Vang Gogh: A road in Auvergs after the rain.

He was one of the representatives of Cloisonnism. It is a style of post-impressionist painting with bold and flat forms separated by dark contours.

Breton women in the meadow.

Where do we come from? What we are? Where are we going?

Taperaa Mahana

He was a painter and lithographer. His favourite themes were cabaret dancers and prostitutes.

In bed the kiss Salon at the rue des Moulins.

He was a genius with a troubled life. He expressed his personality on his paintings.

The Nigth café.Café terrace at nigth.

Starry nigth.

PAUL CÉZANNEHe was the precursor of Cubism. He used colour to give

volume to objects and his paintings became geometrical coloured shapes.

Boy in a red waistcoat.

Card players.

Sainte Victoire Mountain.

DANCING AT THE MOULIN ROUGE.

This painting is oil on canvas, it was painted by Toulouse Lautrec around 1890.

It almost occupies 1.5 meters. Now it is located in the Museum Of Art in Philadelphia. Some characters in the background are looking at the dancers and speaking between them. There are in the background too, a man with the face of Death, and Lautrec´s muse, Jane Avril. In the foreground there is an elegant woman with a pink dress.

SOURCES:http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?

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http://todacultura.com/movimientosartisticos/neoimpresionismo.htm

Wikipedia.Paqui Pérez Fons, (2011). Social Sciences Book 4th Year ESO,

Campo de Criptana.