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PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR

He was a celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality.

Renoir's paintings are notable for their vibrant light and saturated color, most often focusing on people in intimate and candid compositions.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style.

Renoir: portraits

Antonio Aguilar Solana Alfred Sisley,1876

Renoir: self portraits

Ángeles Albacete Díaz Self-Portrait, 1899

Renoir: nudes

Borja Albiar Serrano Bather with Long Hair, 1895

Renoir: quotidian scenes

Antonio Aranega Conesa The Seine at Asnières, 1879

Renoir: landscapes

José Barquero Marín Landscape

Manet: quotidian scenes

Alba Castellano Sánchez The laundry, 1875

He was a French painter. He was one of the first 19th century artists to paint modern life, and a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.

Édouard Manet (1832–1883)

PAUL CEZANNE

He used planes of colour and small brushstrokes that build up to form complex fields. The paintings convey Cézanne's intense study of his subjects.

Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th-century Impressionism and the early 20th century's new line of artistic enquiry, Cubism.

Both Matisse and Picasso are said to have remarked that Cézanne "is the father of us all."

Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) French post-Impressionist painter

Cézanne: landscapes

Lucía Bernal Chicano Landscape at the Jas de Bouffin, 1876

Cézanne: still life

Mari Cruz Cañavate Madrid Still life with open drawer, 1879

Cézanne: self portraits

Natalia Fernández Escudero Self portrait, 1886

Cézanne: self-portraits

Sara Galiana Avilés Self-portrait, 1879

VINCENT VAN GOGH

His work had a great influence on 20th century art.

He moved to Paris and discovered the French Impressionists.

During his life he suffered frequent bouts of mental illness.

He produced over 2,500 artworks

He died aged 37 from a gunshot wound, generally accepted to be self-inflicted (although no gun was ever found).

Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter.

Van Gogh: cypresses

José Javier Gómez Sánchez Wheat-Field-with-Cypresses-(1889)

Van Gogh: wheat fields

Álvaro Granero García Wheat field, 1888

Van Gogh: flowers

Pablo Hernández Andua Vase with Twelve Sunflowers, 1889

PAUL GAUGHIN

Recognized after his death for his experimental use of color distinguishably different from Impressionism.

Influences Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse (French avant-garde)

Experimentation with color: • Cloisonnism (cloisons or "compartments") post-Impressionist

painting with flat forms separated by dark contours.

• Synthetism neither form nor color predominate but each has an equal role.

Gauguin spent some time in Martinique and Tahiti, where he did significant works.

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) French Post-Impressionist painter, sculptor and ceramist.

Gaughin: early paintings

Lorena Lara Sánchez Landscape with Poplars, 1875

Gaughin: cloissonism

Jose Miguel López García The Yellow Christ, 1889

Gaughin: Tahiti works

Patricia López Martínez Gaughin’s cat toru potii

Gaughin: Martinique works

Lucía Montero Angosto Coming and going, 1897

Gaughin: Martinique works

María Morales Asensio Tropical Vegetation, 1887

Gaughin: Tahiti works

Carolina Navarro Fuentes Road in Tahiti, 1891

HENRY MATISSE

Recognised as a leading figure in modern art for his use of colour and his fluid and original way of drawing.

Commonly regarded as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the early twentieth century (along with Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp)

He was initially labelled as Fauve (strong and free use of colour regardless of reality).

Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse (1869-1954) French painter and sculptor.

Matisse: nudes

Cristina Pagán Agüera Reclining Nude with Blue Eyes, 1936

Matisse: nudes

Jacob Reig Lozano Blue Nude, 1952

Matisse: landscape

Eva Rodriguez Martínez Olive Trees at Collioure, 1905

Matisse: self portraits

Alberto Sánchez Rodriguez Self portrait with pipe

PABLO RUIZ PICASSO

Early years extraordinary artistic talent (realistic manner).

Before 1900 his style changed as he experimented with different theories, techniques, and ideas.

His work is often categorised into periods.

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973), Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramicist who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century.Exceptionally prolific. Co-founder of Cubist movement.

Picasso: Early paintings

Ángela Solano Bernal The Absinthe Drinker, 1902

Picasso: Blue period

José Soto Vázquez Portrait of Paul Picasso

as a Child,1923

Picasso: Rose period

Yolanda Vera Salmerón Woman with a fan, 1905

Picasso: Cubism

María Vidal Belchí Brick Factory at Tortosa, 1909

Picasso: Surrealism

Alejandro Vivancos Herrera Figures on a Beach, 1931

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