Impressionism PostImpressionism Characteristics of Impressionism Developed in France

Impressionism & Post-Impressionism

Characteristics of Impressionism • Developed in France between 1860 s-1890 s • Scenes of daily leisurely activities • Loose brushstrokes • Pastel colors (with blues and violets replacing blacks and browns) • Lack of a structured composition • Natural lighting

Claude Monet • He made no attempt to smooth the brushstrokes or blend the pigments. The work was “finished in the sense of a complete thought- the capture of a specific moment in time”

Impression Sunrise, 1872

Claude Monet, Hay stacks. 1890

Claude Monet, Monet Rouen Cathedral, 1894.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir • Painted “happy pictures” • He avoided black paint. • He sought to paint a “slice of life”

Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1881.

La Moulin de la Galette, 1876.

Edgar Degas § primary subject – ballet dancers § diagonal compositions “Ballet Rehearsal”, 1876.

“The Dance Class, ” 1874.

Mary Cassatt • American Daughter of a Philadelphia banker, lived in France • Most famous female impressionist, Befriended by Degas • Primary subject mother and child “The Bath, ” 1892.

Mary Cassatt Mother and Child, 1889.

Kitagawa Utamaro Woman with Baby 1860 s Mary Cassatt Maternal Caress, 1891.

Post-Impressionism • Reaction to Impressionism, became more nonrepresentational • Sometimes used multiple or contrasting vantage points. • Emphasized individual style or expression • Frequently represents abstract or unconscious thought or feeling

Other styles (Post-Expressionism)

Vincent Van Gogh, Self-Portrait

Undergrowth with a Couple, Vincent Van Gogh

Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat (Pointilism)

Red Room, Henri Matisse (Fauvism)

Now do your own Select a coloring page to complete in the style of a Romantic, Realist, Impressionist, or Post-Impressionist. Use markers, colored pencils, or crayons. Write your first and last name, English teacher’s name, and hour on the front.