IMPRESSIONISMPOST IMPRESSIONIST PERIOD IMPRESSIONISM 1862 1876 POSTIMPRESSIONISM 1889

IMPRESSIONISM/POST -IMPRESSIONIST PERIOD IMPRESSIONISM (1862 -1876) POST-IMPRESSIONISM (1889 -1930)

PART 2: IMPRESSIONISM • The first total artistic revolution since the Renaissance • Originated in France in the early 1860 s • Rejected the four breakthroughs of the Renaissance • Instead impressionists represented immediate visual sensations through color and light

HOW TO TELL THEM APART:

Artist Manet Monet Subject Contemporary Landscapes, Peach scenes water skinned scenes, cathedrals Renoir female nudes, café society Rich colors, rarely black, used blue instead Degas Ballerinas, nudes bathing Colors Dark Sunny hues, patches primary against light, colors colorful Soft pastels, smears Style Flat colors outlined in black Soft edges, Classic style Offbeat classic angles impressionis t Advice “simply seeks to be himself and no one else” “…paint as if it “paint with joy” “even when just looks at working from you” nature, one has to compose”

EDOUARD MANET • “Luncheon on the Grass” • Shattered tradition by painting female nudes as contemporary humans, not goddesses • Musee d’Orsay, Paris

MANET • “Bar at the Folies-Bergere” • 1882, Courtauld Institute, London, England

CLAUDE MONET • “Rouen Cathedral” • Often painted the same subject under different lighting conditions • He painted more than 30 scenes of cathedrals in his series

MONET • “Waterlily Pond” • “From far away it’s beautiful, but up close it’s a big mess!”

RENOIR • “Le Moulin de la Galette” • 1876, Musee d’Orsay, Paris, France • Café society

EDGAR DEGAS • “The Ballerina” • Often painted various ballet scenes and sculptures

DEGAS • “The Little Dancer” • More of Degas’ ballet topics • Sculpture • Made of wax!

RODIN: “THE KISS” • 1889 • Based off characters in Dante’s Inferno • Rodin made various different copies • marble

RODIN: “THE THINKER” • 1904 • 28 castings found around the world • Outside casting found at the Rodin Museum, Paris • Represents intellect and poetry

MARY CASSATT: “THE CHILD’S BATH” • American painter • Lived/worked in France • Befriended Degas • Often exhibited bonds between mother and children

POST-IMPRESSIONISTS • Derived from impressionism, however they wanted art to be more substantial, not dedicated wholly to capturing a passing moment, which often resulted in paintings that seemed slapdash and unplanned

GEORGES SEURAT • “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte” • POINTILLIST—applying confetti-sized dots of pure, unmixed color over the whole canvas • Art Institute of Chicago

PAUL CEZANNE • “Still Life with Apples and Oranges” • Known for painting fruits, nudes, some landscapes

VINCENT VAN GOGH • “Starry Night” • Sold ONE painting during his lifetime • Became famous posthumously

VAN GOGH • “Irises”

VAN GOGH • “Café Terrace at Night” • 1888

VAN GOGH • “The Potato Eaters” • 1885 • Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam • Wanted to depict peasants as they really are • Used coarse and harsh colors • Stolen a few times

VAN GOGH • “Self-Portrait” • Like Rembrandt, painted many self-portraits during his lifetime. This is probably his most famous

EDVARD MUNCH • “The Scream” • Expression of extreme emotion

CAMILLE PISSARRO • “The Boulevard Montmarte on a Winter Morning” • 1897 • Today at the Mo. MA, NYC

GUSTAV KLIMT • “Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I” • Commissioned by her husband • Confiscated by the Nazis during WWII • Nazis renamed it “Woman in Gold” so as not to reference it being a portrait of a Jewish woman • 1907 • Neue Gallery, NYC • Have to be 18!

GUSTAV KLIMT • “The Kiss” • 1908 • Couple locked in an embrace against a bronze background

ANDY WARHOL: POP ART • “Shot Orange Marilyn” • 1964 • One of five paintings of Marilyn with different color backgrounds… ”The Shot Marilyns”

WARHOL • “The Campbell’s Soup Cans” • 1962 • Museum of Modern Art • Not all on the same canvas; many different soups • Launched his career • Sold as a collection after Warhol’s death in 1987 to the Mo. MA for $15 million