Post-ImpressionismChapter 20, Part 3/3

Rebekah Scoggins

Art Appreciation

March 19, 2013

Post-Impressionism• Trend in painting starting about 1885 • Came to feel that the Impressionists were neglecting too

many of their traditional elements of picture making in their attempts to capture momentary sensations of light and color

• Did not share a singular style• Much more interested in examining the properties and

expressive qualities of line, pattern, form, and color. • Some felt that Impressionism’s focus on sketchy immediacy

had sacrificed solidity of form and composition. • Others felt that Impressionism’s emphasis on the objective

observation did not leave enough room for personal expression or spiritual content.

Georges Seurat. A Sunday on la Grande Jatte. 1884–1886. Post-Impressionism.

Seurat. A Sunday on la Grande Jatte (Detail). 1884–1886. Post-Impressionism.

Paul Cézanne. Still Life with Basket of Apples. 1895. Post-Impressionism.

Paul Cézanne. Mont Sainte-Victoire. 1902–1904. Post-Impressionism.

Vincent van Gogh. Self Portrait with Straw Hat. 1887.

Post-Impressionism.

Vincent van Gogh. The Potato Eaters. 1885. Post-Impressionism.

Vincent van Gogh. Japonaiserie: Flowering Plum Tree. 1887 After Hiroshige.

Post-Impressionism.

Vincent van Gogh. Japonaiserie: The Bridge in the Rain. 1887 After Hiroshige.

Post-Impressionism.

Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night. 1889. Post-Impressionism.

Vincent van Gogh. Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear. 1889.

Post-Impressionism.

Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin. The Vision After the Sermon. 1888. Post-Impressionism.

Paul Gauguin. Self Portrait Dedicated to Vincent Van Gogh (Les Misérables), 1888.

Post-Impressionism.

Paul Gauguin. Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers. 1888. Post-Impressionism.

Van Gogh and Gauguin in Arles

Vincent Van Gogh. Vincent’s Chair. 1888. Post-Impressionism.

Vincent Van Gogh. Gauguin’s Armchair. 1888. Post-Impressionism.

Paul Gauguin. Day of the God (Mahana no Atua). 1894. Post-Impressionism.

Paul Gauguin. Portrait of the Artist with the Idol. c. 1893. Post-Impressionism.

Edvard Munch. The Scream. 1893. Symbolism.

Symbolism