Impressionism and Post-impressionism

1. Impressionism and Post- impressionism

2. What is Impressionism? Impressionism started way back in the 19 th century in Paris, France. The name of this movement comes from the title of Claude Monet’s work “Impression, Sunrise” Introduction What is Impressionism? Characteristics Techniques  Claude Monet Video Notable Artists Wall Wisher What’s Coming Up? Your Turn!   Monet - Impression

3. Characteristics Impressionist paintings tend to have small, thin brush strokes with an emphasis on accuracy over precision . Light is also a significant factor and how it is captured is key to impressionist work. Introduction What is Impressionism? Characteristics Techniques  Claude Monet Video Notable Artists Wall Wisher What’s Coming Up? Your Turn!   Monet - Stacks of Wheat 

4. Techniques Short, thick strokes of paint are used to quickly capture the essence of the subject, rather than its details. Colours are applied side-by-side with as little mixing as possible, Grays and dark tones are produced by mixing complementary colours. In pure Impressionism the use of black paint is avoided. The play of natural light is emphasized. Close attention is paid to the reflection of colours from object to object. In paintings made  en plein air  (outdoors), shadows are boldly painted with the blue of the sky as it is reflected onto surfaces, giving a sense of freshness and openness that was not captured in painting previously. (Blue shadows on snow inspired the technique.) Introduction What is Impressionism? Characteristics Techniques  Claude Monet Video Notable Artists Wall Wisher What’s Coming Up? Your Turn!    

5. Claude Monet Claude Monet is seen as the father of Impressionism. He was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. Introduction What is Impressionism? Characteristics Techniques  Claude Monet Video Notable Artists Wall Wisher What’s Coming Up? Your Turn!     

6. Girl with the Parasol

7. Saint Lazare Station

8. In the late years, Monet devoted himself to painting the exquisite gardens and water lily ponds he created at his home in Giverny

9. Other Notable Artists Pierre- Auguste Renoir Frédéric Bazille Gustave Caillebotte Mary Cassatt Introduction What is Impressionism? Characteristics Techniques  Claude Monet Video Notable Artists Wall Wisher What’s Coming Up? Your Turn!       

10. Edgar Degas

11. Renoir

12. Luncheon at the Boating Party

13. Post-impressionism Postimpressionism, movement in late-19th-century French painting that emphasized the artist’s personal response to a subject . Postimpressionists focused on emotional or spiritual meanings that the subject might convey. Postimpressionists conveyed their personal responses to the world around them through the use of strong, unnatural colors and exaggeration or slight distortion of forms.

14. Seurat

15. Cezanne

16. The Starry Night Van Gogh

17. Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night The bold colors heighten the contrast between the inviting glow of the café and the darkness of the streets and the late-night sky. Van Gogh’s thick, heavy brush strokes, typical of this period, create an expressive mood

18. He remained in the Tropics for the rest of his life, first in Tahiti and later in the Marquesas Islands. The essential characteristics of his style changed little in the South Seas; he retained the qualities of expressive color, denial of perspective, and thick, flat forms. Gaugin