Impressionism, Post-

Impressionism and
Neo-Impressionism
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Impressionism Post - Impressionism

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Neo - Impressionism
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Impressionism
 Impressionism
The impressionism movement started in France, which
led to a break from the tradition in European painting.
Impressionism is a style of painting that emerged in the
mid-to late 1800s. Impressionism artists incorporated
scientific principles to achieve a more distinct
representation of color.
 Characteristics of Impressionism Arts

• it allows the artist to emphasize the immediate impression he has of

particular event or scene

• The paint is often applied in impasto (thick application of paint.)

• The paintings are made in en plein air (outdoors)

• Painting during evening to get the shadowy effects of the light in the
evening or twilight. The play of natural light is emphasized
Impressionism
Artists
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
He is the founder of Impressionism. He was one of the first
impressionist artist to paint a picture that did not look like a
photograph. He is famous for his beautiful garden paintings.

Impressionism Sunrise Venice Twilight Water Lilies

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
He is most famous for his paintings and sculptures of dancers.

The Dance Class Dancers Practicing at the Barre The Ballet from
“Robert le Diable”
Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)
He was an impressionist landscape painter. He was the most
consistent of the Impressionists in his dedication to painting
landscape en plein air

The Bridge at Sevres The Small Meadows in Spring The Path to the Old Ferry
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Post -
Impressionism
Post - Impressionism

It is an art movement that emerged in France, which is a

result of both the influence and rejection of Impressionism. Most
artists that belong to this movement started off as impressionists
but later on saw the inherent limitations and flaws of
impressionism. This eventually led to the development of
individual style that gave emphasis to defining from with the use
of broken colors and short brush stroke.
 Post -
Impressionism
Artists
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906)
Paul Cézanne was the preeminent French artist of the Post-Impressionist
era, widely appreciated toward the end of his life for insisting that painting
stay in touch with its material, virtually sculptural origins.

The Bay of Marseille The Card Players

A Modern Olympia
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker,
ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the
Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influential
practitioner of wood engraving and woodcuts as art forms.

Still-Life with Fruit and

Four Breton Girls Vision After the Sermon
Lemons
Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist

painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the
history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created
approximately 2100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings,
most of them in the last two years of his life.
The Starry Night
The Potato Eaters
Self-portrait with Straw Hat
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Neo -Impressionism
 Neo – Impressionism
As an art movement, neo-impressionism is considered
as a response to empirical realism of impressionism.
Most painters who subscribe to such movement rely on
a systematic and scientific techniques that have a
predetermined visual effects not only on the art work
itself but also how the audience perceive the art.
 Georges Saurat
The leading figure in neo-
impressionism was Georges Seurat
who recorded optical sensation on a
more scientific manner. His color
theories paved the way for the
techniques called pointillism. This art
technique basically utilizes discrete
dots and dashes of pure color. These
elements are believed to blend with
the viewer’s perspective.
Pointilism Artwork
 Neo -
Impressionism
Artists
Henri-Edmond Cross (1856-1910)
Henri-Edmond Cross, was a French painter and printmaker. He is most
acclaimed as a master of Neo-Impressionism and he played an important
role in shaping the second phase of that movement. He was a significant
influence on Henri Matisse and many other artists.

Cypress in Cagnes
A Place in the Shade Flowered Terrace
 Maximilean Luce (1858-1941)
Maximilien Luce was a prolific French Neo-impressionist artist, known for
his paintings, illustrations, engravings, and graphic art, and also for his
anarchist activism. Starting as an engraver, he then concentrated on
painting, first as an Impressionist, then as a Pointillist, and finally returning
to Impressionism.

The Park Near Saint-Cloud View Of The Observatory

Landscape Around Lagny District
 Camille Pissaro (1830-1903)
Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro was a Danish-French Impressionist and
Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas. His importance
resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.

Two Women Chatting Road to Versailles at Louveciennes

Jalais Hill, Pointoise
by the Sea
Did the Impressionism, Post-
Impressionism and
Neo-Impressionism artists
appreciate art?
Yes, each of these movements appreciated arts in their own ways, Impressionist
artists appreciated the beauty of everyday life and sought to capture fleeting
moments with a focus on light, color and atmosphere.
Post impressionist artists valued individual expression to evoke emotion and
symbolism in their work.
Neo impressionist artists appreciated the scientific aspect of color theory and
they believed in the systematic application of color through small, distinct dots
or strokes.
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