Claude Monet, Impression Sunrise, 1872
Impressionism
• light and color became subject matter
• instant impression vs detailed analysis
• paintings vs imitations of nature
• brushstrokes
Post Impressionism
• used color and light theory of
Impressionists
• many unique styles: form or emotion
Georges Seurat, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886
Mount Saint Victoire, 1902-04, oil on canvas, 70 x 90 cm
Paul Cezanne
Van Gogh
Paul Gaugin
Expressionism
• attitude
• not interested in naturalism
• emotional states
• distortion
• violent or strong color
• brushstrokes
Kirchner
Max Beckman
Otto Dix
Matisse (Fauve)
Abstraction vs.
Expressionism
Form vs Emotion
Cubism
• rejects traditional perspective
• represents objects from multiple
viewpoints
• emphasizes flatness of canvas
Picasso Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler 1910

Impressionism... Post Impressionsim, Expressionism