post impressionism era

1. Post-Impressionism
•Grows out of the Impressionist
movement
•Interested in light and color
but also design and
composition of a painting

2. Georges Seurat
•Created his paintings
based on scientific
techniques

3. Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La
Grande Jatte, 1884

4. • Did 40 preliminary sketches for this work
– He placed each figure very carefully

5. • The color was applied in tiny dots, each about the
size of an eraser
– The viewer’s eyes visually mix these dots together

6. Pointillism: colors are applied to the
canvas in small dots, producing a vibrant
surface

11. • Spent a lot of time in
cafes, cabarets, and
theatres
• He drew caricatures of
the people at these places
• He often portrayed
dancers and circus people
• Many of his paintings are
of the night life in Paris
Toulouse-Lautrec

12. • The purpose of the
prints was to
advertise the
dancer’s skills

15. • Toulouse-Lautrec made the Moulin Rouge famous
through his posters

16. Vincent Van
Gogh
• Began painting at the
age of 27
• Went through many
stages of severe
depression
• Considered a failure
to art critics and sold
only one painting
during his lifetime

18. The Starry Night, 1889

19. • A peaceful village under the glowing stars
• The stars seem to move violently, churning thru the universe
• Painted while in an asylum