Post Impressionism

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

D: 1885

P/S: Post Impressionism

A: Seurat M/T: Oil on Canvas F: Depicts day-to-day French society by the canal C: This painting captures the essence of what a French society would look like. The painter is detailed in illustrating people in nature with laid colored dots. He used color theory.

A Starry Night

D:1889

P/S: Post Impressionism

A: Van Gogh M/T: Oil on Canvas (Impasto) F: Depicts the view and scenery outside of the asylum he has admitted himself into C: He used impasto, though it was not cheap, it allowed him to achieve vibrancy and texture in his paintings which set him apart from the other painters within that era.

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

D: 1897

P/S: Post Impressionism

A: Gauguin M/T: Oil on canvas F: Depicts the artist’s internal struggle within the cycle of life C: Gauguin's personal life created a style that is now named primitivism. He searched through his life for an untouched Earth to escape the other responsibilities within. His art represents personal struggle and day-to-day humanity. He only painted the female form.

Mon Sainte- Victoire

D: 1902

P/S: Post Impressionism

A: Cezanne M/T: Oil on Canvas F: Depicts the mountains of Sainte Victoire C: This painting depicts the nature of the French countryside. The artist wanted to capture the essence of nature and its environment.