1. IMPRESSIONISM
&
POST-IMPRESSIONISM
Presentation by:
Rachel Marchant, Jenna Sanfilippo, & Brianna
Sculley

2. IMPRESSIONISM
Concentrated on visual aspects of art

 Emphasized technique and juxtaposed
colors
worked outside – captured effects of
 Painters
light
 Color, tone, texture – muted
greens, browns, grays
 Short strokes, dabs, or flecks
Paintings look vague from up close but more

clear and precise at a distance

3. IMPRESSIONISM
Developed in France in the late 19th and

early 20th centuries
 Influenced by Realist painters – Edouard
Manet

4. CHARLES DEGAS
“The Green Dancers” “The Dance
Class”

5. CLAUDE MONET
“Impression: Sunrise”

6. CLAUDE MONET
“The Terrace”
“Woman with a Parasol Facing
Right”

7. PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR

8. POST-IMPRESSIONISM
Reaction against sensory nature and vagueness

of Impressionism
Advancement of Impressionist techniques and styles

Explored the inner world of mind and spirit and

the physical outer world
 More romantic, emotional, and shocking than
Impressionism
Bright colors, sharp outlines

Each artist formed their own specific styles


9. POST-IMPRESSIONISM

10. PAUL CÉZANNE

11. PAUL GAUGUIN

12. GEORGES SEURAT

13. VINCENT VAN GOGH

14. OUR OPINIONS …