Art of the Third Republic: Impressionism and the Impressionist Impulse
Focus question: What is modernism and why is impressionism a modern style?
Rejection of the Salon system and the formation of the Independents
Bouguereau and Cotot: popular in the Salon
Claude Monet, one of the Independents
Claude Monet: Impression, Sunrise, 1872, oil on canvas, 19 x 25 in
Rouen Cathedral, the Portal (in Sun)
Rouen Cathedral, Facade, both in 1894, 39 5/8 x 26 in.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Dance at the Moulin de la Galette, 1876, oil on canvas, 52 x 70 in.
At the Piano, 1892, oil on canvas, 46" x 36"
Caillebotte: Paris Street on a Rainy Day, 1877 (6'9 x 9'9)
Degas: The Rehearsal (Adagio), ca. 1873-1874, oil on canvas, 23 x 34 in
The Tub (Bathing Woman), 1886, pastel on card, 23-1/1 in. x 32 in.
Monet: La Gare Saint Lazare (St. Lazare Train Station), 1877, oil on canvas, 2'6 x 3'5
Mary Cassatt: The Bath, 1892, oil, 40 x 26 in.
Lydia in a Loge, Wearing a Pearl Necklace, 1879, oil, 32" x23"
Berthe Morisot, The Marina, Isle of Wight, 1875, oil on canvas
The Summer (Young Woman by the Window), 1880, oil on canvas
Edouard Manet: Bar at the Folies-Bergere, 1881, oil on canvas, 3'1 x 4'3
Post-Impressionism:
symbolism
neo-impressionism
art nouveau
proto-expressionism
proto-cubism
fauvism
two kinds of symbolism
Gustave Moreau: Jupiter and Semele, ca. 1875, o/c, 84x40"
Odilon Redon: The Cyclops, 1898, o/c, 25x20"
Gauguin: Vision After the Sermon, 1888, o/c, 28" x 36"
Van Gogh: Cypresses, June 25, 1889, oil/canvas, 36 x 30 in.
C/w: Cypresses, June 20-25, 1889, Reed pen/ink, graphite on woven paper, 24 x 18 in.
Starry Night (June 1888) c/w: Starry Night (Sept. 1888)
Seurat: Sunday Afternoon on the Isle of Grande Jatte, 1884-86; oil, 6'9 x 10'
neo-impressionism
"pointillism"
Cezanne: Basket of Apples, 1890-94, oil on canvas, 2' x 2'7
Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1904-1906, o/c, 26" x 32"
“Proto-cubism”
Fin-de-siecle decadence: art nouveau
[related movements: arts and crafts (Scottish: Mackintosh; American: Tiffany), arte moderne
(Russian and Italian), secession style (Austrian: Klimt), (Spanish: Gaudi)
Aubrey Beardsley: Salome with John the Baptist's Head, Studio, No. 1, April, 1898
c/w: Johan Thorn Prikker: Bride, 1892-3
Rene Lalique: Dragonfly Lady, corsage ornament, c. 1898
Henry van de Velde: Tropon, lithograph, 1899
Victor Horta: Van Eetvelde House, Brussels, 1895
c/w: Tassel House, Brussels, 1893-5
James McNeill Whistler: Peacock Room (Harmony in Blue and Gold), 1876-7
Feodor Shektel (arch.) and Mikhail Vrubel (fresco): Riabushinskii Mansion (now the Gorkii
Museum), Moscow, 1900/3
16. I M P R E S S i O N i S M
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POST IMPR.
Creator
Claude Monet
Title
Impression, Sunrise
Date
1872
Creator
Claude Monet, French, 1840-1926
Title
Rouen Cathedral: The Portal (in Sun)
Date
1894
Creator
Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919
Title
Moulin de la Galette
Date
1876
Creator
Gustave Caillebotte
Title
A Paris Street, Rain
Date
1877
Creator
Degas, (Hilaire Germain) Edgar, French
Title
The Rehearsal (Adagio)
Date
ca. 1873-1874 (1877)
Creator
Edgar Degas
Title
The Tub (Bathing Woman)
Date
1886
Creator
Claude Monet
Title
La Gare Saint Lazare
Date
1877
Creator
Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926
Title
Bath
Date
1892
Creator
Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926
Title
Lydia in a Loge, Wearing a Pearl Necklace.
Date
1879
Creator
Berthe Morisot
Title
The Marina, Isle of Wight
Date
1875
Creator
Manet, Edouard, 1832-1883
Title
Bar at the Folies-Bergere
Date
1881
Creator
Moreau, Gustave, French
Title
Jupiter and Semele
Date
ca. 1875
Creator
Redon, Odilon, French
Title
The Cyclops
Date
1898
Creator
Gauguin, Paul, French
Title
Vision After the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel)
Date
1888
Creator
Vincent van Gogh, Dutch, 1853-1890
Title
The Starry Night
Date
Saint Rémy, June 1889
Creator
Seurat, Georges, French
Title
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Date
1884-1886
Commentary
Figure 6
Creator
Cezanne, Paul, 1839-1906
Title
Basket of Apples
Date
1890-94
Creator
Cezanne, Paul, French
Title
Mont Sainte-Victoire
Date
1904-1906
Creator
Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898
Title
Salome with John the Baptist's Head:Studio, No. 1
Date
April, 1898
Creator
Horta, Victor
Title
Tassel House (Main Floor Entrance and Landing) Brussels
Date
1893-95
Creator
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Title
Peacock Room
Date
1876-7