post-impressionism Flashcards
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artists
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Vincent Van Gogh
Paul Cezanne
Paul Gauguin
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post-impressionism
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- v loose term
- does not define a movement
- groups together ground breaking artists working in France after Impressionism movements peak
- artists worked independently + did not view themselves as part of a collective movement
- abandoned naturalism for own personal art + expressed emotions
- artists influenced generations of artists + laid foundations for some mayor movements of 20th century (expressionism, cubism, fauvism)
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Vincent Van Gogh birth and death
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(1853-1890)
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Vincent Van Gogh - influenced by
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Rembrandt
Pic
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Vincent Van Gogh - themes
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landscapes
still lives
portraits
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Background
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- son of a dutch painter
- worked as art dealer + lay missionary
- became artist at age 27
- art career lased 10 yrs
- suffered from mental health issues
- brother Theo supported him financially
- died by suicide
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Personal style + techniques
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- experimented w/ Impressionism + Pointilism
- developed style in Paris
- style blossomed in Arles
- strong quick brushstrokes creating rhythm + vitality
- Impasto
- strong contrasts of bold colours - express emotions
- simple, flat, colourful shapes
- strong expressive line
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journey across Europe
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moved from: Holland to Paris to Arles
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The Potato Eaters - subject matter
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- family of Dutch peasants + meal of potatoes
- influenced by Millet’s paintings of peasants
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The Potato Eaters - composition
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- 5 peasants around table
- harsh reality of their existence shown on weathered faces + rough hands (from labouring in fields)
- light from oil lamp focuses painting on people
- foreground: a peasant w/ back to viewer at centre (includes viewer), one in side profile, 3 in front at 3/4 view
- lamp located above + table in centre
- Bg: v. dark, can slightly make out some windows
- woman in centre cropped like in a photograph
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The Potato Eaters - light/colour
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- light focuses painting on people
- glaze of dull colour over bg. Contrast between yellow-ish lamplight to foreground + grim bg
- dark earthy colours typical of his early works
- one artificial light on top centre
- Greens + blues in shadows
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The Potato Eaters - technique/style
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- loose style, not perfectly polished
- uses dabs of colour
- quick brushstrokes
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Paris + Arles
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- Paris - saw Impressionist paintings + influenced by their light + colour
- Painted large no. of self-portraits
- Moved to Arles (South of France) to study the light
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Self Portrait with Bandaged ear and pipe - year
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1889
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Self Portrait with Bandaged ear and pipe - bg
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- invited Gauguin to South France, soon began to quarrel. One night, threatened Gauguin w/ razor
- deeply remorseful, cut off part of his own ear
