Sunday 20 January 2013

Post Impressionist Artist Research

Vincent van Gogh
 
The son of a pastor, brought up in a religious and cultured atmosphere, Vincent was highly emotional and lacked self-confidence. Between 1860 and 1880, when he finally decided to become an artist, van Gogh had had two unsuitable and unhappy romances and had worked unsuccessfully as a clerk in a bookstore, an art salesman, and a preacher in the Borinage (a dreary mining district in Belgium), where he was dismissed for overzealousness.
He remained in Belgium to study art, determined to give happiness by creating beauty. The works of his early Dutch period are somber-toned, sharply lit, genre paintings of which the most famous is "The Potato Eaters" (1885). In that year van Gogh went to Antwerp where he discovered the works of Rubens and purchased many Japanese prints.
In 1886 he went to Paris to join his brother Théo, the manager of Goupil's gallery. In Paris, van Gogh studied with Cormon, inevitably met Pissarro, Monet, and Gauguin, and began to lighten his very dark palette and to paint in the short brushstrokes of the Impressionists. His nervous temperament made him a difficult companion and night-long discussions combined with painting all day undermined his health. He decided to go south to Arles where he hoped his friends would join him and help found a school of art. Gauguin did join him but with disastrous results. Near the end of 1888, an incident led Gauguin to ultimately leave Arles. Van Gogh pursued him with an open razor, was stopped by Gauguin, but ended up cutting a portion of his own ear lobe off. Van Gogh then began to alternate between fits of madness and lucidity and was sent to the asylum in Saint-Remy for treatment.
In May of 1890, he seemed much better and went to live in Auvers-sur-Oise under the watchful eye of Dr. Gachet. Two months later he was dead, having shot himself "for the good of all." During his brief career he had sold one painting. Van Gogh's finest works were produced in less than three years in a technique that grew more and more impassioned in brushstroke, in symbolic and intense color, in surface tension, and in the movement and vibration of form and line. Van Gogh's inimitable fusion of form and content is powerful; dramatic, lyrically rhythmic, imaginative, and emotional, for the artist was completely absorbed in the effort to explain either his struggle against madness or his comprehension of the spiritual essence of man and nature.
Birth Year : 1853
Death Year : 1890
Country : Netherlands
 
 
 
Here is a website which i found that has all of Van Gogh's artwork.
 
 
PAUL GUAGUIN

(1848-1903)

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. His bold experimentation with coloring led directly to the Synthetist style of modern art while his expression of the inherent meaning of the subjects in his paintings, under the influence of the cloisonnist style, paved the way to Primitivism and the return to the pastoral. He was also an influential exponent of wood engraving and woodcuts as art forms.
 
'The Yellow Christ', 1889 (oil on canvas)
PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)
'The Yellow Christ', 1889 (oil on canvas)
Cloisonnism, Synthetism and Symbolism were some of the terms associated with the Post Impressionist paintings of Paul Gauguin in order to distinguish them from Impressionism.
The term Cloisonnism was coined by the critic Edouard Dujardin and refers to the jewellery technique of inlaying metal surfaces with 'cloisonné' enamel colors (the word 'cloison' in French means a 'border'). The decorative effect of this process resembled the bold outlines and flat color of Gauguin's art.
In Synthetism, the artist's aim was to 'synthetize' his feelings with the elements of his painting by simplifying its shapes and amplifying its color to increase its emotional and expressive power. The result was seen as a symbol of the artist's thoughts and feelings and consequently Gauguin's style of painting was also referred to as 'Symbolism'.
'The Yellow Christ' is a classic example of his style. It depicts some traditional Breton women praying at a roadside grotto but it is not a documentary illustration of the scene; it is an attempt to portray the spiritual vision that they experience in their prayer. In this painting Gauguin was inspired by the naive simplicity of a wooden 17th century crucifix that he saw in the nearby church at Tremalo and he uses its primitive form and autumnal yellow color as a key to the work. He then simplifies his drawing, boldly outlines his shapes and exaggerates his color to magnify the heightened emotion of the women's prayerful meditation.
'Tahitian Landscape', 1893 (oil on canvas)
PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)
'Tahitian Landscape', 1893 (oil on canvas)
Gauguin's work can be split into two phases: an early period spent painting around the rustic town of Port Aven in Brittany; and a later period (post 1891) in search of the primitive lifestyle in Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands in the South Pacific. He fused his symbolic use of colour with images of both environments to create a highly personal and expressive vision that pushed art towards the exhilarating style of Fauvism.
 

Post Impressionism Notes

'Portrait of the Artist with the Yellow Christ', 1889 (oil on canvas)
PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)
'Portrait of the Artist with the Yellow Christ', 1889 (oil on canvas)
  • The Post Impressionists were a few independent artists at the end of the 19th century who rebelled against the limitations of Impressionism to develop a range of personal styles that influenced the development of art in the 20th century.
  • The art of Paul Gauguin was a major influence in the development of Fauvism.
  • The art of Vincent Van Gogh was an influence on Expressionism in the 20th century.
  • The art of Paul Cézanne was an influence on the Cubists at the start of the 20th century.
  • The analytical method of Seurat's Pointillism influenced those artists who adopted more calculated approach to painting, particularly in the development of abstract art.
 
 

Edouard Vuillard

Posted in Post-Impressionism, Vuillard with tags France, Impressionism, Les Nabis, Vuillard on June 19, 2008 by florinorfolk
Jean-Édouard Vuillard (November 11, 1868 – June 21, 1940) was a French painter and printmaker associated with the Nabis.

Green Interior
The Stitch
The Striped Blouse

After the Meal

Pierre Bonnard

Posted in Bonnard, Post-Impressionism with tags Bonnard, Impressionism, Nabis on May 31, 2008 by florinorfolk
Pierre Bonnard, Paradis
Bonnard, Model in Backlight
Bonnard, Terrasse
Pierre Bonnard (October 3, 1867 – January 23, 1947) was a French painter and printmaker, a founding member of Les Nabis
 
 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, and illustrator, whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 1800s yielded a collection of exciting, elegant and provocative images of the modern and sometimes decadent life of those times. He is known along with Cézanne, Van Gogh, and Gauguin as one of the greatest painters of the Post-Impression period.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, At the Opera Ball 1893

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. French Post-Impressionist Painter, Printmaker (1864-1901)

The Grand Tier - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Toulouse-Lautrec "Laundress" (1889)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Outrageous and lascivious: Chilperic (Mlle Marcelle Lender Dansant le Pas du Bolero), 1896

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - The Bed

The Medical Inspection - Toulouse Lautrec

Woman Combing her Hair, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: A Laborer at Celeyran (1882)

The Coastal bus company - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - Madame Lili Grenier

The actor Henri Samary - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

The Grand Tier - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

'The Bartender' (1900) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Jane Avril Infront Of The Moulin Rouge - Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec - www.toulouse-laut...

Behind the Scenes - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Laundryman of the House - Henri de Toulouse Lautrec

bofransson: Woman Seated in a Garden - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - circa 1891

Cipa Godebski - Henri de Toulouse Lautrec

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - Woman at the Window, 1893

Model Resting by Toulouse Lautrec

Woman in Monsieur Forest's Garden

Madame Misian Nathanson, 1897 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Horsemen Riding in the Bois de Boulogne, 1888

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - Monsieur Louis Pascal (1891).

Toulous Lautrec - Cancan

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: A Laborer at Celeyran (1882)

Portrait of Helen (detail) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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henri de toulouse-lautrec

Model Resting by Toulouse Lautrec

First Communion - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Toulouse Dr. Pean Operating

Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec - At the Bar, 1886 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) Richmond VA

Mademoiselle Dihau au Piano, Lautrec

Assembly of Hunters - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Woman in a Corset, c. 1896

Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec >> La Revue Blanche

1881, Cuirassier - Toulouse Lautrec

The Madame Redoing Her Bun

Nude Girl - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

H.T.Lautrec's Chocolate dancer

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The Haido - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

'miss lala at the cirque' henri toulouse-lautrec

The actor Henri Samary - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

At the Music Hall - Loie Fuller - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1892)

Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC "Au Moulin de la Galette"

Toulouse Lautrec
 This website has more of his artwork.
 
Henri Julien Felix Rousseau
 
May 21, 1844 - September 2, 1910) was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the Naive or Primitive manner. He is also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer) after his place of employment. Ridiculed during his life, he came to be recognized as a self-taught genius whose works are of high artistic quality.He was born in Laval in the Loire Valley into the family of a plumber. He attended Laval High School as a day student and then as a boarder, after his father became a debtor and his parents had to leave the town upon the seizure of their house. He was mediocre in some subjects at the high school but won prizes for drawing and music. He worked for a lawyer and studied law, but "attempted a small perjury and sought refuge in the army," serving for four years, starting in 1863.

I have found a website that has all of just Henri's artwork.
http://www.henrirousseau.org/


Camille Pissarro

Camille Pissarro (July 10, 1830 - November 13, 1903) was a French Impressionist painter. His importance resides not only in his visual contributions to Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, but also in his patriarchal standing among his colleagues, particularly Paul Cezanne and Paul Gauguin.
Jacob-Abraham-Camille Pissarro was born in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, to Abraham Gabriel Pissarro, a Portuguese Sephardic Jew, and Rachel Manzana-Pomie, from the Dominican Republic. Pissarro lived in St. Thomas until age 12, when he went to a boarding school in Paris. He returned to St. Thomas where he drew in his free time. Pissarro was attracted to political anarchy, an attraction that may have originated during his years in St. Thomas.

This is a website that has all of his artwork.
http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/list.php?m=a&s=du&aid=444