Post-Impressionism (or Neo-Impressionism)

For our Post-Impressionism research today you will need to a read a brief article and view several paintings by the following 4 post-impressionist masters:

• Vincent van Gogh
• Paul Cezanne
• Georges Seurat
• Paul Gauguin

Reading Options:

A.  Read pages 371-373 in the ArtTalk textbook, then flip through some of the provided library books to see more paintings

B.  Read this article from Eyecon Art: http://robinurton.com/history/postimpressionism.htm

C.  Visit "Olga's Gallery" to read 1-2 paragraphs about each artist (and look at their paintings!) on separate web pages:

• Vincent van Gogh: http://www.abcgallery.com/V/vangogh/vangogh.html
• Paul Cezanne: http://www.abcgallery.com/C/cezanne/cezanne.html
• Georges Seurat: http://www.abcgallery.com/S/seurat/seurat.html
• Paul Gauguin: http://www.abcgallery.com/G/gauguin/gauguin.html

D.  Read the Metropolitain Museum of Art's timeline summary here


As you read and view, fill out the two-sided worksheet that Ms. Walker handed out. You can work with a partner. This worksheet will be collected and graded.

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Want to learn more?
If you are interested in learning more about specific paintings, check out this website, which has videos and short articles about several famous paintings by Post-Impressionist painters:

• http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/post-impressionism.html (the menu is on the left side of the screen)