Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Expressionism

Student will learn about the Art Movement Impressionism. Students will learn about the techniques of the Impressionist painters, like impasto, and stippling.  Students will learn about the philosophy behind the Impressionist Art movement, like rebelling against the dominant Realistic and NeoClassical art of the time.  Student will learn about major Impressionist artists like Renoir, Degas, and Monet. 

Students will learn about the Post-Impressionist artists.  The main artists are Van Gogh, Seurat, Gauguin, and Cezanne.  The Post-Impressionists used Impressionism, but felt limited by it.  Each Post-Impressionist led into another Art Movement or style.  Cezanne's art included Impressionist techniques and Cubist techniques.  Van Gogh's art included Impressionist techniques and Expressionist techniques.  Seurat's art included Impressionist techniques and Pointillism.  Gauguin combined Impressionism and Symbolism.  Sometimes the artist Toulouse-Lautrec is included- who worked in graphic design and documented Parisian nightlife. 

This video explores the Art Movement- Fauvism.  Fauvism means "Wild Beasts" in French, and was originally intended as an insult.  The main artists were Matisse and Derain.  These artists used colors in a subjective way.  For example, they painted trees red for no apparent reason.  This was considered wild, and was the first time that people painted this way. 

This video explores the Art Movement, Expressionism.  Expressionism was an Art Movement that explores the inner world of an artist instead of painting an outer reality.  The artist would paint how they felt, trying to paint an emotion or feeling.  Some major Expressionist artists are Edvard Munch, Nolde and Kollwitz.