Complementary Colors-Van Gogh Post Impressionism/ Impressionism

 

1853-1890

Van Gogh Portraits and Chair

 

 

 

MONET- WATERLILIES

 

 

Monet's Haystacks (The colors are those he saw from the fluid in his eyes refracting the sun.  \)

"Mouches Volantes"-flying flies- refractive degrees with the eye's vitreous humour (thick fluid /gel that fills the eye) "Floaters" -spots, threads, cobweb fragments that appear with the eye's vitreous homour.  Changes occur with age and degeneration of the eye.

Monet's Waterlilies

 

 

MILLET -HAYSTACKS

 

 

MILLET- THE GLEANERS

 

MANET- LUNCHEON ON THE GRASS

 

MANET -LEMON



Impressionists artists opened the door to a new world of modern art.  The Post-Impressionists wanted to continue to stretch the boundaries.  The Post Impressionists began with a new group of artists that lasted between l885-l910.  They learned about using light, shadows and colors in their art from the Impressionists.  Their own ideas began by using new subjects, techniques, perspectives and shapes to express their thoughts and emotions in art. 

Impressionism began around l873 with artists like Monet, Degas, Cezanne and Morisot. Impressionism as a new generaton of artists began using lighter brush strokes, brighter colors and less attention to details, emphasis on landscapes and everyday life.   They were thought they eccentrics.

 

 

COMPLEMENTARY COLORS ARE COLORS ACROSS EACHOTHER FROM THE COLOR WHEEL.

 

PRIMARY COLORS: RED, BLUE, YELLOW

 

SECONDARY COLORS;  PURPLE, ORANGE, GREEN

 

 

COMPLEMENTARY; RED & GREEN,  ORANGE & BLUE,  YELLOW & PURPLE

 

 

 



Van Gogh 1889*

1.VAN GOGH'S SELF PORTRAIT- WHAT ARE SOME OF HIS THOUGHTS AS HE POSES FOR THIS PICTURE? IT WAS A SELF-PORTRAIT SO HE MUST HAVE USED A MIRROR TO PORTRAY HIMSELF. WHAT DO HIS BODY LANGUAGE TRANSFER ON THE CANVAS? (COLD WEATHER, ILLNESS,...)

 

 

PAUL GAUGIN -SELF PORTRAIT 1889

 

2. GAUGIN WAS A FRIEND OF VAN GOGH'S AND WORK WITH HIM UNDER THE REQUEST OF VAN GOGH'S BROTHER THEO.  WHAT ARE THE OBIVIOUS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VAN GOGH'S PORTRAIT AND GAUGINS? (background information).  WHY DO YOU THINK GAUGIN HAS A PAINTING OF JESUS IN THE BACKGROUND?  THE PAINTING WAS PROBABLY ONE OF HIS OWN? WHAT DOES GAUGIN'S BODY LANGUAGE PORTRAY?

 

 

 MILLET'S HAYSTACKS 1873 (Realism)

 

 

 

MONET'S HAYSTACKS 1890's Impressionism

 

3. DISCUSS THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN MILLET'S AND MONET'S HAYSTACKS. (FORM, COLOR, LIGHT SOURCE)

WHAT ARE SOME OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PAINTINGS? (content, mood, information being portrayed)