Instructor: MS.

CINDY
Week: 10/1/18-10/5/18

ART MOVEMENT: POST IMPRESSIONISM

V.A.P.A. 3.0 - HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT

CONTENT: 2.0 - CREATIVE EXPRESSION
OBJECTIVE: ● Students will learn about Post Impressionism through the works of
Vincent Van Gogh.
● Gain an understanding of the Post Impressionist movement in art.
● Study Post Impressionism paintings.
● Create Post Impressionistic artwork with a twist!
MATERIALS Vincent van Gogh Lesson:
NEEDED:
Day 1 & 2:
Starry Night:
● White cardstock paper
● Mini houses cutout
● Crayons (white, gray, black, and yellow)
● Gold star stickers (optional)
● Watercolor and tempera paints (blue, white, black, dark blue, green
yellow) & paint brushes
● Glue
● Scissors

Day 3:
Irises:
● Long white construction paper
● Tempera paint- blue, white, yellow
● Pastels- variety of greens

Day 4:
The Chair:
● Cardstock paper
● Black construction paper
● Pastels or paints (Your preference)
● Scissors
● Glue

Day 5:Complete any unfinished artwork from days 1-4 J

BEFORE THE General Overview:
LESSON The Impressionist artists opened up a new world of modern art. The
DISCUSSIONS: Post-impressionists wanted to continue to stretch those
boundaries. The term was coined by Roger Fry, a British art critic,
to describe the artists who came immediately after the
Impressionists.

When was the Post-impressionism Era?

Post-impressionism began with a new generation of artists after
the Impressionists such as Monet, Degas, and Renoir. It lasted
approximately from 1885 to 1910.

What are the characteristics of Post-impressionism?

The Post-Impressionists had learned about using light, shadows,
and colors in their art from the Impressionists. They wanted to add
their own new ideas to art. They began to try new subjects,
techniques, perspectives, and shapes to express their thoughts
and emotions in art.

Interesting Facts about Post-impressionism:

● It was more of a period of painting rather than a style or movement. It
was a time when many artists went their own way and developed their
own style.
● Other styles that often fall under the era of Post-impressionism include
Symbolism, Primitivism, Synthetism, Pointillism, and Neo-
Impressionism.
● Just like Impressionism, the Post-impressionist movement was centered
in France.
● Young painters Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse referred to Paul
Cezanne as "the father of us all".
● Post-impressionism helped to inspire future movements of Modern Art
such as Cubism, Surrealism, and Expressionism.

Interesting Facts about Vincent van Gogh:

● He would get so obsessed with painting that he often wouldn't eat. He
had poor health as a result.
● Van Gogh was influenced by Japanese prints and woodcuts which he
studied intensely. Some people think that he may have only sold one
work during his lifetime. It was called The Red Vineyard.
● His brother Theo died six months after Vincent and was buried next to
him.
● In some of his self portraits his ear is bandaged from when he cut it. It
looks like his right ear in the pictures because he was using a mirror to
 paint himself.
● You can see the painting Starry Night at the New York Museum of
Modern Art.
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