Impressionism/ Post-Impressionism

Impressionism is the impressions of what the eyes see, not just what the mind knows. Artists paint landscapes and ordinary scenes such as outdoors in varied seasons, times of day, and atmospheric surroundings. The post-impressionists see impressionism in a different way. Some do sketches and others use color and composition.

Pandora - Odilon Redon (French, Bordeaux-Paris)

Date: 1914, oil on canvas    size: 56 ½ x 24 ½ in (143.5x62.2 cm)

This painting represents the mythic beauties such as Venus, Andromeda, and Pandora. This painting depicts Pandora who is the woman fashioned from clay by the god Vulcan and sent to earth by Jupiter. She has a graceful postured with flowers. Pandora’s box is also shown in the painting which holds all evil inside. This painting also has bright reds, yellows and greens which is also balanced in color. the focal point is Pandora with the lightest color of yellow for purity with the white background. 

Irises – Vincent Van Gogh (Dutch, Zundert)

Date: 1890, oil on canvas   Size: 29x36 ¼ in (73.7x92.1 cm)

A bouquet of flowers which has a harmonious and soft effect by placing the violet flowers with the pink back ground with red pigments fading. the flowers are a nice blue with green that balance out with the foreground of the painting. theres also a linear perspective which is the green surface depicting a table maybe. This painting was also owned by his mother until she passed in 1907.