Floor plan

East wing: The Nineteenth CenturyPost-Impressionism

Post-Impressionism

Armor, by Odilon Redon, 1891
A work made of color lithograph on ivory laid paper.
In My Dream I Saw in the Sky a Face of Mystery, by Odilon Redon, 1885
Painting, heavy in tones of blue-green and burnt orange, depicting a bar scene at night. The men wear top hats and many are bearded; the women are dressed in voluminous gowns and decorative hats. Five people converse in the center of the composition and a woman with a green face dominates the right foreground.
Symbolic Head, by Odilon Redon, c. 1890
A scene in brown and green tones of people dancing indoors. In the foreground, three women stand near boothed tables while a man sits.
A work made of oil on linen canvas.
Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy, by Vincent van Gogh, 1889

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Artists who kept Impressionism's colour but pushed towards structure, symbol and feeling.

Section 1, north wall

  1. Armor, by Odilon Redon, 1891
    ArmorOdilon Redon, 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. A work made of color lithograph on ivory laid paper.
    BathersPaul Cézanne, 1890–1900Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. In My Dream I Saw in the Sky a Face of Mystery, by Odilon Redon, 1885
    In My Dream I Saw in the Sky a Face of MysteryOdilon Redon, 1885Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  4. Painting, heavy in tones of blue-green and burnt orange, depicting a bar scene at night. The men wear top hats and many are bearded; the women are dressed in voluminous gowns and decorative hats. Five people converse in the center of the composition and a woman with a green face dominates the right foreground.
    At the Moulin RougeHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892–95Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 1, south wall

  1. Symbolic Head, by Odilon Redon, c. 1890
    Symbolic HeadOdilon Redon, c. 1890Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. A scene in brown and green tones of people dancing indoors. In the foreground, three women stand near boothed tables while a man sits.
    Moulin de la GaletteHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1889Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of oil on linen canvas.
    Woman in Front of a Still Life by CezannePaul Gauguin, 1890Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  4. Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy, by Vincent van Gogh, 1889
    Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-RémyVincent van Gogh, 1889Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Section 2, south wall

  1. A work made of oil on panel.
    Final Study for "Bathers at Asnières"Georges Seurat, 1883Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. The Large Tree, by Paul Gauguin, 1891
    The Large TreePaul Gauguin, 1891Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. Tahitian Faces (Frontal View and Profiles), by Paul Gauguin, ca. 1899
    Tahitian Faces (Frontal View and Profiles)Paul Gauguin, ca. 1899Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. Corridor in the Asylum, by Vincent van Gogh, September 1889
    Corridor in the AsylumVincent van Gogh, September 1889Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 2, north wall

  1. Painting of a basket of green and red-yellow apples spilling over into a white cloth placed on a wooden table, with a dark green bottle and a plate of pale biscuits behind.
    The Basket of ApplesPaul Cézanne, c. 1893Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of oil on vellum.
    At the Circus: The Bareback Rider (Au Cirque: Écuyère)Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1888Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. Homage to Goya, by Odilon Redon, 1885
    Homage to GoyaOdilon Redon, 1885Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  4. Painting of four women with blue shawls walking near red fence.
    Arlésiennes (Mistral)Paul Gauguin, 1888Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago