Floor plan

East wing: The Nineteenth CenturyPost-Impressionism

Post-Impressionism

Orpheus, by Odilon Redon, c. 1903–10
Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", by Georges Seurat, 1884
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.
A work made of reed pen and iron-gall ink on tan laid paper.
Lush tall grasses with small white flowers foreground a grove of bushy trees of varying types and heights, their leaves ranging from deep green to golden. Beneath a dense and heavy yellow sky, a small blue triangle suggesting a mountain peak crests above the treeline at far left.
A work made of pastel and graphite on cream wove paper.
A work made of oil on linen canvas.

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. Orpheus, by Odilon Redon, c. 1903–10
    OrpheusOdilon Redon, c. 1903–10Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", by Georges Seurat, 1884
    Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte"Georges Seurat, 1884Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. 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. A work made of reed pen and iron-gall ink on tan laid paper.
    Avenue of Pollard Birches and PoplarsVincent van Gogh, March 1884Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Lush tall grasses with small white flowers foreground a grove of bushy trees of varying types and heights, their leaves ranging from deep green to golden. Beneath a dense and heavy yellow sky, a small blue triangle suggesting a mountain peak crests above the treeline at far left.
    The Poet's GardenVincent van Gogh, 1888Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of pastel and graphite on cream wove paper.
    At the Circus: Trained Pony and BaboonHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  4. 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

Section 2, south wall

  1. View of a village surrounded by hills, fields, and trees, shown from a vantage point above the scene. Subtly rolling hills recede into a bluish gray-ish sky punctuated by white clouds. Thick brushstrokes built up atop each other are visible throughout.
    Auvers, Panoramic ViewPaul Cézanne, 1873–75Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of graphite on ivory wove paper.
    Hercules RestingPaul Cézanne, 1897Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. Nursemaids’ Promenade, Frieze of Carriages, by Pierre Bonnard, 1895
    Nursemaids’ Promenade, Frieze of CarriagesPierre Bonnard, 1895Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  4. The Englishman (William Tom Warrener, 1861–1934) at the Moulin Rouge, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892
    The Englishman (William Tom Warrener, 1861–1934) at the Moulin RougeHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 2, north wall

  1. Landscape with Wheelbarrow, by Vincent van Gogh, 1883
    Landscape with WheelbarrowVincent van Gogh, 1883Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Wheat Field with Cypresses, by Vincent van Gogh, 1889
    Wheat Field with CypressesVincent van Gogh, 1889Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. 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 3, north wall

  1. Brünnhilde in Twilight of the Gods, by Odilon Redon, 1894
    Brünnhilde in Twilight of the GodsOdilon Redon, 1894Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. A work made of reed pen and black-brown ink, with black chalk on off-white wove paper.
    Weeping TreeVincent van Gogh, 1889Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago