Floor plan

East wing: The Nineteenth CenturyPost-Impressionism

Post-Impressionism

The Large Tree, by Paul Gauguin, 1891
A work made of black conté crayon, on white laid paper, laid down on cream board.
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.
Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler), by Vincent van Gogh, 1887
Orpheus, by Odilon Redon, c. 1903–10
A work made of color lithograph on ivory laid paper.

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. The Large Tree, by Paul Gauguin, 1891
    The Large TreePaul Gauguin, 1891Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. A work made of black conté crayon, on white laid paper, laid down on cream board.
    Trees (study for La Grande Jatte)Georges Seurat, 1884Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  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. Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler), by Vincent van Gogh, 1887
    Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)Vincent van Gogh, 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Orpheus, by Odilon Redon, c. 1903–10
    OrpheusOdilon Redon, c. 1903–10Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. A work made of color lithograph on ivory laid paper.
    BathersPaul Cézanne, 1890–1900Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 2, south wall

  1. Painting of a performance inside a circus ring. A man wearing a suit holds a whip in his hand and looks towards a woman with red hair riding a gray horse and wearing a green dress. Audience members wearing suits and top hats watch from red and white benches on the side.
    Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando)Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1887–88Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Impressionist sea landscape, tan houses, blue ocean, distant mountains.
    The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L'EstaquePaul Cézanne, c. 1885Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. Painting in short strokes of pale blue, green, white, yellow, and pink, of a fisherman in one of two small boats on a river, a tree-lined bank and a bridge in the background.
    Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnières)Vincent van Gogh, 1887Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 2, north wall

  1. 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
  2. Mount Sainte-Victoire, by Paul Cézanne, c. 1904
    Mount Sainte-VictoirePaul Cézanne, c. 1904Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. A work made of oil on canvas.
    The Vase of TulipsPaul Cézanne, c. 1890Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  4. Painting of a placid-looking, light-skinned woman in a maroon dress, seated in a chair with yellow upholstery, hands folded.
    Madame Cezanne in a Yellow ChairPaul Cézanne, 1888–90Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 3, north wall

  1. Symbolic Head, by Odilon Redon, c. 1890
    Symbolic HeadOdilon Redon, c. 1890Courtesy 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. Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress, by Paul Cézanne, 1888–90
    Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red DressPaul Cézanne, 1888–90Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art