Floor plan

East wing: The Nineteenth CenturyPost-Impressionism

Post-Impressionism

Symbolic Head, by Odilon Redon, c. 1890
A work made of oil on vellum.
Painting of four women with blue shawls walking near red fence.
A work made of reed pen and black-brown ink, with black chalk on off-white wove paper.
The Englishman (William Tom Warrener, 1861–1934) at the Moulin Rouge, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892
A scene in brown and green tones of people dancing indoors. In the foreground, three women stand near boothed tables while a man sits.
Nursemaids’ Promenade, Frieze of Carriages, by Pierre Bonnard, 1895

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. Symbolic Head, by Odilon Redon, c. 1890
    Symbolic HeadOdilon Redon, c. 1890Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  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. Painting of four women with blue shawls walking near red fence.
    Arlésiennes (Mistral)Paul Gauguin, 1888Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  4. 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

Section 1, south wall

  1. 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
  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. Nursemaids’ Promenade, Frieze of Carriages, by Pierre Bonnard, 1895
    Nursemaids’ Promenade, Frieze of CarriagesPierre Bonnard, 1895Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Section 2, south wall

  1. The Card Players, by Paul Cézanne, 1890–92
    The Card PlayersPaul Cézanne, 1890–92Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy), by Vincent van Gogh, 1889
    The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy)Vincent van Gogh, 1889Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Section 2, north wall

  1. Large painting of people in a crowded park, brushstrokes are dots.
    A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884Georges Seurat, 1884–86, border added 1888–89Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. 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. The Large Tree, by Paul Gauguin, 1891
    The Large TreePaul Gauguin, 1891Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. 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
  3. Homage to Goya, by Odilon Redon, 1885
    Homage to GoyaOdilon Redon, 1885Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Section 3, south wall

  1. At the Circus: The Spanish Walk (Au Cirque: Le Pas espagnol), by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899
    At the Circus: The Spanish Walk (Au Cirque: Le Pas espagnol)Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899Courtesy of The Metropolitan 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