Floor plan

East wing: The Nineteenth CenturyPost-Impressionism

Post-Impressionism

A work made of pastel and graphite on cream wove paper.
Brünnhilde in Twilight of the Gods, by Odilon Redon, 1894
A work made of oil on panel.
Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, by Paul Cézanne, ca. 1890
Orpheus, by Odilon Redon, c. 1903–10
Corridor in the Asylum, by Vincent van Gogh, September 1889
Impressionist sea landscape, tan houses, blue ocean, distant mountains.

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. 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
  2. Brünnhilde in Twilight of the Gods, by Odilon Redon, 1894
    Brünnhilde in Twilight of the GodsOdilon Redon, 1894Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. A work made of oil on panel.
    Final Study for "Bathers at Asnières"Georges Seurat, 1883Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  4. Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, by Paul Cézanne, ca. 1890
    Still Life with Apples and a Pot of PrimrosesPaul Cézanne, ca. 1890Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 1, south wall

  1. Orpheus, by Odilon Redon, c. 1903–10
    OrpheusOdilon Redon, c. 1903–10Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Corridor in the Asylum, by Vincent van Gogh, September 1889
    Corridor in the AsylumVincent van Gogh, September 1889Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. 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

Section 2, south wall

  1. Irises, by Vincent van Gogh, 1890
    IrisesVincent van Gogh, 1890Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. 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
  3. A work made of graphite on ivory wove paper.
    Hercules RestingPaul Cézanne, 1897Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  4. Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), by Paul Gauguin, 1891
    Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary)Paul Gauguin, 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 2, north wall

  1. Heavy daubs of pigment form a crowded scene of roughly defined, finely dressed individuals in a brightly color park along a riverbank.
    Oil Sketch for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884"Georges Seurat, 1884Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Road in Etten, by Vincent van Gogh, 1881
    Road in EttenVincent van Gogh, 1881Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), by Georges Seurat, 1887–88
    Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)Georges Seurat, 1887–88Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 3, north wall

  1. 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
  2. Armor, by Odilon Redon, 1891
    ArmorOdilon Redon, 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art