Floor plan

Style galleriesPost-Impressionism

Post-Impressionism

Impressionist sea landscape, tan houses, blue ocean, distant mountains.
A work made of graphite on cream laid paper (pieced).
Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), by Georges Seurat, 1887–88
Wheat Field with Cypresses, by Vincent van Gogh, 1889
Monsieur Boileau at the Café, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893
Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress, by Paul Cézanne, 1888–90
Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler), by Vincent van Gogh, 1887

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. 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
  2. A work made of graphite on cream laid paper (pieced).
    Bather With Outstretched Arms (recto); Study of a Tree (verso)Paul Cézanne, 1874/77Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  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 1, south wall

  1. Wheat Field with Cypresses, by Vincent van Gogh, 1889
    Wheat Field with CypressesVincent van Gogh, 1889Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Monsieur Boileau at the Café, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893
    Monsieur Boileau at the CaféHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893Courtesy of the Cleveland 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
  4. 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

Section 2, south 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. 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. 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
  4. André Bénac, by Édouard Vuillard, 1936
    André BénacÉdouard Vuillard, 1936Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Section 2, north wall

  1. Mount Sainte-Victoire, by Paul Cézanne, c. 1904
    Mount Sainte-VictoirePaul Cézanne, c. 1904Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. The Large Tree, by Paul Gauguin, 1891
    The Large TreePaul Gauguin, 1891Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. 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

Section 3, 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 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