Floor plan

East wing: The Nineteenth CenturyPost-Impressionism

Post-Impressionism

At the Concert Parisien, by Georges Seurat, 1887–88
Mount Sainte-Victoire, by Paul Cézanne, c. 1904
Symbolic Head, by Odilon Redon, c. 1890
Orpheus, by Odilon Redon, c. 1903–10
Painting of a red-haired, bearded man with light skin, painted in short brushstrokes and multicolored dots. The background is likewise a mass of small, closely spaced colored dots, these in green, blue, and red-orange.
Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), by Paul Gauguin, 1891
Aman-Jean (Portrait of Edmond François Aman-Jean), by Georges Seurat, 1882–83
Head of a Tahitian Woman, by Paul Gauguin, 1891

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. At the Concert Parisien, by Georges Seurat, 1887–88
    At the Concert ParisienGeorges Seurat, 1887–88Courtesy 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. Symbolic Head, by Odilon Redon, c. 1890
    Symbolic HeadOdilon Redon, c. 1890Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  4. Orpheus, by Odilon Redon, c. 1903–10
    OrpheusOdilon Redon, c. 1903–10Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Section 1, south wall

  1. Painting of a red-haired, bearded man with light skin, painted in short brushstrokes and multicolored dots. The background is likewise a mass of small, closely spaced colored dots, these in green, blue, and red-orange.
    Self-PortraitVincent van Gogh, 1887Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), by Paul Gauguin, 1891
    Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary)Paul Gauguin, 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Aman-Jean (Portrait of Edmond François Aman-Jean), by Georges Seurat, 1882–83
    Aman-Jean (Portrait of Edmond François Aman-Jean)Georges Seurat, 1882–83Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. Head of a Tahitian Woman, by Paul Gauguin, 1891
    Head of a Tahitian WomanPaul Gauguin, 1891Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Section 2, south 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. Painting of a basket of green and red-yellow apples spilling over into a white cloth placed on a wooden table, with a dark green bottle and a plate of pale biscuits behind.
    The Basket of ApplesPaul Cézanne, c. 1893Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of oil on canvas.
    Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle (La berceuse)Vincent van Gogh, 1889Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  4. Painted in muted lime green, plum purple, buttercup yellow, slate and royal blue, the head and shoulders of a man with peach-colored skin sitting in front of a window looks at us in this stylized, vertical portrait. His body and face are angled to our right but he looks at us from the corners of his eyes, which are grass-green with touches of yellow. One cobalt-blue eyebrow is cocked, and shading in denim blue, butter yellow, and fern green create hollows under both eyes. His flat nose has a broad bridge, and his pale pink lips are closed, the far corner pulled slightly up. His mustache is painted with visible strokes of forest green and his ginger-orange beard is trimmed along his prominent, jutting chin. His short, dark hair is brushed back from his temples and is painted with strokes of pine green, navy blue, and coral orange. His shirt has a wide, golden yellow stripe along the collar above indigo blue, under a grayish-violet purple jacket. The wall over his shoulder, in the upper left corner, is painted vivid lime green with long, vertical brushstrokes. The view through the window beyond his other shoulder is of vegetation and mountains. The portrait is painted with visible brushstrokes throughout, and is especially loose in the background, hair, and jacket. An inscription in dark green script in the upper left reads, “a l'ami Carriere PGauguin.” A second inscription in the lower left is written with dark brown paint: “l'ami Laval PGo.”
    Self-Portrait Dedicated to CarrièrePaul Gauguin, 1888 or 1889Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

Section 2, north wall

  1. Nursemaids’ Promenade, Frieze of Carriages, by Pierre Bonnard, 1895
    Nursemaids’ Promenade, Frieze of CarriagesPierre Bonnard, 1895Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Painting of four women with blue shawls walking near red fence.
    Arlésiennes (Mistral)Paul Gauguin, 1888Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 3, north wall

  1. The image shows two women walking arm in arm, both in traditional attire. One woman is facing away with a slight profile, while the other is seen from the side. Their faces are stylized and simplistic with covered hair. They wear long dresses with aprons and collars, and one has a striped apron. Haystacks and greenery surround them. Faint figures are in the background, as well as a spire-like structure. A dog is seen near the haystack, with simple lines suggesting a landscape.
    Pleasures of Brittany (Joies de Bretagne)Paul Gauguin, 1889Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
  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