Tessa McCann

Paul Gauguin was a post impressionist artist, who was born on June 7th, 1848 in France.
Gauguin ha been intereste in art !rom an earl" age. #e woul paint in his !ree time, $isit galleries,
an occasionall" bought paintings. %ne painting he bought was Ce&anne's ()till *i!e with Fruit +ish,,
which was his pri&e possession an his inspiration !or ()till *i!e with Teapot an Fruit,.
Gauguin's ()till *i!e with Teapot an Fruit, is $er" similar to ()till *i!e with Fruit +ish,.
Gauguin's painting is oil on can$as, it is similar to Ce&anne's painting with some i!!erences. Gauguin's
painting has mangos instea o! apples. %ne o! the ma-or i!!erences is there is a !igure in the
bac.groun o! the painting. #is painting has $er" bright colors, with istincti$e brush stro.es. /ach
ob-ect is outline boll", the shaows are istinct an o not blen with the ob-ects.
/gar +egas was born in Paris, France in 1804. +egas began to ha$e a passion !or painting
when he was eighteen. 1n 1822 /gar was amitte to /cole es 3eau4 5rts, where he stuie rawing.
5 large amount o! +egas' paintings are o! women bathing, an ballet rehearsals. %ne such painting,
(+ancers in the 6ehearsal 6oom with a +ouble 3ass, epicts a large room !ille with ancers. 5t one
en o! the room, there are three large winows, where most o! the ancers are stretching. 1n the !ront
most part o! the painting is a single girl, bening own an a-usting her slipper. 7e4t to her is a
ouble bass, la"ing on the groun. The painting is an oil painting on can$as, which is mae o! a lot o!
rich ar. colors. The brush stro.es are $er" clear, especiall" on the wall, it gi$es is an ol, rustic loo..
The painting itsel! is $er" realistic, howe$er certain aspects o! the painting stan out. 8ith the
combination o! epth perception, colors, lighting, an shaows it ma.es the painting $er" realistic an
$isuall" stimulating.
*oo.ing at the two painting an the artists istincti$e st"les the impressionist painting uses
warm mute tones, while the post impressionist painting uses bright colors with a cool unertone. The
epth perception o! the impressionist painting is $er" prominent, while the post impressionist painting
shows epth, but in a i!!erent wa". %ne i!!erence 1 notice is the post impressionist painting as a
slightl" cartoon loo., while the impressionist is most realistic, most o! the ob-ects o not ha$e a istinct
blac. outline, while the post impressionist painting oes. /ach st"le is uni9ue an will" i!!erent.
)a"ing one st"le o! art is superior to the other is the e9ui$alent o! sa"ing an apple is superior to an
orange. Their i!!erences ma.e them impossible to categori&e together.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/29.100.127
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1997.391.2
http://www.edgar-degas.org/biography.html
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/3!13"#
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b'ect-information
()ost +mpressionism )ainting,:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb-1997.391.2.'pg
(+mpressionism )ainting,:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb-29.100.127.'pg