Movement · 1885–1910

Post-Impressionism

Color as structure and symbol: Seurat's dots, Van Gogh's clashing complementaries, Gauguin's flat, unreal fields.

Across 38 works, the colors are mostly brown (31%), gray (17%) and blue (13%). On average the canvases are mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: gold, light gold, dark muted lime green, muted green and rich amber ochre.

Color print

The swatches covering most of these canvases, averaged over every work, dark to light.

• MG 222 charcoal 7.1% of canvas
• MG 218 graphite 4.6% of canvas
• MG 223 soot 3.7% of canvas
• MG 039 gold 3.5% of canvas
• MG 211 dark slate 3.5% of canvas
• MG 214 pewter 3.4% of canvas
• MG 038 light gold 3.4% of canvas
• MG 221 blue black 3.1% of canvas
• MG 177 dark taupe 3.1% of canvas
• MG 213 light grey 3.0% of canvas
• MG 059 dark muted lime green 3.0% of canvas
• MG 171 bone 2.9% of canvas
• MG 216 dark grey 2.8% of canvas
• MG 219 bistre 2.7% of canvas
• MG 208 pigeon grey 2.4% of canvas
• MG 215 grey 2.4% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.53

Contrast

0.45

Vividness

0.051

Warmth

+0.51

Complexity

174 cells

Hue range

0.56

Focus

0.06

Artists

• Paul Cézanne 1839–1906
• Henri Rousseau 1844–1910
• Paul Gauguin 1848–1903
• Vincent van Gogh 1853–1890
• Georges Seurat 1859–1891
• Paul Signac 1863–1935
• Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864–1901

Works

• The Boy in the Red Vest, 19th century
• Jeune Fille au piano (Girl at the Piano - The Overture to Tannhauser), 1869
• A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884
• Bathers at Asnières, 1884
• The Potato Eaters, 1885
• The Models, 1886
• Bedroom in Arles, 1888
• Café Terrace at Night, 1888
• Mardi Gras, 1888
• Starry Night Over the Rhone, 1888
• Sunflowers, 1888
• The Night Café, 1888
• The Red Vineyard, 1888
• Vision After the Sermon, 1888
• Irises, 1889
• La Blanchisseuse, 1889
• The Starry Night, 1889
• The Yellow Christ, 1889
• At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance, 1890
• Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, Portrait of M. Félix Fénéon in 1890, 1890
• Tahitian Women on the Beach, 1890
• The Card Players, 1890
• Wheatfield with Crows, 1890
• The Circus, 1891
• Tiger in a Tropical Storm, 1891
• At the Moulin Rouge, 1892
• Manaò tupapaú, 1892
• Mont Sainte-Victoire seen from Bellevue, 1892
• When Will You Marry?, 1892
• Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier, c. 1893
• La Toilette, 1896
• The Sleeping Gypsy, 1897
• Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, c. 1897
• Capo di Noli, near Genoa, 1898
• Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1903
• La encantadora de serpientes, 1907
• Port de Marseilles, 1907
• The Dream, 1910