Post+Impressionism

Paul Klee was born on December 18, 1879. Some movements of art that Paul Klee was influenced by were expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Klee's early works of art were mainly etchings and pen-and-ink drawings. One of his most famous works of art is "two men meet, each believing the other to be of higher rank". On June 29, 1940, Paul Klee died of __Scleroderma__; a widespread connective tissue disease that involves changes in the skin, blood vessels, muscles, and internal organs. (Conner Lantz, Zach Schmucker, and Daniel Sanzhura)
 * __Paul Klee[[image:http://47solutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/kleebowing2.jpg width="246" height="179" align="right" caption="two men meet, each believing the other to be of higher rank. by Paul Klee"]]__**

Vincent Van Gogh’s movement is post impression, his media is painting, and his nationality is Dutch. In descriptive words, Van Gogh recorded his thoughts, ambitions, and the events of his daily life in numerous letters written to friends and family. Six hundred of his letters to his brother Theo still survive. Van Gogh lived only ten years after he took up art. He made more than 1,100 drawings. He had mental illnesses throughout his adult life, resulting in frequent hospitalizations. He created his most famous pieces, including his self portrait, in mental institutions. After his release Van Gogh shot himself and died two days later. ( Joan Yoder ,Brenda Yoder) Vincent Van Gogh was born in 1853, and was considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt, though he had little success during his lifetime. Vincent showed all of his 900 paintings and 1100 drawings ten years before he succumbed a mental illness which was was most likely bipolar disorder. He committed suicide about six months later. His fame shot up after his death especially after 71 of his paintings being shown to the public. Vincent Van Gogh was the eldest surviving son of the Calvinist pastor Theodorus van Gogh. His artistic style was post-impressionist. After his illness he was claimed as mad artist, by the 20th century the public was gobbling up everything that he wrote or made. Quote: “I cannot help it that my pictures do not sell. Nevertheless, the time will come when my people will see that they are worth more than the price of paint”. (Darion F, Jacob B, Jared T)
 * __Vincent Van Gogh__** (1853-1890)


 * __ Paul Gauguin (1843-1903) [[image:http://www.impressionist-art-gallery.com/images/the_swineherd.jpg width="237" height="188" align="right" caption="The Swineherd - 1888"]] __**

Was originally a businessman, but at age 35 he abandoned his career to become an artist. Some of Gauguin’s early paintings were a reminiscent of Pissarro since he was under the influence of Barbizon painters. Originally a businessman, Gauguin had no formal training as an artist before he joined the members of the Impressionist movement. In 1885 Paul Gauguin abandoned his children, his wife, and his style of living for his career in art. He went to Brittany, Martinique, Arles, and Tahiti in the final stages of his life and painted the local women from the islands. Gauguin later perished from a terminal illness on the Marquises Islands, with no money and wanted by the law. (Ben Helmuth, Pavel Panchelyuga)