3. Post-Impressionism is a
term used to describe the
18th century reaction to
Impressionism. Paul
Cézanne, Paul Gauguin,
Vincent van Gogh, and
Georges Seurat led the
group.
5. Post-Impressionism was coined a few
decades later, in the early 1900s, by
English art critic Roger Fry. In 1910,
Fry helped popularize the movement
by hosting an exhibition titled Manet
and the Post-Impressionists at the
Grafton Galleries in London.
Fauvism, Cubism, Abstract
Expressionism, Neo-Impressionism,
and Surrealism were all influenced
and inspired by Post-Impressionism.
6. The Post-Impressionism were
clearly influenced by East Asian
art, particularly ukiyo-e
woodblock prints, whose
distinctive division of scenes and
flattening of planes directly
informed the work of Van Gogh,
Bonnard, and Toulouse-Lautrec.
7. Many then returned to develop a
deft syncretism of Post-
Impressionist perspectives,
palettes and gestures with the
venerable tradition of Chinese
figurative painting. Among these
artists were Lin Fengmian (林風
眠 ), Xu Beihong ( 徐 悲 鴻 ), and
Ding Yanyong (丁衍庸).
10. - Post-Impressionists
frequently used broken colors
applied with short
brushstrokes. Painters such
as Seurat expanded on this
concept by painting with
carefully placed dots of
opposing color—a technique
later dubbed pointillism.
Patterned
Brushstrokes
11. - Post-Impressionist
painters, unlike their
predecessors, used
unnatural colors to capture
an emotion or perspective
rather than an accurate
depiction of the subject
matter.
Unnatural
Colors
12. - Post-Impressionist artists
frequently included abstraction
and used geometric shapes in
unconventional ways, laying the
groundwork for Cubism in the
following century. Paul Gauguin
contributed to the development of
synthetism, a technique for
recreating objects from memory
using two-dimensional shapes.
Symbolism
14. A Sunday Afternoon on the
Island of La Grande Jatte by
Georges Seurat (1886)
- Using a
unique
pointillism
style, Seurat
applied dabs of
contrasting
colors to create
15. Self-Portrait with Waroquy
by Édouard Vuillard (1889)
- French painter
Vuillard created
this surreal self-
portrait
standing in
front of a mirror
next to his
16. Tahitian Women on the Beach
by Paul Gauguin (1891)
- An example of
Gauguin’s two-
dimensional
synthetism style,
this painting
features two
women sitting on
a sandy beach in
17. The Starry Night
by Vincent van Gogh (1889)
- One of Vincent
van Gogh’s most
well-known
artworks, this oil-
on-canvas painting
uses surreal colors
and patterns to
capture the view
from his window in
18. At the Moulin Rouge
by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
(1895)
- French painter
Henri de
Toulouse-Lautrec
used stark
greens, blues,
and reds to
capture the
atmosphere of
