Pont-Aven School

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art movement artists' group

The Pont-Aven School was a late 19th-century group of artists centered in Pont-Aven, Brittany, known for pioneering Synthetism and influencing Post-Impressionism through bold colors and simplified forms.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pont-Aven circle	3
Pont-Aven school	3
Pont-Aven	2
Pont-Aven artists	2
Pont-Aven School artists	1
Pont-Aven art colony	1
Pont-Aven artists' colony	1
Pont-Aven artists’ colony	1
Pont-Aven period of Paul Gauguin	1
École de Pont-Aven artists	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art movement ⓘ artists' group ⓘ
activePeriod	late 19th century ⓘ
approximateEnd	late 1890s ⓘ
approximateStart	mid-1880s ⓘ
artisticCharacteristic	bold colors ⓘ decorative composition ⓘ emphasis on subjective vision ⓘ flat areas of color ⓘ simplified forms ⓘ strong outlines ⓘ
artTheory	synthesis of outward appearance, artist's feelings, and aesthetic form ⓘ
associatedWithStyle	Post-Impressionism ⓘ Synthetism ⓘ
centeredAround	Paul Gauguin ⓘ
coreConcept	Cloisonnism ⓘ Synthetism ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
gatheringPlace	Pont-Aven ⓘ surface form: Pont-Aven artists' colony
geographicalContext	rural Brittany ⓘ
historicalContext	precursor to modern art ⓘ reaction against Impressionism ⓘ
influencedMovement	Paul Sérusier ⓘ surface form: Nabis Post-Impressionism ⓘ Symbolism in painting ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
locatedIn	Brittany ⓘ France ⓘ
location	Pont-Aven ⓘ
namedAfter	Pont-Aven ⓘ
notableMember	Armand Seguin ⓘ Charles Filiger ⓘ Charles Laval ⓘ Henry Moret ⓘ Jacob Meyer de Haan ⓘ Jan Verkade ⓘ Maxime Maufra ⓘ Paul Gauguin ⓘ Paul Sérusier ⓘ Roderic O'Conor ⓘ Władysław Ślewiński ⓘ Émile Bernard ⓘ Émile Schuffenecker ⓘ
subjectMatter	Breton folk culture ⓘ Breton landscapes ⓘ Breton peasants ⓘ religious scenes ⓘ

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Jacob Meyer de Haan → artisticSchool → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont-Aven school

Maxime Maufra → artisticSchool → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

Armand Seguin → associatedWith → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont-Aven circle

Charles Filiger → associatedWith → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

Henry Moret → associatedWith → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont-Aven artists

Jacob Meyer de Haan → associatedWith → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont-Aven artists' colony

Jan Verkade → associatedWith → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

Maxime Maufra → associatedWith → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont-Aven artists

Paul Gauguin → associatedWith → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

Self-Portrait with Portrait of Paul Gauguin → associatedWith → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont-Aven circle

Synthetism → associatedWith → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

Émile Schuffenecker → associatedWith → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

this entity surface form: École de Pont-Aven artists

Paul Sérusier → associatedWithGroup → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

Synthetism → developedIn → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont-Aven

Post-Impressionism → hasMovementSubtype → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

Breton Women in the Meadow → influencedBy → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

Jan Verkade → influencedBy → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont-Aven School artists

Le Pardon de Pont-Aven → influencedBy → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont-Aven art colony

Pont-Aven → inspiredArtMovement → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

Pont-Aven → knownFor → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

Cloisonnism → locationOfActivity → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont-Aven

Armand Seguin → memberOf → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont-Aven school

Charles Filiger → memberOf → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

Charles Laval → memberOf → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

Émile Schuffenecker → memberOf → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont-Aven circle

Henry Moret → movement → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont-Aven school

Jan Verkade → movement → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

Maxime Maufra → movement → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

Émile Bernard → movement → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

Vision After the Sermon → partOf → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont-Aven period of Paul Gauguin

Émile Bernard → participantIn → Pont-Aven School ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont-Aven artists’ colony

Cloisonnism → relatedTo → Pont-Aven School ⓘ