Pont-Aven School

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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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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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The Orchard creatorAssociatedWith Pont-Aven School
this entity surface form: Pont-Aven school
Portrait of Marie Henry artisticSchool Pont-Aven School
this entity surface form: Pont-Aven school
Pont-Aven bridge associatedWith Pont-Aven School
this entity surface form: Pont-Aven art colony