Post-Impressionism

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art historical period art movement

Post-Impressionism was a late 19th-century art movement that evolved from Impressionism and is characterized by more expressive color, symbolic content, and formal experimentation by artists such as Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cézanne.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
French Post-Impressionism	4
Post‑Impressionism	3
French Post-Impressionists	1
Post-Impressionism (through Cézanne’s works)	1
Post-Impressionism (through Paul Gauguin)	1
Post-Impressionism (via Paul Gauguin)	1
Post-Impressionist art	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art historical period ⓘ art movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
follows	Impressionism ⓘ
hasArtForm	drawing ⓘ painting ⓘ printmaking ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	distinctive brushstrokes ⓘ distorted forms for expressive effect ⓘ emphasis on artist’s inner vision ⓘ emphasis on composition ⓘ emphasis on structure ⓘ experimentation with perspective ⓘ expressive color ⓘ formal experimentation ⓘ interest in symbolism and spirituality ⓘ rejection of naturalistic depiction of light ⓘ subjective expression ⓘ symbolic content ⓘ thick application of paint ⓘ use of vivid colors ⓘ
hasCoreIdea	emphasize artist’s subjective response to subject matter ⓘ explore personal symbolism ⓘ move beyond Impressionism’s focus on optical realism ⓘ organize composition through geometric structure ⓘ use color and form to convey emotion and meaning ⓘ
hasEndTime	early 20th century ⓘ
hasKeyWork	A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 ⓘ surface form: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte Mont Sainte-Victoire series ⓘ The Starry Night ⓘ surface form: Starry Night The Bedroom ⓘ The Card Players ⓘ The Starry Night ⓘ surface form: The Night Café Vision After the Sermon ⓘ surface form: The Vision of the Sermon The Yellow House ⓘ Vision After the Sermon ⓘ Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? ⓘ
hasMovementSubtype	Cloisonnism ⓘ Neo-Impressionism ⓘ surface form: Les Nabis Neo-Impressionism ⓘ Pont-Aven School ⓘ Symbolism ⓘ surface form: Symbolism (in painting) Synthetism ⓘ
hasNotableProponent	Georges Seurat ⓘ Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec ⓘ Odilon Redon ⓘ Paul Cézanne ⓘ Paul Gauguin ⓘ Pierre Bonnard ⓘ Vincent van Gogh ⓘ Édouard Vuillard ⓘ Émile Bernard ⓘ
hasStartTime	late 19th century ⓘ
influenced	Cubism ⓘ Expressionism ⓘ Fauvism ⓘ modern art ⓘ
influencedBy	Impressionism ⓘ Japanese art ⓘ Realism ⓘ Symbolism ⓘ

Referenced by (158)

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Correspondance avec Paul Gauguin → about → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

De Cézanne à Gauguin → about → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Essais sur l’art → about → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Souvenirs sur Cézanne → about → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Souvenirs sur Paul Gauguin → about → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Souvenirs sur Van Gogh → about → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Spirit of the Dead Watching → artHistoricalContext → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Seamstress → artHistoricalContext → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Post-Impressionism

Mont Sainte-Victoire → artHistoricalPeriod → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post-Impressionism (through Cézanne’s works)

Ambassadeurs: Aristide Bruant → artMovement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Picasso's Blue Period → artMovement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Basket of Apples → artStyle → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Dining Room in the Country → artStyle → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Starry Night → artStyle → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

1905 Salon d’Automne exhibition in Paris → artStyleFeatured → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Public Gardens series → artisticMovement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Album → artisticSchool → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Post-Impressionism

Breton Women in the Meadow → artisticStyle → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Charles Filiger → artisticStyle → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Le Pardon de Pont-Aven → artisticStyle → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Paul Sérusier → artisticStyle → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Hortense Fiquet → associatedWith → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Mette-Sophie Gad → associatedWith → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post-Impressionism (through Paul Gauguin)

Montmartre → associatedWith → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Atuona, Hiva Oa → associatedWithArtMovement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post-Impressionism (via Paul Gauguin)

Yellow House, Arles → associatedWithMovement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Pont-Aven School → associatedWithStyle → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Musée de l’Orangerie → collectionType → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Seamstress → creatorMovement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Self-Portrait with Portrait of Paul Gauguin → depictsArtisticMovement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

De Cézanne à Gauguin → focusesOnArtMovement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Bathers at Asnières → genre → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Irises → genre → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Nevermore → genre → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear → genre → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Starry Night Over the Rhône → genre → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Bathers → genre → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Bedroom (Van Gogh) → genre → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Bridge at Courbevoie → genre → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Yellow House → genre → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Rose Period → hasArtMovementContext → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Place Lamartine → hasArtisticMovementAssociation → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Courtauld Gallery → hasCollectionType → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post-Impressionist art

Olympia → hasInfluenced → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

subject surface form: Olympia (painting)

Belle Époque → hasPart → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Bathroom → hasStyle → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Western canon of art → includesPeriod → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Cloisonnism → influenced → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Eugène Delacroix → influenced → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Impressionism → influenced → Post-Impressionism ⓘ