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)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mont Sainte-Victoire series → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Nevermore → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Nude in the Bath → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Odilon Redon → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Omega Workshops → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Parade de cirque → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Paul Cézanne → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Paul Gauguin → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Paul Sérusier → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Pierre Bonnard → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Pierre-Auguste Renoir → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Roderic O'Conor → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Roger Fry → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

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

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

Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat by Vincent van Gogh → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

subject surface form: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat

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

Sunflowers → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Tahitian Women on the Beach → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Album → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Basket of Apples → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Bathers → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Bathroom → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Bedroom → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

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

The Card Players → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

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

The Green Interior → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Models → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Night Café → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post‑Impressionism

The Potato Eaters → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Seamstress → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Starry Night → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Suitor → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Terrace at Vernonnet → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Yellow Christ → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

The Yellow House → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Theo van Gogh → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Vanessa Bell → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Vincent van Gogh → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Vision After the Sermon → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Walter Sickert → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Wheatfield with Crows → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post‑Impressionism

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Władysław Ślewiński → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Édouard Vuillard → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Émile Bernard → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

Andrée Fort → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ

subject surface form: Émile Bernard

Émile Schuffenecker → movement → Post-Impressionism ⓘ