Post-Impressionism

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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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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

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La Moisson movementAssociatedWithCreator Post-Impressionism
Les Traditions de l’art movementContext Post-Impressionism
Academic art opposedMovement Post-Impressionism
Cloisonnism partOf Post-Impressionism
Vorticism precededBy Post-Impressionism
Synthetism relatedConcept Post-Impressionism
Neo-Impressionism relatedMovement Post-Impressionism
Intimism relatedToMovement Post-Impressionism