POST-IMPRESSIONISM

Post-Impressionism

Table of Contents

Abstract3

Introduction4

Discussion5

Vincent Van Gogh6

Paul Cezanne8

Charles Angrand10

Conclusion12

References14

Abstract

Post-impressionism is the term described for the development of French art. Post-Impressionism is the extension of Impressionism. It rejected the limitations of the Impressionism era and continued using the bright vivid colors, thick paint, and unique strokes of the brush. It influenced many more art movements such as Cubism, Pointillism, Neo Impressionism, and Fauvism. In this paper, post-impressionism and its influence on other art movement is discussed. The renowned artists of the post-Impressionism era, Vincent van Gogh, Charles Angrand, Paul Cézanne; their lives and works are also comprehended.

Post-Impressionism

Introduction

The term Post-Impressionism is used to express a particular period in Art History as opposed to any great change of style or technique. 'Impressionism,' as a movement of art, began in the late 19th Century, in France. This painting style focused on capturing the immediacy of the moods or the visual impressions of a setting with live subjects, with the help of the impressions of colors and lights. The artists of 'Post-Impressionism' resisted the principles of the objectives of nature recordings. They focused on producing more form, expression, and structure to their works in their own unique style. Like 'Impressionists,' the 'Post-Impressionists,' applied direct colors, real life subjects, and swirling brush stroke, only to differentiate in capturing better depths of emotions. Therefore, they adopted novel dimension to their appreciably more meaningful artwork (Cogniat, 1975).

The Impressionists were not trying to replicate artwork previous to them, but instead were acting on their own ideas and instinct. However, they could not help being affected or aware of past artist's discoveries and limitations. The Post-Impressionists were similar in their endeavors and their art development “does not mean a further, or a higher, or a more subtle form of Impressionism, but it means something radically different, it means a reaction from Impressionism.” They could only move forward because of what the Impressionists had already established, as now “the road seemed open to every boldness.” The Post-Impressionist's unique vision also led the way for other movements such as Cubism, Symbolism and the Fauvs (Cogniat, 1975).

'Post-Impressionists' often demonstrated their artwork collectively in collaborations however favored to work alone. Paul Cézanne deserted the primary 'Impressionism' movement, as he desired, in his words, “to make of Impressionism something solid and durable like the art in the museum.” He formulated pioneering styles of paintings which required breaking down the objects into their central shapes by the gradation of pure colors. His conceptual styles influenced the famous artist Pablo Picasso to come up with 'Cubism' concept.

Vincent Van Gogh, the Dutch painter, was recognized as a model 'Expressionist' artist, whose rendezvous with blotched brushworks and bright colors, elaborately dazzling emotion, earned him global acclamation. Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec was another renowned 'Post-Impressionist,' who was recognized for his supple outlining with the scheme of colors contrasting with 'Impressionism.' Georges Seurat was a specialist of theories of color and linear structure. He employed a method called 'Pointillism,' in which he used the tiny dots of contrasting colors to produce a subtle and ...