Post-Impressionism

Post-Impressionism was an artistic movement based principally in France between 1886 and 1905. These years mark the last exhibition held by the Impressionists, and the beginning of Fauvism. Post-Impression was born out of a reaction to impressionist art, which depicted light and color in a naturalistic way. Instead, Post-Impressionist artists favored bright, unnatural colors and emphasized the painterly qualities of their work. They also frequently used geometric and distorted forms that heightened their shift away from naturalism.

Post-Impressionism differed from Impressionism in its aim to express emotion through art, rather than simply producing visual impressions. It often leaned towards abstraction and symbolism. However, the Post-Impressionists did not totally reject Impressionism. They still used various Impressionist elements like painting from life and the impasto technique, where paint is applied thickly to show its texture.

The artists considered as the leaders of Post-Impressionism are Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat and Paul Cézanne. The movement includes various different art styles and movements such as Les Nabis, Neo-Impressionism, Symbolism, the Pont-Aven School and Synthetism. This reflects the diversity in style of Post-Impressionist art.

Today, join Artsper as we discover artists inspired by the work of this legendary art movement, such as Sophie Petetin and Alexander Shandor.

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Old Houses

Autumn palette

Amazing Colors

In the village of Studeny

In his yard

Roses near the river

Landscaping-CLVI

October day

Birch Grove

Mendocino view

Birch grove no.4

Long winter

Holiday homes in the forest no.2

Untitled 5

Untitled 3

Landscape with lighthouse

Street palms

Kitten on window sill

Hidden lake

Among the houses. Suzhou

Spring heat

Autumn Gold

Forest tale

Red poppy

Road to the river, Oil on Cardboard, Painting by Shandor Alexander

Beach

They Wash Things

Batiliman

Trees in early spring no.2

Trees by the stream - early spring

Mountain behind the trees

April in Maiera

House in the Kotor Bay

Landscaping-CXXVI

Landscaping-CXLVIII

Landscaping-CLII

Lemon tree in the backyard

San Francisco Bay from Skyline BLVD

Car crashes into palm tree

End of police pursuit

Corral Canyon, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Path at the edge of the forest

Panorama picture

Gascogne Landscape

Helicopters and Palm Trees

Forest at the beginning of the year

Holiday homes in the pine forest

On the Lahn river no.1

Monastery pond - Altenberg

Tatra Mountains no.1

March forest no.2

March forest no.1

Landscape with the way - France

Forest no.14

Autumn landscape no.5

Landschaft mit rowan trees

Summer Landscape before the thunderstrom

Forest no.1 /purple

Summer landscape no.13

Jaws

Early spring landscape no.2

Forest on the horizon no.2

Forest no.25

Path into late autumn near Elsoff

Fork in the forest

Path in the forest no.7