Post-Impressionism
- About Post-Impressionism: Sotheby'sFollowing the eighth and last Impressionist exhibition in 1886, a group of young adherents began to extend the Impressionist project – the lyrical evocation of the subtle shifts and diffusions of natural light and atmosphere – into bold new territory.
- Post-Impressionism: The Art StoryPost-Impressionism encompasses a wide range of distinct artistic styles that all share the common motivation of responding to the opticality of the Impressionist movement.
- Post-Impressionism: The Metropolitan Museum of ArtBreaking free of the naturalism of Impressionism in the late 1880s, a group of young painters sought independent artistic styles for expressing emotions rather than simply optical impressions, concentrating on themes of deeper symbolism.
Research & Reference
- Post-Impressionism: Credo ReferenceA Credo Reference landing page on post-impressionism. This page includes links to reference works, journal articles, and a mind map.
Streaming Media
- Post-ImpressionismPaul Gauguin left Paris and traveled to Tahiti to establish a studio. Religious missionaries arrived to westernize the people. Gauguin provided an account of the contamination of colonization on the local indigenous population. Distributed by PBS Distribution.
- Postimpressionism - Form and Content Re-ViewedThe term "Postimpressionism" comprises a varied and highly innovative body of art. Here, learn how Postimpressionist painters such as Cézanne and Seurat were driven by what they perceived as a loss of form in Impressionist art. See also how Symbolists Gauguin and Munch used increasing abstraction to convey deeper psychological meanings.
Perspectives
Post-Impressionism
Within a year of closing the last Impressionist exhibition in 1886, a large and disparate group of movements had appeared, each with its own beliefs about the nature and function of art. From Neo-Impressionism to Symbolism, from Gauguin and van Gogh to Matisse and Munch, the program of 20th-century art was emerging. These individual styles are now collectively referred to as Post-Impressionism. This book imposes coherence and a sense of pattern upon this diverse mix of movements and individuals that reacted against the style and subject matter of the Impressionists. The sociohistoric background against which Post-Impressionism evolved and the international reverberations of the movement are presented. Special emphasis is given to the revolution that Post-Impressionism created in Russia, which had effects far beyond the confines of art.