Post-Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
is not considered a single style, technique or even approach to
painting. Most of the famous post impressionists all developed their
styles independently, but all were entitled in their reaction to
impressionism.
Post-Impressionism
started in 1886 till the early 1900s. Paris was the centre of
Post-Impressionism, and the artists from Britain, America, the
Netherlands and elsewhere, flocked there in the hopes of absorbing
the city's rich culture and joining its artists elites. Cezanne spent
most of his career in provence, Van Gogh led an existence touching
down in France, Belgium and Holland; and Gaugin settled in Tahiti. In
the work of Van Gogh and Gaugin you can see bold, intense colours and
very expressive work. While in the works of Cezanne seemed concerned
with structure. Seurat with the systematic use of colour dots,
pointillism. Impressionists recorded nature in terms of light and
colour.
Post-Impressionists
rejected these limitations and instead sought to be more expressive.
They were not concerned with depicting the effects of light and other
visual like those seen in the impressionism movement, they were less
idyllic. Van Gogh & Gaugin shared a small department and studio
space. They experimented with new approaches to painting, rejecting
academic approaches to realistic depiction and fine finish, as well
as the impressionist fixation with light and colour.
One
could say that Post-Impressionism was and still is a great way to be
different and rebel against the normal. It was not only important in
the past but it is also influencing work in the industry today.
Japanese art was inspired by and followed on from Post-Impressionism,
which now has evolved in designs today.
