postimpressionism
After-impressionist art style
Postimpressionism is a late 19th-century art movement that built on and reacted against impressionism.
Where impressionists captured fleeting light and atmosphere, postimpressionists like Cézanne, Van Gogh, and Gauguin emphasized structure, symbolic color, and emotional expression.
The term covers diverse styles united mainly by their departure from impressionist techniques: The museum's postimpressionism collection includes several Seurats.
French Post-Impressionist painter
- GauguinFrench artist abroad
- SeuratPointillism's founder
- pointillismDot-based art technique
- FauvismExpressionist color-focused art school
Van Gogh · Toulouse-Lautrec · late 19th century · Paris · modernism · Symbolism · primitivism
Painter's stroke method
- impastoHeavily applied pigment technique
- pointillismDot-based art technique
- complementary colorsOpposite tones on spectrum
- geometric formsMathematically defined figures
distortion · stylization · rhythmic pattern · decorative surface · juxtaposition · stippling · hatching
Full of life, intensity
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
- boldCourageous and daring
- intenseExtreme in degree
- complementaryMutually supplying lacks
chromatic · luminous · palette · hue · pigment · contrast · harmony · unmixed
Complex psychological state
- subjectivityPersonal viewpoint coloring perception
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
inner vision · psychological depth · melancholy · serenity · anxiety · isolation · longing · introspection
Visible features of terrain
- still lifeArt of inanimate objects
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
- TahitiFrench Polynesia's largest island
- ProvenceSoutheastern French region
bathers · starry night · sunflowers · apple · circus · bedroom · self-portrait · peasant
Cézanne
French Post-Impressionist painter
- GauguinFrench artist abroad
- SeuratPointillism's founder
- pointillismDot-based art technique
Van Gogh · Fauvism · Toulouse-Lautrec · late 19th century · Paris · modernism · Symbolism · primitivism
brushwork
Painter's stroke method
- impastoHeavily applied pigment technique
- pointillismDot-based art technique
- complementary colorsOpposite tones on spectrum
geometric forms · distortion · stylization · rhythmic pattern · decorative surface · juxtaposition · stippling · hatching
vibrant
Full of life, intensity
complementary · chromatic · luminous · palette · hue · pigment · contrast · harmony · unmixed · brilliant
emotion
Complex psychological state
- subjectivityPersonal viewpoint coloring perception
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
spirituality · inner vision · psychological depth · melancholy · serenity · anxiety · isolation · longing · introspection · personal vision
landscape
Visible features of terrain
- still lifeArt of inanimate objects
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
- TahitiFrench Polynesia's largest island
Provence · bathers · starry night · sunflowers · apple · circus · bedroom · self-portrait · peasant · harvest
postimpressionismimpressionism
Style prioritizing perception
realism · naturalism · romanticism · neoclassicism · photorealism
postimpressionismneoclassicism
Movement emulating antiquity's forms
Renaissance art · Beaux-Arts · Baroque · medieval art · photorealism