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According to literature,
the stylistic innovation in painting known as Post- |
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Impressionism. began in the 1880’s.
Unlike the Impressionism, the Post- |
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Impressionism did not concentrate on the play of
light over objects, people, |
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and nature, breaking up
seemingly solid surfaces, stressing vivid
contrast |
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between colors in sunlight and
shade, and depiction reflected light in all of |
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its possibilities. Instead, the
new style wanted to depict what they saw
in |
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nature by. pursuing a more personal
and spiritual expression. The
Post- |
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Impressionists did not want to
observe the world from indoors. Like
earlier |
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Impressionists, they abandoned the
studio, painting in the
open air and |
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recording spontaneous
impressions of their subjects
instead of making |
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outside sketches and
then moving indoors to
complete the work form |
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memory. |
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Post-Impressionism was a
movement in France that not only represented |
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an extension of.Impressionism, but also
a rejection of that style’s inherent |
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limitations. Of all the
painters in the Post-Impressionism,
Paul Cézanne, |
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Georges Seurat, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van
Gogh, and Henri de
Toulouse- |
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Lautrec are the most famous ones. |
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The Post-Impressionists
often presented their workstogether, but, unlike |
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the
Impressionists,who began as a close-knit,
convivial group, they painted |
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mainly alone. Cézanne painted
in. solation in southern
France; his solitude |
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was matched by that
of Paul Gauguin, who in 1891.took up residence in |
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Tahiti, and of van
Gogh, who painted in the
countryside at Arles. Both |
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Gauguin and van Gogh rejected the
indifferent objectivity of Impressionism |
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in
favour of a more personal,
spiritual expression. In 1 886,
Gauguin |
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renounced “the abominable
error of naturalism.” Also, Gauguin
sought a |
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simpler truth and purer aesthetic in art;turning
away from the sophisticated, |
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urban art world
of Paris, he instead
looked for
inspiration in rural |
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communities with more
traditional values. The Dutch
painter van Gogh |
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quickly adapted Impressionist techniques and color to
express his acutely |
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felt
emotions after his arrival in Paris. But later, he conveyed his
emotionally |
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charged and ecstatic responses to the natural and
scape bytransforming the |
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contrasting short brush strokes of
Impressionism into curving,vibrant lines |
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of
color, exaggerated even beyond Impressionist
brilliance. |
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The Post-Impressionism
not only led away from a naturalistic
approach |
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but also developed the two major movements
of early 20th-century:Cubism |
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and
Fauvism. Therefore, the works of the Post-Impressionists
could be called |
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as a basis for several contemporary trends and
for early 20th-century |
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modernism. |
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