Neo-Impressionism & Post-Impressionism France, 1885 – 1910

Immediately followed Impressionism Artists showed greater concern for expression, structure

and form than the Impressionists . emphasis of post impressionists were not on naturalism

and fleeting effects of light. Extended Impressionism while rejecting Its limitations:• continued using vivid colors, thick application of paint,

distinctive brushstrokes, and real-life subject matter • they were more inclined to emphasize geometric forms, to

distort form for expressive effect, and to use unnatural or arbitrary color

Seurat and others began the Pointillist movement, which carried the color and optical ideas of the Impressionists to an almost scientific extreme, consisting of tiny dots of color

IMPRESSIONISM

Gauguin formed a friendship with artist Camille Pissarro, who introduced him to various other artists. Exhibition held in 1881 and 1882. In 1888 Disappointed with Impressionism, he felt that traditional European painting had become too imitative and

lacked symbolic depth. By contrast, the art of Africa and Asia seemed to him full of

mystic symbolism and vigor. influence of folk art and Japanese prints, Gauguin evolved

towards Cloisonnism. Primitivism was an art movement of late 19th century painting

and sculpture; characterized by exaggerated body proportions, animal totems, geometric designs and stark contrasts. The first artist to systematically use these effects

French artist Paul Gauguin's bold colors, exaggerated body proportions and stark contrasts helped him achieve broad success in the late 19th century

Paul Gauguin Painter, Sculptor (1848–1903)

was paintined after van Gogh pulled a razor on Gauguin during an argument.The boldly colored work showed the Biblical tale of Jacob wrestling with the angel

is Gauguin's depiction of the human life cycle.

quarrel between Gauguin &van Gogh suffered the crisis in which occurred the famous incident when he cut off part of his left ear. May 1889 he went at his own request into an asylum at St Rémy During the year he spent there was a frenzied production of 150

tumultuous paintings (plus more drawings). May 1890 van Gogh moved to Auvers-sur-Oise, there followed

another tremendous burst of activity and during the last 70 days of his life painted 70 canvases

His spiritual anguish and depression became more acute and on July 29th 1890 he died from the results of a self-inflicted bullet wound.

He sold only one painting during his lifetime and was little known to the art world at the time of his death ,but his fame grew rapidly thereafter.

His influence on Expressionism, Fauvism and early abstraction was enormous, and it can be seen in many other aspects of 20th-century art.

Vincent van Gogh Holland on March 30, 1853

Thick short brushstrokes, impasto paint View from hospital room in St-Remy At one with forces of nature Left to right wave impulse in his work, tree looks like green flames reaching to the sky exploding with stars

Paul Cézanne Painter (1839–1906)

The work of Post-Impressionist French painter Paul Cézanne, born in Aix-en-Provence in 1839, can be said to have formed the bridge between late 19th century Impressionism and the early 20th century's new line of artistic inquiry, Cubism. The mastery of design, tone, composition and color that spans his life's work is highly characteristic and now recognizable around the world. Both Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso were greatly influenced by Cézanne.