1.1 POST-IMPRESSIONISM

• Post-Impressionism - Is a movement that represented the extension of Impressionism and still, a rejection of that styles inherent limitations.
• Post-Impressionism - Artists expanded and experimented with new ways such as using geometric approach, fragmenting objects, making people’s faces and body parts vague, and applying colors that were not necessarily realistic or natural.
• Artists of Post-Impressionism:

  • Paul Cezanne
  • Vincent Van Gogh
  • Georges Seurat
  • Paul Signac
• Paul Cezanne - Was a distinguished French artist and considered to be significant link between Impressionism and Cubism.
• Paul Cezanne - He was an influential artist to different artists particularly to Pablo Picasso.
• Famous Works of Paul Cezanne:

  • Hortense Fiquet in a Striped Skirt
  • Boy in a Red Vest
  • Still Life with Compotier
  • Harlequin
• Vincent Van Gogh - A Post-Impressionist painter from the Netherlands.
• Vincent Van Gogh - His artworks are noteworthy of their strong, heavy brush strokes, intense emotions, and colors that radiate energy.
• Famous works of Vincent Van Gogh:

  • The Starry Night
  • The Potato Eaters
  • Four Cut Sunflowers
  • Orchard in Blossom
• The Circus - Made by Georges Seurat in 1891.
• Entrance to the Grand Canal - Artwork of Paul Signac in 1905.
• Impasto - is technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface very thickly; usually thick enough that the brush or paintingknife strokes are visible and sometimes even directly squeeze from the paint tube.
• Pointillisim - Technique used by Seurat and Signac
• Pointillism - is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image.
• Pointillism - Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed this technique in 1886.