A term coined in 1910 by the English art critic and painter Roger Fry and applied to the reaction against the naturalistic depiction of light and color in Impressionism. Though Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, and Georges Seurat each developed their own distinctive styles, they were unified by an interest in expressing their emotional and psychological responses to the world through bold colors and expressive, often symbolic images. Post-Impressionism can be roughly dated from 1886 to 1905.
Post-Impressionism
6 examples
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Georges-Pierre Seurat Evening, Honfleur 1886
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Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night Saint Rémy, June 1889
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge (1891-92)
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Paul Gauguin The Seed of the Areoi 1892
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Édouard Vuillard Interior, Mother and Sister of the Artist 1893
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Paul Cézanne Still Life with Apples 1895-98