What is post-impressionism?
Q: What is post-impressionism?
A: Post-impressionism is a term used to describe the development of French art after Manet (1832–1883). It is an art style that grew out of Impressionism and rejected its limitations, while continuing to use real-life subject matter with vivid colours and thick paint.
Q: Who coined the term "post-impressionism"?
A: The British artist and art critic Roger Fry coined the term in 1910.
Q: What did post-impressionists add to impressionist painting?
A: Post-Impressionists added ideas such as using geometric forms, distorting form for effect, and using unnatural colours.
Q: Who are some of the main post-impressionist painters?
A: Some of the main post-impressionist painters were Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec and Henri Rousseau ('Le Douanier'). Picasso and Braque were also considered post-impressionists but are more accurately described as Cubists.
Q: Did post-impressionists work together as a group?
A: No, unlike some of the impressionists who worked together as a group, the post-impressionists lived in France and knew each other but painted in ways that were different from one another.
Q: How did post impressionist painters influence modern art?
A: The post impressionists led the way for other artists to experiment and develop all the different styles of Modern art in the 20th century.
