Cézanne, Seurat, Van Gogh, and Gauguin are all Post-Impressionists, though their styles vary widely.
c. 1880 - 1900
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Post-Impressionism includes artists as diverse as Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin, and Seurat.
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Van Gogh, Irises
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Behind this iconic painting by Vincent van Gogh is the artist’s inspiring story about healing.
Gauguin and Laval in Martinique
Gauguin and Laval's journey to Martinique is a lesser-known chapter in the history of nineteenth-century French painting.
The Pont-Aven School and Synthetism
Gauguin’s paintings of Brittany are, in the end, more fantasies than accurate images of an authentic peasant culture.
Neo-Impressionist Color Theory
The Neo-Impressionists prided themselves on bringing scientific rigor to the hitherto largely intuitive Impressionist project.
Introduction to Neo-Impressionism, Part II
Although their subjects suggest carefree pleasure, there are undertones of social criticism in some Neo-Impressionist paintings.
Introduction to Neo-Impressionism, Part I
The Neo-Impressionist desire to conform art-making to universal laws of perception, color, and expression echoes throughout Modernism.
Why Is This Woman in the Jungle? Henri Rousseau’s The Dream
Artist Henri Rousseau painted The Dream in 1910, and its imagery of a woman lounging on a sofa in the jungle was as surreal then as it is today.
Vincent van Gogh, The Potato Eaters
What should a peasant painting smell like? Van Gogh has an opinion...
Gauguin, Self-Portrait with Portrait of Émile Bernard (Les misérables)
These self-portraits were swapped like friendship bracelets among Gauguin, Bernard, and their buddy Van Gogh.
Paul Cézanne, Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses)
The subject matter of this painting couldn’t be more traditional, but its formal characteristics make it modern.
Paul Gauguin, Vision after the Sermon (or Jacob Wrestling with the Angel)
Gauguin contemplates modern culture’s distance from spirituality in this vivid, evocative canvas.
