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Post-Impressionism
Refers to a movement of Western art that existed from the late nineteenth century through the early twentieth century that responded in some way to the emphasis on visual sensation and the ephemeral in Impressionism. It is characterized by widely differing, highly personal artistic styles. Subjects include cityscapes, landscapes, biblical subjects, still-lives, and many others.
Basics to get you started

The painting of Paul Cézanne, an introduction

Neo-Impressionist Color Theory

The Pont-Aven School and Synthetism

Gauguin and Laval in Martinique

Looking east: how Japan inspired Monet, Van Gogh and other Western artists

The Science of Van Gogh’s Bedrooms

Japonisme

Primitivism and Modern Art

Becoming modern in 19th-century Europe, an introduction

Abstract art and Theosophy
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Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, June 1889 (Saint Rémy), oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.1 cm (The Museum of Modern Art)