POST-IMPRESSIONISM Post-Impressionism followed closely on after Impressionism, both of which surfaced in the late 19Century and early 20Century. Post-Impressionism rejected what it thought was limiting in Impressionism. The bright colours, thick paint, active brushstrokes matched the forerunner, however Post-Impressionist forms were more geometric, and more distorted. The colours were not used with the same care, and with far less spontaneity Pointillism, the use of tiny dots of color to make up a colour was an example of the Post-Impressionist artists working in different regions and forming their own styles' Post-Impressionism had more structure than Impressioniam. Basic shapes were used, although the vivid colours of Impressionism remained, e.g.the bright, swirling strokes of Vincent Van Gogh, which gave an idea of his feelings. In the works of Paul Cezanne the perspective is confused. The depth is limited and some of his still lifes seem out of balance. However, his still lifes are not static as there is a feeling of tension in their look of instability. Post-Impressionist, Gauguin, painted flat, filling his canvas with bold shapes, leaving patches of the canvas showing. The modern artist's aim was to make the world fit the art, art was a separate entity. [Not for publication:]'Impressionism', 'Gogh', 'still lifes' do not become 'still lives' in the plural. |
