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 | According to literature, 
the stylistic innovation in painting known as Post- Impressionism  began  in  the  1880’s.  Unlike  the Impressionism, the Post-Impressionism did not concentrate on the play of 
light over objects,  people, and  nature,  breaking  up  
seemingly solid surfaces, stressing vivid 
contrast between  colors  in  sunlight and 
shade, and depiction reflected light inall of  its  possibilities. Instead,  the  
new  style wanted to depict what they saw 
in nature by  pursuing  a  more  personal  
and  spiritual  expression.  The 
Post-Impressionists  did  not  want to 
observe the world from indoors. Like 
earlier Impressionists, they  abandoned  the 
studio,  painting  in  the  
open  air and recording  spontaneous   
impressions  of  their  subjects  
instead  of  making outside  sketches   and  
then  moving  indoors  to  
complete  the  work  form memory. 
 
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 | Post-Impressionism was a 
movement in France that not only represented an  extension of.Impressionism,  but also 
a  rejection of that style’s inherent limitations.  Of  all  the  
painters  in  the  Post-Impressionism, 
Paul Cézanne, Georges Seurat, Paul Gauguin,  Vincent van 
Gogh,  and  Henri  de  
Toulouse-Lautrec are the most famous ones. 
 
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 | The Post-Impressionists 
often presented their workstogether,  but, unlike the 
Impressionists,who began  as a close-knit, 
convivial group, they painted mainly alone.  Cézanne  painted  
in.solation in southern 
France; his solitude  was  matched  by  that  
of  Paul  Gauguin,  who in 1891.took up residence in Tahiti, and  of  van  
Gogh, who  painted  in  the  
countryside  at Arles. Both Gauguin and  van  Gogh rejected the 
indifferent objectivity of Impressionism in 
favour  of  amore   personal,   
spiritual   expression.  In 1 886,  
Gauguin renounced “the  abominable  
error  of  naturalism.” Also,  Gauguin 
sought a simpler truth and purer aesthetic in art;turning 
away from the sophisticated, urban  art   world   
of  Paris,  he  instead   
looked   for   
inspiration   in  rural communities  with  more  
traditional  values.  The  Dutch  
painter  van Gogh quickly  adapted Impressionist  techniques  and color to 
express his acutely felt 
emotions after his arrival inParis. But later, he conveyed his 
emotionally charged and ecstatic responses to the natural and 
scape bytransforming the contrasting  short  brush strokes of 
Impressionism into curving,vibrant lines of 
color, exaggerated even beyond Impressionist 
brilliance. 
 
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|  | The Post-Impressionism  
not  only  led  away from a naturalistic 
approach but also developed the two major movements 
of early 20th-century:Cubism and 
Fauvism. Therefore, the works of the Post-Impressionists 
could be called as  a  basis  for  several  contemporary  trends  and  
for  early  20th-century modernism. | 
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