Often thought of as a necessitous precursor to the plentiful art movements formed under the Modernist umbrella, Post-Impressionism had its start in the waning years of the 19th century. It was made famous by the unforgettable works of Paul Cézanne, Georges Seurat, Vincent van Gogh, and others, as they focused on extending the limitations of the movement’s predecessor, Impressionism, by investigating techniques that would allow them to gain a purer form of expression, while, in most cases, retaining Impressionism’s use of bright and fantastic colors displayed with short brushstrokes. Post-Impressionists, unlike many members of other art movements, mainly composed their artworks independently of others, thus, allowing them to experiment in varying directions, from intensified Impressionism, as characterized by van Gogh, to pointillism, as seen in Seurat’s most famous work Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884–86).
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| PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903) 'Tahitian Landscape', 1893 (oil on canvas) |
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| GEORGES SEURAT(1859-1891) Study: 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Île de la Grande Jatte',1884 (oil on canvas) |
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| VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890) 'Wheatfield with Crows', 1890 (oil on canvas) |
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| VINCENT VAN GOGH 'Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884-86) |
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| PAUL CÉZANNE (1839-1906) 'The Château at Médan', 1880 (oil on canvas) |
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