Post-Impressionism

Post-Impressionism is an art movement that developed in the late 19th century as a reaction against Impressionism's concern with the naturalistic depiction of light and colour. This movement instead emphasised more symbolic content, formal order, and structure. Post-Impressionists extended Impressionism while rejecting its limitations: they continued using vivid colours, often thick application of paint, and real-life subject matter, but were more inclined to emphasise geometric forms, distort form for expressive effect, and use unnatural or arbitrary colour.