Post-Impressionism

Summary

Post-Impressionism emerged in France in the late 1880s as a reaction against the Impressionists' concern for the naturalistic depiction of light and color. Post-Impressionist painters extended Impressionism while rejecting its limitations: they continued using vivid colors, often thick application of paint, and real-life subject matter, but were more inclined to emphasize geometric forms, distort form for expressive effect, and use unnatural or arbitrary color.