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POSTIMPRESSIONIST STYLE

In the revolutionary wake of Impressionism, artists like Vincent van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Paul Cézanne and Paul Gauguin advanced the style further while firmly rejecting its limitations. Although the artists now associated with Postimpressionist art did not work as part of a group, they collectively employed an approach to expressing moments in time that was even more abstract than that of the Impressionists, and they shared an interest in moving away from naturalistic depictions to more subjective uses of vivid colors and light in their paintings.

The eighth and final Impressionist exhibition was held in Paris in 1886, and Postimpressionism — also spelled Post-Impressionism — is usually dated between then and 1905. The term “Postimpressionism” was coined by British curator and art critic Roger Fry in 1910 at the “Manet and the Postimpressionists” exhibition in London that connected their practices to the pioneering modernist art of Édouard Manet. Many Postimpressionist artists — most of whom lived in France — utilized thickly applied, vibrant pigments that emphasized the brushstrokes on the canvas.

The Postimpressionist movement’s iconic works of art include van Gogh’s The Starry Night (1889) and Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (1884). Seurat’s approach reflected the experimental spirit of Postimpressionism, as he used Pointillist dots of color that were mixed by the eye of the viewer rather than the hand of the artist. Van Gogh, meanwhile, often based his paintings on observation, yet instilled them with an emotional and personal perspective in which colors and forms did not mirror reality. Alongside Mary Cassatt, Cézanne, Henri Matisse and Gauguin, the Dutch painter was a pupil of Camille Pissarro, the groundbreaking Impressionist artist who boldly organized the first independent painting exhibitions in late-19th-century Paris.

The boundary-expanding work of the Postimpressionist painters, which focused on real-life subject matter and featured a prioritization of geometric forms, would inspire the Nabis, German Expressionism, Cubism and other modern art movements to continue to explore abstraction and challenge expectations for art.

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Style: Post-Impressionist
Artist: Maria Bertan
"High Plains Lavender" Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting of Provence
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
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"Arenas Cherry Blossoms" Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting of Spain
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
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2010s Post-Impressionist Paintings

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"Lavender Below Provence Farm" Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Lavender Below Provence Farm" is an exceptional large vertical oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran, this Contemporary Impressionist la...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

"Les Vieux Hay Rolls" Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting by Maria Bertran
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Les Vieux Hay Rolls" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran, this Contemporary Impressionist street scene captures a timeless scene in the South of F...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

"Under The Summer Sky, Provence" Impressionist Oil Painting by Maria Bertran
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
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"Path To L'yves " Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting of Vineyard, Provence
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
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2010s Post-Impressionist Paintings

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Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting Of Provencal Village by Maria Bertran
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Le Petit Clements" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran, this Contemporary Impressionist street scene captures a timeless scene in the South of Fra...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Paintings

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"Casa Quinto" Impressionist Oil Painting Of Provencal Village by Maria Bertran
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Casa Quinto" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran, this Contemporary Impressionist street scene captures a timeless scene in the South of France. ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Paintings

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"Sault Hay Rolls" Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting by Maria Bertran
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Sault Hay Rolls" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran, this large vertical Contemporary Impressionist street scene captures a timeless scene in the...
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