Post-Impressionist Task Sheet

The post impressionists were most active between the years of 1886 and 1905.

Some Post-impressionist artists were;

Vincent van Gogh

Paul Gauguin

Paul Cezanne

Georges Seurat

Henri Matisse

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec

The main characteristics of post impressionist’s artwork were vibrant colours, the paint on the canvas is thick, exaggerated shapes, real life subjects.

Some of the themes that the Post Impressionists painted were urban life, landscapes and exotic landscapes along with religious motifs and self-portraits.

The Portrait of Doctor Gachet is one of Van Gogh's most famous paintings, it was sold within three minutes for $82 million.

agawa Hiroshige, Sudden Evening Shower on the Great Bridge near Atake,.

In 1854 japan re opened trade routes with the west, this had an impact on art and artists working at the time because in japan they wouldn’t have really seen people from the west and they were much different to how the people in japan looked. For example westerners had more facial hair such as beards etc. so artists in japan had taken note of this and used it in their artwork as this was much different to them. Japanese art works would include fans, porcelains,bronzes,woodcuts and screens were shipped to Europe but mainly France and the Netherlands.

The Japanese had also done art of the ships the Dutch came on.

Each over the ships had taken different directions to get to japan from France and other countries.to get to japan it would take them around 6-7 months to reach the country.

Van Gogh, Bridge in the Rain (After Utagawa Hiroshige), 1887. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam