Glossary Term: Post-Impressionism
Post-Impressionism refers to an artistic style that followed Impressionism at the end of the 1800s. Most Post-Impressionist artists began as Impressionists, but then decided to try new ideas. Some, like Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, leaned toward a more spiritual and expressive approach. They wanted to add emotion and symbolic meaning to their art. Their works often contain bold, unrealistic colors and expressive brushstrokes.

It was the Post-Impressionists who bridged Impressionism's faithfulness to nature to the styles of the early 1900s-Fauvism, Cubism and abstract art.

Some major Post-Impressionists were Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.

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