post-impressionism: 1886-1914

intro

it officially started at the last impressionist exhibition with seurat's "dimanche d'été à la grande jatte".

characteristics

• they show more than what can be perceived
• reconstruction & abstraction of reality
• perspective is often thrown out of the window
• experimenting with basically everything

artists & their work

seurat

short biography

he made only a few, very large works on which he each worked a year or longer. science and stuff

my humble opinion

not much of a fan. i mean, cool science and all that, but thats what this is: science. most of his paintings feel so stiff, its really really not my thing.

his works

les baigneurs
no idea if that's the correct translation of the title... this painting shows working class people swimming and relaxing by the water.

dimanche d'été à la grande jatte
rich(er) people. lots of imagery here - the lady with the monkey is a sex worker, as "female monkey" in french that was a "nickname" (aka slur probably) for sex workers.

la parade
theres a literal split between regular and rich people here, look at the hats!

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van gogh

short biography

tba

my humble opinion

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his works

self portraits
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de slaapkamer
not even gonna bother to translate the title rn i'm so tired mlfsjq

de aardappeleters
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sterrennacht & sterrennacht boven de rhône
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schoenen
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portret van augustine roulin (la berceuse)
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