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Neo vs Post Impressionism
Artistic terms are often used rather subjectively and loosely, and so there is sometimes some overlap in how these terms are used. Still, they are not the same. ‘Neo-Impressionism’ is a term invented by the critic Félix Fénéon in the 1890s to refer to the work of Georges Seurat, Paul Signac and others who used the new technique of ‘Pointillism’ or ‘Divisionism’ whereby colours were not mixed on the palette (resulting in a rather duller and less vibrant hue) but were instead applied as dots of pure colour which were ‘mixed’ in the viewer’s eye. It was a fairly short-lived movement, like its progenitor, Seurat, who died at the age of 31, and its masterpiece is his famous painting ‘A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte’: But for a short time he influenced not only Paul Signac, but also Camille Pissarro (and his son Lucien), and others including Henri-Edmond Cross, Charles Angrand, Maximilien Luce, Albert Dubois-Pillet and Hippolyte Petitjean. It also influenced Van Gogh and Matisse, though they were never part of the movement. ‘Post-Impressionism’ is the name given to a large number of painters who followed on from the Impressionists, especially Cezanne, Gauguin and Van Gogh, who didn’t necessarily have all that much in common. It is a convenient, but rather vague term, which was invented (or at least popularised) by Roger Fry in the 1910s. However - and this is where it gets a bit muddy - the term ’Post-Impressionism’ is often used to include Seurat and the other Pointillists, so one could say that ‘Neo-Impressionism’ is actually one of the many varieties of ‘Post-Impressionism’. https://www.quora.com/ |