Post-Impressionism

                                   

Starry Night

Vincent Van Gogh

1889

Purpose: To gain a basic understanding about the Post-Impressionism Art Movement and to identify Artists who work(ed) in this style.

Post-Impressionism was not a formal movement or style. Post-Impressionists were artists who rebelled against the strictness of Impressionism. These artists developed Post Impressionism into a range of personal styles that showed emotion, structure, symbols, and spiritual elements that they felt weren’t shown in Impressionism. Post-Impressionism started to develop in the late 19th century to early 20th century. Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and Georges Seurat were artists who were Impressionists that pushed the creative boundaries of the style and created Post-Impressionism.

From doing this assignment, I learned a little bit about Van Gogh's style and how he painted. Doing this copy drawing showed me a whole new way to draw and to add color to an image. Also, this was the first time using cray-pas, so this drawing was a whole new experience as I learned how to draw in a different style using a different medium, which I didn't end up liking.

"Post Impressionism - The Roots of Modern Art." Post Impressionism. Www.artyfactory.com, n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2014.