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The Post-Impressionists encouraged an art that was not just a realistic representation of the external world, but a formal language, a mechanism for the expression of inner states, moods, and emotions. Through their unique vision of color, emotion, and form, Post-Impressionists inspired a host of movements in modern art.
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Artist:Georges Seurat Title: Bathers at Asnieres Date: 1884 Media:oil on canvas Dimensions: 201.2x298.7cm Repository: National Gallery, London. As a genre painting, it portrays a scene of leisure and depicts individuals gathered by the water’s edge. Artwork Source Citation: https://www.artchive.com/artwork/bathers-at-asnieres-georges-seurat-1884/ -
Vincent Van Gogh, The Potato Eaters, 1885, oil on canvas, 82x114cm, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.It portrays a group of peasants sitting around a dimly lit table, eating a modest meal of potatoes. Artwork Source citation: https://www.wga.hu/html_m/g/gogh_van/03/nuenen37.html -
Vincent Van Gogh, The Courtesan, 1887, oil on canvas, 105.4x60.3cm, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. It portrays a group of peasants sitting around a dimly lit table, eating a modest meal of potatoes. Artwork Source citation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonaiserie_(Van_Gogh) -
Georges Seurat, Young Woman Powdering Herself, 1888, oil on wood,44.8x36.2x7.6cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. The framed object in the upper left corner of the painting—which currently shows a vase of flowers—originally contained a self-portrait of Seurat at his easel.
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Primitivism (1890-1945) was a Eurocentric art movement where white artists drew inspiration from African, Oceanic, and Native American art. They used simpler forms to critique European techniques and connect with an idealized pre-industrial past, but the movement involved cultural appropriation and exploitation.