Post-Impressionism was the label given to a group of mostly French painters who built on Impressionism but moved beyond its focus on natural light, favouring structure, symbolic content or personal emotion. The British critic Roger Fry coined the term for an exhibition in London in 1910. Its leading figures included Paul Cezanne, whose geometric approach influenced Cubism, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Georges Seurat, whose dots of colour defined Pointillism. The dates shown run from the last Impressionist group exhibition to the rise of the Fauves in the early twentieth century. The movement was an essential bridge between nineteenth-century painting and modern art.
Before and after
- 21 November 1885Founding of Southampton F.C.
- 25 November 1885Establishment of Banff National Park
- 28 November 1885Serbo-Bulgarian War
- 1886Identification of Hirschsprung's disease
- from 1886 to 1905Rise of Post-impressionism
- 1886Discovery of dysprosium
- 1886Publication of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
- 1886Founding of Addis Ababa
- 1886Discovery of germanium
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1792Publication of La Marseillaise
- 5 May 1821Founding of The Guardian
- 7 May 1824Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premieres
- 7 April 1837Publication of The Little Mermaid
- c. 1860sImpressionism
- 19 March 1882Construction of Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family
The era
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