Neo impressionism (art)

Neo-impressionism was art movements were the paint was no longer mixed but instead dots of paint were placed next to each other. The color mix takes place in the viewer eye at a suitable distance, and is called an ‘optical mixture’.

’A Sunday afternoon on

the island of la Grande Jatte’

The movement started by Georges Seurat in 1886. He studied writings on color theory by French chemists like Eugene Chevreul, Charles Henry, and American physicist Ogden Rood. Then he invented a technique which he named “separation of color”. The advantage of this technique was to give a greater vibrancy of color. Then Seurat made the greatest master piece which was named, ’A Sunday afternoon on the island of la Grande Jatte’. It was firstly seen on an exhibition in Paris.

In 1886, the beginning of post-impressionism takes place (symbolism and neo-impressionism currents). Pissarro forced Seurat and Signac to present their work and the painting of Seurat ’A Sunday afternoon on the island of la Grande Jatte’ was first exhibited at the last impressionist group Exhibition of 1886. Later Signac becomes the main propagandist of divisionism on Monet, Renior, Sisley and Caillebotte who would not go exhibited his work.

In 1886 it was seen like a change in French painting. It was the last year for the impressionists group only in their country, and they celebrated in New York by a great exhibition which was organized by a French art dealer Durand-Ruel.

Then Seurat had died at a very small age of 32. Signac had later renamed Divisionism as Pointillism but latterly a Divisionism defender named it ‘Neo-impressionism’.

Neo-impressionism completed spreading around Europe by different painters in Belgium, Holland, Germany, and Switzerland and later to Italy.

Post impressionism

The term post impressionism was intended by a man called Roger Fry. It was taken from a show’s name which was,’Manet and the post impressionists’.

In his show painters like Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, George Seurat and others takes place. Post impressionism is referred to the ideas of the past into the future.