Art critics first used the term \"post-impressionistic\" in 1911 to loosely describe the work of a few artists whose paintings reflect Impressionistic principles but were created after the movement had lost favor in the late seventeenth century (around 1885). Significant artists whose works have bee...

Post Impressionism, as the name would suggest, is the art movement that directly followed Impressionism. One artist who led the Post Impressionism movement was the French artist, Paul Cézanne. Much of his early work was pure Impressionism and, although he was introduced to the style and guided by C...

Camille Pissarro\'s painting style changed from one period of his career to another. Throughout his career, his approach to his art stayed the same. He did his artwork in a way that not only reflected what he saw but also who he was. Pissarro thought of light as \"inseparable\" from an object. With ...

Many famous artists have attempted to capture the human spirit and essence of movement, but few have achieved the beautiful embodiment of it as Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas has. Dancers become immortalized and horses take on elegant qualities through Degas\'s deft, swift, Impressionist brush strokes...

Edgar Degas: Capturing the Human Spirit Many famous artists have attempted to capture the human spirit and essence of movement, but few have achieved the beautiful embodiment of it like Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas has. Dancers become immortalized and horses take on elegant qualities through Dega...

Candy Elliott-RiesArt 101 ETMr. Tim HahnFinal PaperPaul CezanneCezanne was born at Aix-en-Provence in the south of France on January 19, 1839. Cezanne developed artistic interests at an early age. His father was a common laborer then became a hatter and, eventually, a successful wealthy banker. H...