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(1848 - 1903) French, Post-ImpressionistVision after the Sermon; Jacob Wrestling with the Angel c. 1888
one of the greatest paintings of all time
I shut my eyes in order to see. -- Paul Gauguin Quote
Key Descriptive Words and Phrases associated with the Post-Impressionism movement - Roger Fry, 1910, France, Ambroise Vollard, geometric forms, Paris, arbitrary colour, esoteric, Synthetist style, landscapes, Parisian cafe Culture, 19th-century, Paris, soleil levant, open composition, impasto, vibrant, effets de soir, natural light, en plein air, Académie des Beaux-Arts, boating, leisure activities, Landscapes, modernization, synthetic pigments, industrialization, Independent Collective, avant-garde, Primitivism, Symbolist, France, French painters, The Académie Suisse, controversial ideas about painting, physics of colour, broader strokes, fleeting impression of colour and light, bright, vibrant, flowers, figures, modern art
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Refrences - The French Impressionists (1860-1900), by Camille Mauclair