impressionism and post-impressionism

Compare to conventional paintings, common qualities of impressionism artworks use small, point, short strokes. Its composition often have infinite background, and emphasis on the changes of lights over different periods of time. Impressionism painting introduced with more ordinary subjects in human’s day to day lives. Thus, the lights, the relationship between lights and colors, especially the impression implants in people’s mind with this relationship has become a crucial element of impressionism painting. 

 This is a modern impressionism palette knife oil painting. Artiest unknow. Evidently, it inherits certain important qualities of impressionism and design elements. It’s outdoor painting. Colors are darker near us, then lights up further away. On top of that, the size of these subjects, trees, for example, creates a depth and infinite feeling in this image.   The symmetric balance in this painting helps us easily locate the focal point; color changes gradually, but not vigorous or sudden. It creates a mood of calm and relaxing.

Post-impressionism evolved from impressionism. Late 1880s, artist were not content with the pursuit of light nor changes of color, instead, they believe arts should be created more subjectively, or at the very least, subjectively create from objective point of view. At this period of time, artists’ emotions and personal experience became the important elements of a painting. 

This is “the Waiting for The Spring”, 2010, from Sergey Lgnatenko. The presentation of wrinkled sheet does not have to make logical sense in various lights, but changes of color and lines creates a feeling of complication. As it of the girl’s mind, stewed in the irritation of waiting. The use of color is very limited. Plain and flatten, leads viewers to a solitary state of mind. We can almost feel an anxiety, an unstable touch growing underneath that white, grey cloth. And how much longer will it take?