In the late 1800s, scientists turned an analytical eye to color, focusing on optics and human perception. These investigations fascinated a new group of artists called Neo-Impressionists, who emerged in the 1880s. This group applied scientific principles of color theory to painting, stressing structure and precision over the Impressionists’ emphasis on spontaneity and blended colors. By the 1880s and 1890s, pollution and overcrowding led many artists to flee the densely packed cities for remote rural locations or distant colonial outposts. They yearned for locales that were less urban, where the natural light was brighter and more dramatic. Some artists sought to depict a spiritual inner life, where the mystical, philosophical, and artistic came together to create a world that was more symbolic than realistic. Emotion was stressed over fact. Within the Nelson-Atkins collection are paintings and works on paper by Émile Bernard, Pierre Bonnard, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Odilon Redon, Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Vincent van Gogh.
Post-Impressionism, 1886–1900s
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Émile Bernard, The Artist's Grandmother, 1887
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Pierre Bonnard, Still Life with Guelder Roses, 1892; reworked 1929
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Pierre Bonnard, The White Cupboard, 1931–1932
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Paul Cezanne, Man with a Pipe, 1890–1892
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Paul Cezanne, Quarry at Bibémus, 1895–1900
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Paul Cezanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Les Lauves, 1904–1905
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Paul Gauguin, Autumn in Brittany (The Willow Tree), 1889
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Paul Gauguin, Faaturuma (Melancholic), 1891
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Paul Gauguin, Landscape in Le Pouldu, 1894
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Odilon Redon, The Green Vase, ca. 1900
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Manner of Odilon Redon, Vase of Flowers, after 1928
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Georges Seurat, Study for “Bathers at Asnières,” 1883
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Georges Seurat, Study for "The Channel of Gravelines, Petit Fort Philippe,” 1890
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Paul Signac, The Château Gaillard, View from My Window, Petit-Andely, 1886
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Paul Signac, Portrieux, The Bathing Cabins, Opus 185 (Beach of the Countess), 1888
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jane Avril Looking at a Proof, 1893
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Vincent van Gogh, Head of a Man, mid- to late March 1885
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Vincent van Gogh, Restaurant Rispal at Asnières, 1887
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Vincent van Gogh, Olive Trees, June/September 1889
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Edouard Vuillard, Woman in a Red Dress, or J. R. against a Window, 1899–1900
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Edouard Vuillard, The Large Fisherwoman at Low Tide, 1909
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