It was Clive Bell’s aesthetics which underpinned Roger Fry’s promotion of the Post-Impressionists. Here is what he wrote.
Post-impressionism
This startlingly realistic depiction of idle moments by the side of an alpine stream is composed of bravura brush strokes, dabs and daubs of bright colour. But it is a carefully contrived illusion, in every respect.
This serene and startingly colourful nocturne took painting from the heights of Impressionism towards several radical movements of the twentieth century.
A simply golden landscape at sunset, by the central figure in Impressionism and father of Post-Impressionism.
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