Post-Impressionism

Join us for a glass of wine and a lecture about the art and spirit of the era just before World War I — a journey into Post-Impressionism and its leading figures: Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Henri Matisse.

We’ll explore:

Why did Vincent van Gogh distort reality in his paintings?

What did Paul Gauguin find in Tahiti?

How did Georges Seurat use optical theory in his art?

Why did European artists begin to imitate “primitive” art?

How did Paul Cézanne “discover” that we see the world with two eyes?

Why were Matisse, Derain, and Vlaminck called “wild beasts”?

What did the world feel like on the eve of the First World War?

The lecture will be given by Vadim Nasledov, PhD in History, educator and public speaker.