Difference between impressionism and post impressionism

Impressionism was a style of painting which emphasized color and depicted realistic scenes of ordinary subjects while postimpressionism was a style of painting which was derived from impressionism. 2. Impressionist paintings were done outdoors while postimpressionist paintings were done in a studio.

Post–Impressionism is a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905, which was from the last Impressionist exhibition up to the birth of Fauvism. The movement emerged as a reaction against Impressionism and its concern for the naturalistic depiction of light and color.

Critics grouped the various styles within Post–Impressionism into two general, opposing stylistic trends – on one side was the structured, or geometric style that was the precursor to Cubism, while on the other side was the expressive, or non-geometric art that led to Abstract Expressionism.

How do the shapes or forms of Post–Impressionism differ from those of Impressionism? Post–Impressionism returned to stronger contours and solid shapes. Post–Impressionism was more inclined to emphasize geometric shapes than Impressionism. Forms and shapes of Impressionism were softer, less solid, and more organic.