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The Post-Impressionists (see Chapter 20) didn’t have one guiding vision like the Impressionists. In fact, each Post-Impressionist did his own thing:

 Van Gogh pursued a universal life force behind all things.

 Gauguin tracked primitive emotions and the “noble savage” all the way to Tahiti.

 Cézanne painted the geometrical building blocks of nature.

 Ensor unmasked society by giving everyone a mask!

So what did Post-Impressionists have in common? Most of them started as Impressionists but broke away to launch new styles that retained some aspects of Impressionism and rejected others.