In the Post- Impressionism Movement, there were two categories of styles, form and personal expression. Form was displayed by Cezanne and Seurat and personal expression was displayed by Van Gogh and Gauguin. Above these things was the use of color which was ubiquitous in this movement. It was used to capture moments. Paul Cezanne does this in his multiple versions of Mont Sainte-Victoire. Each of the version is of a similar location however the differences lie in the time of day and lighting. This was similar throughout all of them as the South of France doesn’t change much. The brushstrokes create the impression of a flat image.
An example of personal expression was Van Gogh’s Night Cafe. He goes against typical norms of having reds in the foreground and greens in the background and switches them. The red walls and green floor work to flatten the work as well as the brushstrokes.
Another popular type of work was still lives. They held a lot of the same qualities as other types of works. The items’ shapes were simplified into geometric forms. Also, the colors and brushstrokes flattened the image.