Visual opulence, creativity, an inimitable vision and a highly influential style are the many characteristics of an admired movement in the history of art, that of art. Post-Impressionism movement (1875-1892). This movement, which was a byproduct of the Impressionism movement, forms the bridge between the two movements known as Realism and Expressionism. Post-Impressionism takes up some of the stylistic characteristics of these movements; however, it does not contain the overly bright visuals of realism nor the heavily fantastical visuals of expressionism, rather it mediates these two poles. My article will explain why this connection was absolutely essential to the history of art movements, and I will specifically use the works of Vincent van Gogh as an example to illustrate why this movement was such an illustrious and creative part of art history ; With that in mind, let's start at the beginning and go from there. Post-Impressionism began after the group of artists who used a style known as Impressionism split. This was a collective group who painted pictures as they saw them; thus the term impressionism has been used by many art critics to describe the key stylistic vision of this group. The Impressionists saw their paintings as a play of light, color and shadow on forms; thus manifesting their vision of fleeting moments of life without the brilliance of realism or naturalism. However, during the era of Post-Impressionism or “Neo-Impressionism”; as the famous art critic Roger Fry mentioned, artists gradually disappeared and were replaced by a more heterogeneous group of artists. Seurat, Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Signac and other artists of this movement began...... middle of paper......--- However, no one has given us such moving and varied, terrifying. greatness that gave us a picture of the mind of a lonely, tortured artist, who gave so much to the world and yet suffered in the process. Art is truly the window to our souls and through the fusion of Post-Impressionism and the writing of van Gogh, we have the most influential movement in art history. Works Cited Galenson, David W. and Weinberg, Bruce A. “Creating Modern Art: The Changing Careers of Painters in France from Impressionism to Cubism.” The American Economic Review, Vol. 91, no. 4 (September 2001), pp. 1063-1071 Rewald, John. Post-Impressionism: from van Gogh to Gauguin. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1978. Print. Walther, Ingo F. and Metzger, Rainer. “Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Paintings, Volume 2”. Germany: Neue Stalling, Oldenburg, 1990. Print.