Story of Art Lecture Series | Post-Impressionism: On the Path to Modern Art

As we continue our journey through The Story of Art, Bassam Freiha Art Foundation is pleased to invite you to the next lecture in our monthly series, led by Dr. Michaela Watrelot, Curator and Director of Exhibitions at BFAF.

This month’s lecture, titled On the Path to Modern Art: Post-Impressionism, explores the pivotal moment when artists began moving beyond Impressionism and toward new forms of expression that would define the twentieth century.

While Impressionism focused on capturing fleeting effects of light and atmosphere, Post-Impressionist artists sought deeper structure, symbolism, and emotional intensity. Through the works of Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and Georges Seurat, the lecture will examine how colour, form, and composition were reimagined. These artists did not form a unified movement, yet each played a decisive role in laying the foundations for modern art.

Together, we will explore how their radical experiments with perspective, brushwork, and colour transformed painting and opened the way for movements such as Cubism and Expressionism.