Neo-Impressionism in Our Times: A School of Fish Meets Dawn

 Neo-Impressionism in Our Times

A School of Fish Meets Dawn 

Painting and Verses by Dr Abe V Rotor

"For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations."- Paul Cezanne

"It took some time before the public learned that to appreciate an Impressionist painting one has to step back a few yards, and enjoy the miracle of seeing these puzzling patches suddenly fall into one place and come to life before our eyes." - Ernst Gombrich

Evolution of art from Lascaux **

to avant-garde  of today,

across cultures and continents,

ages, epochs, if I may say. 

Charcoal, acrylic to electronics,

and through the lens seen;

ephemeral like seasons passings,

lost to AI and machine.

And I, in my sunset years yearn

 for the schools of old anew;

like my fish stirring to the dawn;

 for art is a passing review. 

Camouflaged in red

for offence and defence;

 survival of the fittest

tells the fate of the rest.

 

"Impressionism means taking inspiration directly from nature, trusting your senses rather than what you think you know."- Michael McClure

Dali, Van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso -

trailblazers in the art world;

opened a horizon wide and wild,

however distorted and crude.

 

Micro-plastic-smoke-fog - plasmog,

acid rain and pollution blur my vision;

I grope for a new art, and school,

reborn from some old impression.

 

Neo-impressionism in our times,

its roots from a brief experience

persist on our busy lane and time; 

with some respect and reverence. 

"It isn't an easy job to paint oneself - at any rate if it is to be different from a photograph. And you see - this, in my opinion, is the advantage that impressionism possesses over all the other things; it is not banal, and one seeks after a deeper resemblance than the photograph.
Vincent Van Gogh
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* Neo-Impressionism (approx. 1886–1906) was a French avant-garde art movement led by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac that rejected the spontaneous, empirical approach of Impressionism. It utilized scientific, systematic methods—specifically Divisionism (separated, contrasting colors) and Pointillism (tiny dots)—to achieve maximum luminosity and vibrant, structured, and often socially-engaged compositions. AI Overview

** Lascaux is a world-renowned Paleolithic cave complex in southwestern France (Dordogne) containing17,000–20,000-year-old, exceptionally preserved prehistoric paintings and engravings, known as the "Sistine Chapel of Prehistory,"