Vincent’s growing acclaim was not happening in a vacuum. He was part of a movement. Still, he stood out. One reason he became the face of Postimpressionism was because his work most acutely displayed the characteristics of that era—thick paint application, vibrant colors, geometric compositions, and distorted details. He employed them all. And as it happens with any artist on the leading edge of a new era, many embraced his work as exciting and refreshing, but others rejected it as being inferior work born of youthful swagger with no respect for the discipline of the craft.
