Jews Mourning in a Synagogue
Oil on canvas
127 x 115 cm
London, 1906
Tate Gallery, London
Sir William Rothenstein
1872-1945
Post-Impressionism
An eclectic pre–World War I movement founded in response to Impressionism. Led by Cézanne and including Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Seurat, these mostly French artists retained Impressionism’s vivid color, thick layers of paint, and real-life subjects but emphasized geometric forms, sometimes distorted for expressive effect
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