> How did society feel about the post-impressionists during their day (late 1800s)?

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They loved their artworks, and lined up by the hundreds to buy Van Gogh's

paintings.

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They scorned and rejected the post-impressionists' new vision and purpose.

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artists need to create a realistic interpretation so that people in general can relate to the artwork. for a common people, an artist's impression gets increased only if he can create something which would look realistic. an abstract is difficult for a common people to understand whereas if a person can draw a girl with simple pencil sketch and if that looks like a real figure then the latter will be praised more than the former.