Ritchie began collecting French impressionist and post-impressionist paintings in the 1940s.

Cloisonnism is a style of post-Impressionist painting with bold and flat forms separated by dark contours.

The gift includes his entire collection of more than 50 Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings.

After him, the faces concealed in backgrounds of Post-Impressionist painting moved into the foreground of modern art.

Impressionist and post-Impressionist paintings stimulated Wynn's initial interest in the visual arts.

He gravitated toward more conventional works, particularly Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings.

On the walls hung reproductions of post-impressionist paintings, chosen, Alleyn felt sure, by Hilary.

For nearly 50 years the museum has maintained total silence about scores of French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings.

Originally accompanying illustrations by Vanessa Bell, its visual organisation has been described as analogous to a post-impressionist painting.

Paul Mellon had previously left the museum more than 900 works, including many Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings.