Post-Impressionism

American  

[pohst-im-presh-uh-niz-uhm] / ˌpoʊst ɪmˈprɛʃ əˌnɪz əm /

Or post-impressionism

noun

1. a varied development of Impressionism by a group of painters chiefly between 1880 and 1900 stressing formal structure, as with Cézanne and Seurat, or the expressive possibilities of form and color, as with Van Gogh and Gauguin.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Post-Impressionist
  adjective
• Post-Impressionistic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Post-Impressionism

1905–10; post- + Impressionism ( def. )

Example Sentences

Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Expressionism gestate in his art.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2018

It’s difficult enough to suss out the distinction between Post-Impressionism and Symbolism.

From Slate • Sep. 1, 2015

In 1912 Kuhn traveled through Europe, securing loans from artists and dealers to represent Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and the newer strains of art like Fauvism and Cubism.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2013

Bernard's role was never fully appreciated until Art Historian John Rewald told the story last autumn in his authoritative Post-Impressionism: From Van Gogh to Gauguin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such people are numbered among the bitterest opponents of Post-Impressionism, and indeed it is difficult to see how they could be otherwise.

From Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Sadleir, Michael