Post-Impressionism

or post-im·pres·sion·ism

[pohst-im-presh-uh-niz-uh m]

noun

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.

Origin of Post-Impressionism

1905–10; post- + Impressionism

Related formsPost-Im·pres·sion·ist, adjective, nounPost-Im·pres·sion·is·tic, adjective

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The survey will give me occasion for stating some of the things that Post-Impressionism is and some that it is not.
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Clive Bell
Post-Impressionism, therefore, implies no violent break with the past.
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Clive Bell
Post-Impressionism is accused of being a negative and destructive creed.
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Clive Bell
Like all sound revolutions, Post-Impressionism is nothing more than a return to first principles.
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Clive Bell
Post-Impressionism is nothing but the reassertion of the first commandment of art—Thou shalt create form.
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Clive Bell

Word Origin and History for post-impressionism

n.

1910, from post- + impressionism.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper