Post-Impressionism
or post-im·pres·sion·ism
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
1Other words from Post-Impressionism
- Post-Im·pres·sion·ist, adjective, noun
- Post-Im·pres·sion·is·tic, adjective
Words Nearby Post-Impressionism
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How to use Post-Impressionism in a sentence
Surely here is the home of Post Impressionism and of Futurism.
The Luck of Thirteen | Jan GordonIbsen and eugenics and post impressionism have never darkened the door of his consciousness.
Just Around the Corner | Fannie HurstLike all sound revolutions, Post-Impressionism is nothing more than a return to first principles.
Art | Clive BellPost-Impressionism is nothing but the reassertion of the first commandment of art—Thou shalt create form.
Art | Clive BellPost-Impressionism can no more make good artists than good laws can make good men.
Art | Clive Bell
British Dictionary definitions for postimpressionism
/ (ˌpəʊstɪmˈprɛʃəˌnɪzəm) /
a movement in painting in France at the end of the 19th century, begun by Cézanne and exemplified by Gauguin, Van Gogh, and Matisse, which rejected the naturalism and momentary effects of impressionism but adapted its use of pure colour to paint subjects with greater subjective emotion
Derived forms of postimpressionism
- postimpressionist, noun, adjective
- postimpressionistic, adjective
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