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

In Cannon’s most powerful works, he brings Modernist styles — most notably Post-Impressionism and Fauvism — to bear on portraits of Native Americans.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2019

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

For years after Manhattan's huge Armory Show of Post-Impressionism in 1913 the "modern art" controversy remained, to the public at large, barbaric and obscure.

From Time Magazine Archive

Post-Impressionism, therefore, implies no violent break with the past.

From Art by Bell, Clive