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-Impressionistic
  adjective
• Post-Impressionist
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Post-Impressionism

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

Example Sentences

Post-impressionism was over and gone; three long pictures by young Rogerson and one of Redwood's gallant bronzes faced the tall windows between the white marble fireplaces at either end.

From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)