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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British Dictionary definitions for postimpressionism

postimpressionism

noun

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 Formspostimpressionist, noun, adjectivepostimpressionistic, adjective

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Word Origin and History for postimpressionism

post-impressionism

1910, from post- + impressionism.