Post-Impressionism

or post-im·pres·sion·ism

[ pohst-im-presh-uh-niz-uh m ]
/ ˌpoʊst ɪmˈprɛʃ əˌnɪz əm /

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

OTHER WORDS FROM Post-Impressionism

Post-Im·pres·sion·ist, adjective, noun Post-Im·pres·sion·is·tic, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for postimpressionism

postimpressionism
/ (ˌpəʊstɪmˈprɛʃəˌnɪzəm) /

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 forms of postimpressionism

postimpressionist, noun, adjective postimpressionistic, adjective