POST-IMPRESSIONISM


Meaning of POST-IMPRESSIONISM in English

— Post-Impressionist , adj. , n. — Post-Impressionistic , adj.

/pohst'im presh"euh niz'euhm/ , n.

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.

Also, post-impressionism .

[ 1905-10; POST- + IMPRESSIONISM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .