postimpressionism

noun

postimpressionism

noun

Etymology From post- + impressionism. Coined by English artist and art critic Roger Fry to describe the (mostly French) art presented in an exhibition at the London Grafton Galleries in 1910.

Art, Arts A genre of painting that rejected the naturalism of impressionism, using colour and form in more expressive manners.

Derived terms: postimpressionist
Related terms: neoimpressionism

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