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post-imˈpressionism
Freq. with capital initials.
[post- B. 1 c.]
The theory or practice of the post-impressionist school in art; spec. a style of painting favoured in the early years of the twentieth century in which the artist sought to reveal the structural form of his subject without strict fidelity to its natural appearance; a movement or group of aims in art which constitutes a development away from impressionism.
1910C. Holmes Notes on Post-Impressionist Painters 11 The tradition of Post-Impressionism,..if any principles so youthful can be called a tradition, is the expression of personal vision. 1910Connoisseur Dec. 315/2 The committee..wisely diluted the post-impressionism of the pictures in the entrance room by the inclusion of a dozen or more examples by Manet. 1932John o' London's Weekly 30 Jan. 678/3 ‘Harbour of Gravelines’ shows him [sc. Seurat] trying..to impose upon impressionism its missing sense of form. But that triumph goes to the two masters of post-impressionism, to Cezanne [sic] and Gauguin. 1948R. O. Dunlop Understanding Pictures iii. 20 This painter's name was, of course, Paul Cézanne, the unconscious founder of Post-Impressionism. 1957Observer 3 Nov. 14/3 The deficiencies of Impressionism..were clear to many in the 1880s, and the term Post-Impressionism covers the often very different reactions of artists. 1972S. Hynes Edwardian Occasions 10 Bloomsbury..supported Roger Fry's efforts to publicize Post-Impressionism. 1978Antiques & Art Monitor 28 Oct. 11/3 A major exhibition entitled ‘Post-Impressionism and Europe’ is scheduled for the Royal Academy, London, next year. |