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
postimpressionist (ˌpostimˈpressionist)
noun, adjective
postimpressionistic (ˌpostimˌpressionˈistic)
adjective
postimpressionism in American English
(ˌpoʊstɪmˈprɛʃənˌɪzəm)
noun
the theory, practice, or methods of a group of late 19th-cent. painters, including Cézanne, Van Gogh, and Gauguin, who revolted against the objectivity and scientific naturalism of impressionism and placed emphasis upon the subjective viewpoint of the artist or the formal structure and style of the painting