postimpressionist

Variant of postimpressionism

postimpressionism definition

post·impres·sion·ism (pōst′im pres̸h′ən iz′əm)

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

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