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postimpressionistic
Variant of postimpressionism
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
Related Forms:
- postimpressionist adjective, noun
- postimpressionistic adjective
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