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Post-Im•pres•sion•ism
(pōst′im presh′ə niz′əm),USA pronunciation n.
Post′-Im•pres′sion•ist, adj., n.
Post′-Im•pres′sion•is′tic, adj.
- Fine Arta varied development of Impressionism by a group of painters chiefly between 1880 and 1900 stressing formal structure, as with Cézanne and Seurat, or the expressive possibilities of form and color, as with Van Gogh and Gauguin.
- post- + Impressionism 1905–10
Post′-Im•pres′sion•is′tic, adj.