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postimpressionism
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See also: post-impressionism
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Etymology
From post- + impressionism. Coined by English artist and art critic Roger Fry to describe the (mostly French) art presented in an exhibition at the London Grafton Galleries in 1910.
Noun
postimpressionism (uncountable)
- (art) A genre of painting that rejected the naturalism of impressionism, using colour and form in more expressive manners.
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Translations
genre of painting
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