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postimpressionism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A genre of painting that rejected the naturalism of impressionism, using colour and form in more expressive manners.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: art, arts

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin impressiōnembor. French impression Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French impressionnisme English impressionism English postimpressionism 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.

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Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: postimpressionisme — genre of painting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 後印象派 /后印象派 (hòuyìnxiàngpài) — genre of painting
  • Dutch: postimpressionisme — genre of painting
  • Finnish: postimpressionismi — genre of painting
  • French: postimpressionnisme — genre of painting
  • Georgian: პოსტიმპრესიონიზმი (ṗosṭimṗresionizmi) — genre of painting
  • German: Postimpressionismus — genre of painting
  • Irish: iar-Impriseanachas — genre of painting
  • Kazakh: постимпрессионизм (postimpressionizm) — genre of painting
  • Romanian: postimpresionism — genre of painting
  • Spanish: postimpresionismo — genre of painting