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postimpressionism, term coined by Roger Fry to refer to the work of a number of French painters active at the end of the 19th cent. who, although they developed their varied styles quite independently, were united in their rejection of impressionism impressionism, in painting, late-19th-century French school that was generally characterized by the attempt to depict transitory visual impressions, often painted directly from nature, and by the use of pure, broken color to achieve brilliance and luminosity.
..... Click the link for more information. . The foremost of these were Cézanne Cézanne, Paul (pōl sāzän`), 1839–1906, French painter, b. Aix-en-Provence.
..... Click the link for more information. , Van Gogh Van Gogh, Vincent (văn gō, Dutch vĭnsĕnt` vän khôkh), 1853–90, postimpressionist painter, b.
..... Click the link for more information. , Gauguin Gauguin, Paul (pôl gōgăN`), 1848–1903, French painter and woodcut artist, b.
..... Click the link for more information. , Matisse Matisse, Henri (äNrē` mätēs`), 1869–1954, French painter, sculptor, and lithographer.
..... Click the link for more information. , Picasso Picasso, Pablo (Pablo Ruiz y Picasso) (pä`blō pēkä`sō; r
..... Click the link for more information. , and Braque Braque, Georges (zhôrzh bräk), 1882–1963, French painter.
..... Click the link for more information. . The first major exhibitions of their works were held in London in 1910–11 and in 1912. The term embraces a far wider school of thought than the neoimpressionism of Seurat Seurat, Georges (zhôrzh sörä`), 1859–91, French neoimpressionist painter.
..... Click the link for more information. and Signac Signac, Paul (pōl sēnyäk`), 1863–1935, French neoimpressionist painter.
..... Click the link for more information. . In this more systematic and precise approach, also called divisionism or pointillism, small dabs of pure color on the canvas were meant to be mixed by the eye of the viewer to produce intense color effects.

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See studies by J. Rewald (1962) and L. Nochlin (1966).

postimpressionism

a movement in painting in France at the end of the 19th century, begun by Paul Cézanne (1839--1906) and exemplified by Paul Gauguin (1848--1903), Vincent Van Gogh (1853--90), and Henri Matisse (1869--1954), which rejected the naturalism and momentary effects of impressionism but adapted its use of pure colour to paint subjects with greater subjective emotion
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