postimpressionism

See also: post-impressionism

English

Alternative forms

• post-impressionism

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)bor.

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.

Noun

postimpressionism (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

• postimpressionist

Translations

genre of painting

• Afrikaans: postimpressionisme
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後印象派 / 后印象派 (hòuyìnxiàngpài)

• Dutch: postimpressionisme n
• Finnish: postimpressionismi
• French: postimpressionnisme (fr) m
• Georgian: პოსტიმპრესიონიზმი (ṗosṭimṗresionizmi)
• German: Postimpressionismus m
• Irish: iar-Impriseanachas m
• Kazakh: постимпрессионизм (postimpressionizm)
• Romanian: postimpresionism n
• Spanish: postimpresionismo m

See also

• neoimpressionism