Postimpressionist


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post·im·pres·sion·ism

(pōst′ĭm-prĕsh′ə-nĭz′əm)
n.
A school of painting in France in the late 1800s that rejected the objective naturalism of impressionism and used form and color in more personally expressive ways.

post′im·pres′sion·ist adj. & n.
post′im·pres′sion·is′tic adj.
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Noun 1. [画像:postimpressionist - an artist of the Postimpressionist school who revolted against Impressionism]Postimpressionist - an artist of the Postimpressionist school who revolted against Impressionism
painter - an artist who paints
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postimpressionist

adjnachimpressionistisch
nNachimpressionist(in) m(f)
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