Meanings
nounpostimpressionism (uncountable)
alternative post-impressionism
- uncountableartA genre of painting that rejected the naturalism of impressionism, using colour and form in more expressive manners.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pós
- Proto-Indo-European*pósti
- Proto-Italic*posti
- Old Latinposte
- Latinpost
- Englishpost-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pres-
- Proto-Italic*pres-
- Latinpremō
- Latinimprimō
- Latinimpressiōnem
- Frenchimpression
- Frenchimpressionnisme
- Englishimpressionism
- Englishpostimpressionism
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans postimpressionisme
- postimpressionismegenre of painting
Chinese Mandarin 後印象派 /后印象派
- 後印象派 /后印象派 (hòuyìnxiàngpài)genre of painting
Dutch postimpressionisme
- postimpressionismegenre of painting
Finnish postimpressionismi
- postimpressionismigenre of painting
French postimpressionnisme
- postimpressionnismegenre of painting
German Postimpressionismus
- Postimpressionismusgenre of painting
Irish iar-Impriseanachas
- iar-Impriseanachasgenre of painting
Romanian postimpresionism
- postimpresionismgenre of painting
Spanish postimpresionismo
- postimpresionismogenre of painting
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APA
postimpressionism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postimpressionism
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“postimpressionism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postimpressionism. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postimpressionism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postimpressionism.
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