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neoimpressionism

/ ˌԾːəʊɪˈɛʃəˌɪə /

noun

  1. a movement in French painting initiated mainly by Seurat in the 1880s and combining his vivid colour technique with strictly formal composition See also pointillism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌԱǾˈDzԾ, nounadjective
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Example Sentences

Neoimpressionism had two centers — Paris and Brussels.

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The name "Neoimpressionism" was conjured up by the ubiquitous Félix Fénéon, a French journalist, critic and anarchist who seemed to know everyone in Paris' avant-garde cultural and left wing political circles.

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The paintings in the Phillips exhibition date from 1883 to 1896, the heyday of Neoimpressionism.

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Neoimpressionism may have been a misnomer because the work was hardly a new kind of Impressionism.

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Neoimpressionism was a babe in the arms of Seurat when Hartl was born in Paris in 1889.

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