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ˌneo-imˈpressionism
Freq. with capital initials.
[ad. F. néo-impressionnisme, f. neo- + impressionism.]
A movement or style in art, originated by the French painter Georges Seurat (1859–91), and characterized by a systematic use of divisionism. Cf. pointillism. So ˌneo-imˈpressionist a. and n.
[1886F. Fénéon in L'Art Moderne 19 Sept. 302/1 La vérité est que la méthode néo-impressionniste exige une exceptionnelle délicatesse d'œil.] 1892Mag. of Art p. xxxv/1 Though neo-impressionism has, indeed, asserted itself in the exhibitions of the Twenty, symbolism and realism also hold their own. Ibid., M. Camille Pissaro, a neo-impressionist in his pictures, betrays Japanese influence in his woodcuts. 1901Sat. Rev. 23 Feb. 240/1 Impressionism in France had..passed through the phases of luminism, vibration, pointillisme, independence and neo-impressionism, all comparatively short-lived extreme phases. 1903Studio XXIX. 112/1 Coteries of artists..have..tried to ‘go one better’, the most formidable and temporarily successful being that of the ‘Néo-Impressionists’. 1908R. Fry Let. Mar. (1972) I. 299 These neo-Impressionists follow straight upon the heels of the true Impressionists. 1914A. J. Eddy Cubists & Post-Impressionism (1915) 27 Neo-Impressionism was the logical outcome of Impressionism. It was simply the attempt to paint light in still more scientific fashion, by the use of the primary colors laid on in fine points in such a manner that at the proper distance the points fuse and produce the tone desired. 1938Burlington Mag. June 289/2 A confirmed disciple of the neo-impressionists. 1944Ibid. Apr. 104/1 A history of the whole Neo-Impressionist movement. 1968Michelin Guide N.Y. City 37 Adepts of Neo-Impressionism, like Seurat. 1972Country Life 23 Nov. 1369/2 These artists' [sc. Futurists’] neo-Impressionist brushwork and Expressionist colour is invariably awful. 1975Physics Bull. Feb. 59/2 Our start is the beginning of the 20th century, taking for granted the legacy of Leonardo Da Vinci, photography and the effects of the theories of colour on the neoimpressionists. |