neoprimitiveadj.n.
/ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈprɪmᵻtɪv/, U.S. /ˌnioʊˈprɪmədɪv/ A. adj.
Of or relating to neoprimitivism; (Art) characterized by or employing a deliberately simple, naive, or ‘primitive’ style.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > others
all'antica1605
neo-Gothic1878
Barbizon1890
chinoiserie1909
neoprimitive1922
omega1922
Suprematist1922
beaux arts1924
ashcan1934
vitalistic1937
Euston Road1941
precisionist1943
abstract impressionist1950
abstract-concrete1955
neo-expressionist1957
metaphysical1958
structurist1958
auto-destructive1959
Rayonist1968
post-minimal1971
assemblagist1977
Neo-Geo1987
1922 I. Goldberg Drama of Transition 276 The Expressionists are not only Neo-Romantic, they are Neo-Primitive, Neo-Classic, as well.
1957 Russ. Rev. 16 50 Are not the ‘medieval’ and the ‘neoprimitive’ trends of romanticism and of modernism..just another facet of this striving [to reclaim their souls which nineteenth-century science seemed to destroy]?
1976 N.Y. Times 30 Apr. c22/4 Neoprimitive art-rock, with those determined twanging variants on the same three chords, should by rights be indistinguishable, and, in truth, a lot of it does sound alike.
1992 Metro (San Jose, Calif.) 7 May 34/3 I suppose if Thiebaud can paint cupcakes, there's no reason Andrews shouldn't do overalled guys planted in neoprimitive flowers.
B. n.
An artist who works in the neoprimitive style; a practitioner of neoprimitivism.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [noun] > other movements > artists
luminarist1888
luminist1901
Suprematist1919
precisionist1927
muralist1937
neoprimitive1938
Rayonist1947
nuclearist1952
neo-expressionist1955
structurist1958
neo-Dadaist1960
body artist1971
post-minimalist1971
1938 M. Chamot tr. G. Bazin Italian Painting in XIVth & XVth Cent. 27 His [sc. Giovanni di Paolo's] name is entered in the painters' guild, and he was appointed rector in 1446. He belonged to the group of Sienese neo-primitives of the XVth century.
1949 Amer. Q. 1 329 The work of the neoprimitives, Kane and Hirschfield, is lightened by emotional commentary.
1978 Newsweek (Nexis) 1 May 95 He was an accomplished neo-primitive, cubist, and futurist.
1997 New Yorker 17 Feb. 53/3 Spencer was classified as belonging to the British neo-primitives.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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