1. In Western painting, movement in France that represented both an extension of Impressionism and a rejection of that style's inherent limitations
   "The real influence of Paris across the Atlantic came not with Impressionism but with the post-impressionism of Toulouse Lautrec and Cézanne, the Modernism of Picasso and Matisse and the radical experiments of the Surrealists"

1. An art movement following Impressionism, characterized by a subjective approach to representation and an emphasis on emotional expression
   "Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' is a famous example of post-Impressionism"

Type of: artistic style, idiom

Encyclopedia: Post-Impressionism