Vocabulum primum adhibitum est a Rogerio Fry, pictore et critico Anglico, anno 1906, AnglicePost-Impressionism scribente.[2][3]Franciscus Rutter, diurnarius et criticus Anglicus, in recognitione exhibitionisSalon d'Automne in Art News die 15 Octobris1910 divulgata, Othon Friesz "ducem postimpressionisticum"[4] appellavit; eodem tempore etiam erat praeconium exhibitionis The Post-Impressionists of France.[5]
Postimpressionistae impressionismum extenderunt dum eius circumscriptiones reiciebant: coloribus autem vividis, adhibitionibus pigmentorum saepe crassorum, rebusque vitaeverae iam utebantur, sed formas geometricas malle, formam ad effectum expressivum distorquere, coloresque non naturales vel adeo libidinosos adhibere magis solebant.
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