ne·o·im·pres·sion·ism or ne·o-im·pres·sion·ism (n   - m-pr sh  -nzm)n. A movement in late 19th-century painting led by Georges Seurat that was stricter and more formal than impressionism in composition and employed pointillism as a technique. ne o·im·pression·ist adj. & n. |
neoimpressionism [ˌniːəʊɪmˈprɛʃəˌnɪzəm]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Movements) a movement in French painting initiated mainly by Georges Seurat (1859-91) in the 1880s and combining his vivid colour technique with strictly formal composition See also pointillism
neoimpressionist n & adj
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