synthetism

synthetism [ˈsɪnθɪˌtɪzəm]

n

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (often capital) the symbolism of Paul Gauguin, the French postimpressionist painter (1848-1903) and the Nabis, a group of French painters much influenced by him, who reacted against the impressionists and realists by seeking to produce brightly coloured abstractions of their inner experience

[from Greek sunthetos composite; see synthetic]

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synthetism - a genre of French painting characterized by bright flat shapes and symbolic treatments of abstract ideas genre - a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique