Refers to an avant-garde, European art movement and style that flourished from 1886 to 1906; term was coined by the art critic Félix Fénéon in a review, ‘Les Impressionistes’ (in La Vogue; Paris, 1886). Is identified particularly with a group of French artists including those exhibiting in the eighth and last Impressionist exhibition (1886); Camille Pissarro, Lucien Pissaro, Paul Signac, and Georges Seurat exhibited their work in one room, asserting a shared vision. Other artists who practiced the style were Charles Angrand, Louis Hayet, Henri Edmond Cross, Léo Gausson, Hippolyte Petitjean, Albert Dubois, and Maximilien Luce. Neo-Impressionism both developed out of Impressionism and was a reaction against it. Like Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism was concerned with light and color but while the former was typically spontaneous and empirical, the later was based more on scientific principles and resulted in formalized compositions. While relatively short-lived, the movement had a large impact on other artists and movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
