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impressionist

[im-presh-uh-nist] / ɪmˈprɛʃ ə nɪst /


NOUN
stylist
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One of those to repost the videos was the comedian and impressionist Matt Forde.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

British paintings with repeat sales posted the best mean return of 3.4%, followed by impressionist works with 3.1%.

From Barron's Apr. 17, 2026

He spent the better part of a decade in the impressionist and modern-art department before moving to work under Tobias Meyer, then Sotheby’s worldwide head of contemporary art and principal auctioneer.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 22, 2025

Nahmad is the son of a billionaire art dealer; his family has one of the world’s largest collections of impressionist and modernist art.

From Slate Oct. 28, 2024

Before long, everyone in the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg— the men out there scouring the continent for hidden libraries, concealed prayer scrolls, closeted impressionist paintings—will be handed rifles and sent into the fire.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The gallery also features works by impressionists Edouard Manet, Claude Monet and Paul Cezanne.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2024

The fluid brushstrokes made Hals a major influence of later artists like Vincent van Gogh and impressionists like Édouard Manet.

From Seattle Times Feb. 13, 2024

“All the impressionists even had classes with each other.”

From New York Times Apr. 22, 2023

It’s more evidence that Johnson is one of sharpest impressionists in comedy today.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 12, 2023

Verhaeren has rendered signal service to our time by being the first to recognise and proclaim the great impressionists and all innovators in art and poetry.

From ?mile Verhaeren by Zweig, Stefan




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