impressionistic
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Reeling from these two fat books, I pulled from the shelves Peter Ackroyd’s 1983 novel, “The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde”—densely wrought, impressionistic and all wrapped up in about 180 pages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
It’s a great example of the more impressionistic lyrics on this record; they’re still telling the same kind of stories but with more compression, more editing, retaining what’s essential and rejecting anything extraneous.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
The adventurous English musician issues a meditative album of impressionistic beauty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Led by the subject matter, he started singing more, his dewy-eyed timbre adding emotional depth to the fragmented, impressionistic soundscapes.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
"It's a reproduction of a famous painting by an impressionistic French artist who was famous."
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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