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impressionist

[im-presh-uh-nist] / ɪmˈprɛʃ ə nɪst /


NOUN
stylist
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Bryan Masson, the mayor of the southern town of Cagnes-sur-Mer, said the duo appeared "well equipped and well informed" about the museum housing works by French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

He returned from the United States to live in east Yorkshire, but a few years later moved to northern France after falling in love with the verdant landscapes that inspired impressionist master Claude Monet.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

In July 2006, Manhattan prosecutors charged Doyle with the theft of a bronze sculpture of a nude dancer by French impressionist Edgar Degas valued at $600,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

Michelle Burt, an expressive impressionist artist based in Laguna Beach, stands in her booth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

From the employee side of the window, the outside world looked fluid, all the people on the other side wavy, like an impressionist watercolor.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

Back in the ’70s, impressionists used to do Nixon, and they were probably more accurate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2023

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

From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2023

One may say as much, having regard to their differing degrees of success, of Pissaro, who influenced him, and of Caillebotte, Renoir, Sisley, and the rest of the impressionists who followed him.

From French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture by W. C. (William Crary) Brownell


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