impressionistic
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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
Also looking to art history is Colette LaVette, whose canvases at Gillian Jason ape rococo stylings in swirls of impressionistic paint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Her brief account is a bright, gossipy, impressionistic sketchbook of New Orleans personalities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
German director Mascha Schilinski’s astonishing second feature could scarcely be more ambitious as it offers an impressionistic portrait of four young women who take turns residing in the same house over roughly 110 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026
She didn’t have any particular style; some of her paintings were what she called primitive, some were impressionistic and abstract, some were realistic.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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