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impressionist

[im-presh-uh-nist] / ɪmˈprɛʃ ə nɪst /


NOUN
stylist
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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

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

It’s packed with ideas from all over the American songbook — Aaron Copland and western folk, run through with Wilson’s own cracked impressionist view of life on the rails.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2025

The impressionist wears a bespoke hairpiece created by wig designers, which is regularly re-styled by a hairdresser.

From BBC Nov. 24, 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

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

A number of excellent genre painters have been claimed by the impressionists as belonging to their brotherhood.

From A Text-Book of the History of Painting by John Charles Van Dyke




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