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impressionist

[im-presh-uh-nist] / ɪmˈprɛʃ ə nɪst /


NOUN
stylist
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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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

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

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

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

Marvel star Stan avoids portraying Trump as a caricature villain in the film, or in the exaggerated, comedic way Trump is often presented by impressionists.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 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

That slight, Rales explained in a 2012 Washington Post interview, drew him to abstract impressionists, who were treated in their day as artistic “outlaws.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023

His following among the young men was considerable, and the so-called impressionists have ranked him among their disciples or leaders.

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




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