impressionist
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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
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
Born in Worcestershire in 1958, Sir Lenny has been performing since he was 16 years old, first as an impressionist on a TV talent show and then as a stand-up comedian.
From BBC ● May 20, 2025
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
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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
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
It has neither the pose nor the irresponsibility of the impressionists.
From French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture by W. C. (William Crary) Brownell