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
Lu’s songwriting is more impressionist than hook-driven, writing quickly to capture ephemeral feelings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
Nahmad is the son of a billionaire art dealer; his family has one of the world’s largest collections of impressionist and modernist art.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 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
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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
“I love Jim Carrey. He’s one of the greatest impressionists ever,” O’Connor told The Washington Post shortly before the final Trump-Biden debate, which was spoofed on last Saturday’s SNL episode, hosted by Adele.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2020
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