Was Caillebotte a patron, collector, or painter in his own right?
Impressionism
In the late 1880s, several painters started to work in the rural area of Heidelberg, east of Melbourne, adopting a style which later became known as Australian Impressionism.
Whether Sargent was ever a true Impressionist will remain a matter of debate, but his uncommissioned work was loose, full of light and colour.
Three more wonderful American Impressionists, although the lives of two were tragically cut short when they died suddenly.
He is often claimed to be the greatest of the American Impressionists, and with several thousand paintings to his name he was certainly among the most prolific.
He became an unabashed Impressionist during his long training in Europe, and was a great painter by any standards.
He never aspired to be an impressionist, but painted many works plein air, with loose brushwork, and conveying impressions.
Whistler developed a unique style which had much in common with the Impressionists, anticipating several of the key features of Impressionism.
Today, many consider him to be the father of American landscape painting.
Compared with most other European countries, Impressionism largely passed British painters by.
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