Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An artist, composer, or writer who practices or upholds the theories of impressionism.
- noun An entertainer who does impressions.
- adjective Of, relating to, or practicing impressionism, especially in painting; impressionistic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who yields to the influence of impressions, as in descriptive writing; specifically, a painter who aims to reproduce his immediate and momentary impressions of natural objects; one who attempts to render only the larger facts of mass, color, and effect, without regard to exactness of form or completeness of detail and finish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Fine Arts) One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism in art; especially, a painter who paints in the impressionistic style.
- adjective Pertaining to, or characterized by, impressionism.
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- noun One who
adheres to thetheory ormethod ofimpressionism .
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- noun a painter who follows the theories of Impressionism
- adjective relating to or characteristic of Impressionism
Etymologies
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Examples
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Roman style was evolved both in painting and sculpture, the salient features of which he characterizes as impressionist or "illusionist".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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The musical style of both composers has been called impressionist, after the French painting tradition.
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The musical style of both composers has been called impressionist, after the French painting tradition.
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The musical style of both composers has been called impressionist, after the French painting tradition.
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"The impressionist is a good antidote against the illusionist, who sees too much, and then adds to it a lot that he does not see."
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Eyck's finish is saved because up to the last he is essentially impressionist, that is, he keeps a just account of relative importances and keeps them in their true subordination one to another.
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler Samuel Butler 1868
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Art critics have called the impressionist's work "reminiscent of the 19th-century Romanticists."
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As his Debussy cycle for Onyx has gone on, it has become increasingly obvious that Pascal Rogé has little time for the common perception of Debussy as an "impressionist" composer, all pastel shades and dewy outlines.
Debussy: Études Andrew Clements 2010
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But in the big-ticket areas of the market, such as impressionist and contemporary art, its sales fall short of its rivals.
Bonhams Looks to Asia William Lyons 2010
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But in the big-ticket areas of the market, such as impressionist and contemporary art, its sales fall short of its rivals.
Bonhams Looks to Asia William Lyons 2010
garyth123 commented on the word impressionist
Mike Yarwood, Rory Bremner, John Culshaw and so forth. I'm sorry I don't know the names of any American impressionists.
March 28, 2009