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A style of painting that originated in France about 1870. Paintings of casual contemporary subjects were executed outdoors using divided brushstrokes to capture the light and mood of a particular moment and the transitory effects of natural light and color.

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Impressionism

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A style of painting that originated in France about 1870. Paintings of casual contemporary subjects were executed outdoors using divided brushstrokes to capture the light and mood of a particular moment and the transitory effects of natural light and color

Impressionism was developed in France about 1870 started by a group of Paris based artists, like Claude Monet, August Renoir etc and is based on a style in which the artist captures the image of an object as someone would see it if they just caught a glimpse of it;strongly emphasised the effects of light in their paintings.

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