American Impressionism

Frank W. Benson, Eleanor Holding a Shell, North Haven, Maine, 1902, private collection

American Impressionism was a style of painting related to European Impressionism and practiced by American artists in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century through the beginning of the twentieth.[1] The style is characterized by loose brushwork and vivid colors with a wide array of subject matters but focusing on landscapes and upper-class domestic life.[2]

  1. ^ Taube, Isabel L. (2003), "American Impressionism", Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t002327, retrieved May 2, 2022
  2. ^ "American Impressionism Movement Overview". The Art Story. Retrieved May 2, 2022.

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