1860s – 1880s · France · A movement

Impressionism

Placeholder wording — final copy laterA handful of painters walked out of the studio and into the daylight, and decided a picture could just be an impression — a moment, half-caught, before the light moved on. The critics laughed. The name stuck. Nothing looked the same after.

Eliseo Meifren y Roig, Nocturno

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