IMPRESSIONISTS

Degas was a co-organizer of the first exhibition of the Impressionists in 1874 and from that point only exhibited in the shows of the Impressionist group.

Edouard Manet was greatly influenced by the Impressionists but chose not to exhibit with them because of the art world's disregard for Impressionism. He placed great emphasis on Salon acceptance.

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The impressionists brought all the stars back- Frank Sinatra singing "Luck Be a Lady", Dean Martin's "That's Amore", "Mambo Italiano", and singing together for their "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"

Mary Cassatt influenced Impressionism not only as an artist. She often bought the paintings of her friends and promoted the works of Impressionists in the USA, largely through her brother Alexander.

Matisse was highly influenced by the works of the post-Impressionists Paul Cezanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Paul Signac. He credited Cezanne with being his greatest influence.

Camille Pissarro was one of the original circle of painters who became known as the Impressionists. The group included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne and Camille Pissarro.

The Impressionists banded together because it was so difficult to have their paintings selected by the Salon de Paris. They had their own exhibition which critics called Impressionistic, which is where the term began.

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Impressionism was a nineteenth-century art movement that began as an association of Paris-based artists led by the painter Claude Monet. The name of the movement was derived from the title of a Monet piece, Impression: Sunrise, coined by satiric art critic Louis Leroy.

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