How the Impressionists Became the World’s Favorite Painters, and the Most Misunderstood

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How the Impressionists Became the World’s Favorite Painters, and the Most Misunderstood

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Art@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Exactly 150 years ago, Monet, Degas, Renoir and their pals spurred an artistic revolution. Can we still see the defiance behind the beauty, and the schmaltz?

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