impressionist

noun im·pres·sion·ist \ im-ˈpre-sh(ə-)nist \

Updated on: 26 Apr 2018

Definition of impressionist

1 often capitalized : someone (such as a painter) who practices or adheres to the theories of impressionism

2 : an entertainer who does impressions

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Examples of impressionist in a Sentence

a celebrated impressionist who can do enough rapid-fire imitations to populate an entire stage with characters

Recent Examples of impressionist from the Web

But to those that have downloaded the MoMAR Gallery app on their smartphones, the impressionist's iconic paintings are merely markers—points of reference telling the app where to display the guerilla artists’ works.

— miranda katz, WIRED, "Augmented Reality Is Transforming Museums," 23 Apr. 2018
Just for once, ignore the impressionists and the great and growing modern collection at Michigan Avenue's art temple.

— lori rackl, chicagotribune.com, "Bicentennial bucket list," 19 Mar. 2018
First, the French impressionist depicted dancers so often that this work is his only operatic scene to omit them.

— alex horton, Washington Post, "French customs agents stumbled upon a stolen $1 million painting in an unlikely place," 24 Feb. 2018
Special pricing for students, seniors and groups, 847-735-8554 Frank Caliendo: The master impressionist imitates celebrities, politicians and sports figures with spot-on accuracy and sidesplitting humor. 8 p.m.

— Lake County News-Sun, "Calendar," 20 Feb. 2018
Five significant paintings by the legendary French impressionist are on exhibit at the San Diego Museum of Art (through Jan. 21) and the neighboring Timken Museum of Art (through Dec. 31) in Balboa Park.

— michael james rocha, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Visual art: 5 gifts we're thankful for this year," 24 Dec. 2017
The piece purportedly has something to do with Dr. Albert Barnes, whose impressionist, post-impressionist, and early modern paintings (not to mention a stray Bosch, a soup ladle, and other metal objects) hang in the adjacent galleries.

— peter dobrin, Philly.com, "O17 hits the Barnes with a hallucinatory fairy tale," 19 Sep. 2017
The textured charcoal drawings by Lilian Westcott Hale, once a student of the American impressionist William Merritt Chase, and a haunting trompe l’oeil watercolor by Claude Raguet Hirst (originally Claudine) are standouts.

— edith newhall, Philly.com, "UArts exhibit celebrates the women of tech-art," 2 Nov. 2017
Snapshot Megan Garber reviews a new documentary on the writer Joan Didion’s life: Didion is an essayist who is also an impressionist.

— rosa inocencio smith, The Atlantic, "The Atlantic Daily: Building Up Suspense," 30 Oct. 2017

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