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QUIZ: How Well Do You Know the Impressionists?

Candy Bedworth 1 December 2024

Impressionism is one of the most successful art movements of the 19th century. These artists were trying to capture a fleeting ‘impression’ of light, landscape, or people. In a radical upheaval of what had gone before, painting went from religious, historical, or mythological images, worked and re-worked to perfection to quick, realistic canvases with visible brush strokes. Here we have some of the most famous paintings in the world for you to test yourself with!

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In 1865 a reviewer said of this painting: “Never has a painting received more laughter, mockery, and catcalls.” The artist Édouard Manet responded: “Insults are beating down on me like hail.” What was the title of this controversial work?

Impressionists: Photo of Édouard Manet.

Photo of Édouard Manet.

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