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From 2010

• Impressionist Art

  Posted July 06,2010 08:29 PM
  Impressionist art has always inspired me! Impressionism is a movement in French painting, sometimes called optical realism because of its almost scientific interest in the actual visual experience and effect of light and movement on appearance of objects.Impressionist motto - human eye is a marvelous instrument. Impact worldwide was lasting and huge. The name 'Impressionists' came as artists embraced the nickname a conservative critic used to ridicule the whole movement.
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• Australian Impressionism

  Posted July 04,2010 04:01 PM
  For many decades, Australia was seen by many in terms of what it wasn't. It wasn't a soft and gentle land; the trees and plants weren't the same; and it wasn't a landscape that had been farmed and tamed for centuries. To the eyes of many new immigrants, Australia was lacking in that it did not have the attributes of the countries they had left. Everything about Australia was different and as artists struggled with these new and often harsh vistas, they painted what they knew, and knew they could paint well. As a result, the Australia of the early nineteenth century is often one of park-like green hills and bubbling streams bathed in a gentle light.
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