what is impressionist art
Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise, (1872), oil on canvas, Musee MusÃ©e. Marmottan impressionism is a style of painting which began In france in the late 19th. Century impressionist painting shows-life like subjects painted in a, broad rapid, style with brushstrokes that are easily seen and colours that are often. brighthe term 'impressionism' comes from a painting by Claude Monet, which he showed in an exhibition with the name Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise). An art critic called Louis Leroy saw the exhibition and wrote a review in which he said that all the paintings were just impressions. The word stuck.