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It was actually the industrial revolution and steam engines that many Impressionist artists were referring to in many works of art. At the same time there is a feeling of reminiscing about simpler times.
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Some of Degas' work is clearly impressionistic, but you are right in suggesting that very many works are not.
There were 8.
Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Claude Monet was an Impressionist artist. He is known for his lily pad works.
He was one of the original impressionists.
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'Impressionist' as in 'Monet was an Impressionist painter' is an adjective.
No, he is definitely not an impressionist.
Impressionist painters' interest in color is paralleled by the Impressionist composers' interest in timbre.