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Impressionism
was the epoch in art which marked the beginning of modern times.
For the relatively short period of twenty years, from the middle
of the 19th century until approximately 1875, Impressionism
was style forming. Then the dissolving tendencies became increasingly
stronger. A number of artists remained true to the style, some
of them lifelong, well into the 20th century. Others, after
years of experimenting with other styles, returned to their
Impressionistic beginnings. However, they were individual personalities
with their own artistic hand. Quite a few painters entered the
circle of Impressionism after 1875 and used the perceptions
of this art in their later works. However, Impressionism had
outlived its usefulness as a style forming element; it was in
the process of changing in a meandering way to many varied forms
of painting. Admittedly, without the intensive years of Impressionism,
without its awakening of new and clear views, the development
of modern art would certainly not have taken the spirited dynamic
course which allowed art to become an adventurous journey into
completely new dimensions at the turn of the century and in
the 20th century.
Impressionism as an art style is a compression of individual
artistic attempts, coinciding with constant change and in the
individual variety of every participating artist; basically
a number of individual artistic biographies with a minimum of
common ground and far removed from any still stand, subject
to a continuously changing process of development.
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