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[[File:The Ten American Painters 1908 small.jpg|thumb|350px|The Ten American Painters (1908): (back row l to r): William Merritt Chase, Frank W. Benson, Edmund Tarbell, Thomas W. Dewing, Joseph DeCamp, (front row l to r): Edward Simmons, Willard Metcalf, Childe Hassam, Julian Alden Weir, Robert Reid. NPS.]]
[[File:The Ten American Painters 1908 small.jpg|thumb|350px|The Ten American Painters (1908): (back row l to r): William Merritt Chase, Frank W. Benson, Edmund Tarbell, Thomas W. Dewing, Joseph DeCamp, (front row l to r): Edward Simmons, Willard Metcalf, Childe Hassam, Julian Alden Weir, Robert Reid. NPS.]]
'''American Impressionism (1880 - 1920)'''
'''American Impressionism (1880 - 1920)'''
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In the late 1800's, American artists studying at home and abroad began developing a style of Impressionism that was similar to their French predecessors. Painting mostly en plein air (out of doors) these artists sought to convey the fleeting effects of sunlight and atmosphere, creating a heightened sense of reality in their work. They often painted landscapes and scenes of leisure, but the real subject they were rendering was the overall sense of light. [http://www.lymeart.com/AmericanImpressionism/index.html]
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The [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] movement in the United States was dominated by the painting of [[Mary Cassatt]] (1844-1926), [[William Merritt Chase]] (1849-1916), Theodore Robinson (1852-1896), J. Alden Weir (1852-1919), John H. Twachtman (1853-1902), Willard Metcalf (1858-1925), [[Childe Hassam]] (1859-1935), Frank Benson (1862–1951) and Robert Henri (1865-1929). [http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/genres/impressionist-landscape-painting.htm] American "Impressionists" tended to have more of an academic background than their French counterparts. [http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/american-impressionism.htm] [[James Whistler]] (1834–1903) and [[John Singer Sargent]] (1856-1925) also participated in this movement.
The [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] movement in the United States was dominated by the painting of [[Mary Cassatt]] (1844-1926), [[William Merritt Chase]] (1849-1916), Theodore Robinson (1852-1896), J. Alden Weir (1852-1919), John H. Twachtman (1853-1902), Willard Metcalf (1858-1925), [[Childe Hassam]] (1859-1935), Frank Benson (1862–1951) and Robert Henri (1865-1929). [http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/genres/impressionist-landscape-painting.htm] American "Impressionists" tended to have more of an academic background than their French counterparts. [http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/american-impressionism.htm] [[James Whistler]] (1834–1903) and [[John Singer Sargent]] (1856-1925) also participated in this movement.