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4 unusual facts about American Impressionism


American Impressionism

American impressionist artists also thrived in California at Carmel and Laguna Beach; in New York on eastern Long Island at Shinnecock, largely due to the influence of William Merritt Chase; and in Boston where Edmund Charles Tarbell and Frank Weston Benson became important practitioners of the impressionist style.

Some of the most important American impressionist artists gathered at Cos Cob and Old Lyme, Connecticut, both on Long Island Sound; New Hope, Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River; and Brown County, Indiana.

Nashville, Indiana

In the early twentieth century, a number of artists settled in the area, most notably T. C. Steele, the American Impressionist painter.

Society of Six

Although he brought exposure through the gallery to more radical styles of painting, his own work adhered to the features of American Impressionism.


Adolf Philipp

Adolf Philipp's frequent business partner was his brother, Paul Philipp, a Broadway producer and father of Robert Philipp, the noted American Impressionist painter, who in his earlier years performed on stage in Europe in Adolf's productions.

Lieutenant River

A number of noted American impressionist artists, including Childe Hassam, painted views of the river while staying at the Florence Griswold House in Old Lyme.


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