Practice question · True or false
'Impressionism' began as a hostile reviewer's insult before the painters adopted it.
Hints
- Where does the word come from?
- A critic, and one painting's title.
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True
Why
True. Louis Leroy's 1874 review mocked Monet's Impression, Sunrise, and the group took the name. Adopting a critic's insult is a recurring pattern, and it usually marks the moment a loose association accepts that it is a movement.
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