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Friday 20 May 2011: Origin of Impressionism
The name of the art movement and style of Impressionism was derived from the name of Claude Monet's painting "Impression, soleil levant" by art critic Louis Leroy who wrote a rather negative review, inadvertently naming the new art movement.

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