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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9720820, member: 79705"]Optical Mixing is a feature of Impressionist work, but Impressionism is more than just that. It's also a specific Art Movement that happened at a specific time at the end of the 19th c. Works created out of that period and not by those artists, can be "in the style of", but not be Impressionist as the art world categorizes Art Movements. There are other Impressionist factors, and aesthetics that I don't think this falls into either, but you get the idea. It's definitely worth reading about the movement because it was truly groundbreaking to the Art establishment and changed much.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree this looks like street art/tourist art to me too from the speed, bright colors, and city scape with figures motif. It looks more like a planned abstraction for profit, than an observational piece. I still like it, but it's going to be difficult to find the artist I fear.</p><p><br /></p><p>(I also cross my 7s as a dirty American...)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9720820, member: 79705"]Optical Mixing is a feature of Impressionist work, but Impressionism is more than just that. It's also a specific Art Movement that happened at a specific time at the end of the 19th c. Works created out of that period and not by those artists, can be "in the style of", but not be Impressionist as the art world categorizes Art Movements. There are other Impressionist factors, and aesthetics that I don't think this falls into either, but you get the idea. It's definitely worth reading about the movement because it was truly groundbreaking to the Art establishment and changed much. I agree this looks like street art/tourist art to me too from the speed, bright colors, and city scape with figures motif. It looks more like a planned abstraction for profit, than an observational piece. I still like it, but it's going to be difficult to find the artist I fear. (I also cross my 7s as a dirty American...)[/QUOTE]
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