According to art academic Chiang Hsun, Impressionism, from which sorrow and suffering and even seriousness all seem to be absent, was a product of the first generation to enjoy the fruits of urban life following the industrial revolution.
沒有憂傷、沒有痛苦、連沈重都沒有，「印象派是世界城市工業化後初富者的喜悅」，美術學者蔣勳表示。