Who Are the Most Important Female Impressionists? - Art News
Below is a guide to some of the pioneering female members of Impressionism, as well as a few notable artists who followed their lead.
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These women’s revolutionary sensibilities allowed them to channel interior states that were often unknowable to their male counterparts; only recently have they begun to get their due. Below is a guide to some of the pioneering female members of <anchor>Impressionism</anchor>, as well as a few notable artists who followed their lead.
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