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Alicja Zelazko
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
Alicja Zelazko is Associate Editor, Arts and Humanities, covering topics in the visual arts, architecture, music, and performance. Before joining Encyclopædia Britannica in 2017, she worked at the Art Institute of Chicago and taught courses in art appreciation.
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![Immerse yourself in Impressionism](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.britannica.com/56/256656-050-843F6411/impressionism-portal-gif.webp?w=320&h=240)
When you look at Impressionist paintings, with their depictions of middle-class leisure and their pleasing palettes, it can be easy to forget that in the 19th century the artists who made them were radicals. Like the Realists before them, the Impressionists broke from prevailing academic…
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