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Few artistic movements have had such a lasting impact as the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, who shocked the art world by rebelling against the prevailing classical ideals of their age to embrace new techniques and modern subjects. Revolutionaries: The Impressionists and Post-Impressionists brings together paintings from the 19th and early 20th centuries in order to trace the evolution of this movement. Beginning with the naturalistic landscapes of the Barbizon school, the show explores the transience of early Impressionism and its experimentation with plein-air painting. The …