Aspiration turned Impressionism

From: New Straits Times | Date: March 21, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Himanshu Bhatt
New Straits Times
03-21-2004
Aspiration turned Impressionism
Byline: Himanshu Bhatt
Edition: 2*

A local painter plays with Impressionism, using scenes and subjects that are close to home. HIMANSHU BHATT soaks up the painting.

THE French had used the phrase plein air. It is still casually used to refer to performing outdoor activities, but strictly interpreted it can very well mean the atmosphere in full.
For the art revolutionaries during the second half of the 19th century, it came to describe the experience of a full instant, the sensation of a fleeting moment.

It was about ...

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