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‘In the early 1880s[ce]* Impressionism had reached a crisis. There were three main reasons.

First, its very perfecting of naturalistic illusionism could not be maintained for ever. It was subject to internal dissolution and decline as a style; while dissension among the artists themselves was growing.

Secondly, it was subject to external pressures: younger artists in particular would critically examine its achievement.

Thirdly — a phenomenon that often troubles artists in their forties & fifties** — a period of self-doubt set in, a sense of lost exuberance & dissipated experimental fervour.

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*16C1880||u~|J~1882[ce]

**Gee, thanks! (Age: 39[&]11.9/12ths)

***[Encyclopaedia of Visual Art 5:805]

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