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…showed last 75 words of 346 total…aditional Salon led to new ground-breaking techniques for representing an image on a canvas. Their paintings at the first Impressionist Exhibition of 1784 contained sketchy renderings and an unfinished feel which left some critics looking for more. In contrast, a number of critics praised the Impressionists for their bold triumph of a new art that embodied the rejuvenated land of France. A new art movement for a new France that began with the painting Impression, Sunrise.