This artist was the first to break with the artistic tradition of the middle ages and one of the first to use the fresco technique. the figures in his paintings were realistic, and their faces showed emotion.

"prior to 1910, these new artists were called neo-impressionists, and they believed that "modern paris" was the proper subject for their paintings."

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