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The Laguna Beach Art Colony housed many artists from this movement’s “California” branch. An artist from this movement founded the Parsons School of Design and succeeded John Henry Twachtman as leader of a group of its artists. Another artist from this movement made similar portraits of a sister and bespectacled mother, (10[1])both wearing white dresses and reading newspapers. (10[1])The “Ten American Artists” of this movement included the artist of The Avenue in the Rain, which shows a row (10[1])of American flags. Another member of this movement painted elegant women in opera houses “at the loge.” It included Childe Hassam (“HASS-um”) and an artist who painted a seated woman in a striped dress washing her baby’s feet in The Child’s Bath. For 10 points, Mary Cassatt was part of what art movement? ■END■

ANSWER: Impressionism [accept California Impressionism or American Impressionism; accept The Ten or Ten American Artists until “Ten” is read; accept plein-air painting] (The second clue refers to William Meritt Chase.)
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Natan HoltzmanStanford BBerkeley C5010
Ryan SunBerkeley BStanford A5710
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AStanford C7710