• Cassatt (An ex-pat lived in France, befriended Degas and the Impressionists, figurative subjects, one of the 3 great women of Impressionism – along with Bracquemond and Morisot).
• She had a passion for rhythmic line as structure holding fields of choreographic patches of color. A master who moved easily with a genesis of line into color.

• Sargent (An ex-pat, trained in Paris, portrait painter, having the ability to draw with a brush, later worked en Plein air, he was inspired by Monet.)
• Formal portraits and Plein air landscapes with figures. His painting process had layers of paint with a predominance of illustrative brushstrokes within a framework based upon academic drawing skills.

• Chase (studied in Munich, noted master instructor, en plein air methods figures in landscapes, later member of the Ten, he founded the Chase school later to be Parsons School of Design).
o He studied and painted effects of light and shade on nature’s hues and tints en plein air seeking to record what was before him.