| RENOIR | This French painter was, early in his career, associated with the Impressionist movement, though he later broke with it to pursue a more disciplined, formal technique in portraits and figural painting |
| CLAUDEMONET | This French painter was the initiator, leader, and unswerving advocate of the Impressionist style. One of his Haystacks series from the 1890s sold at auction for more than $110 million in 2019. |
| MONET | Painter whose iconic Impression, Sunrise inspired the name of the Impressionist movement and whose ambitious Women in the Garden is considered testament to his dedication to working en plein air (5) |
| CLAUDE | First name of the painter whose Impression, Sunrise is where the name of the Impressionist movement comes from |
| ROMPERSTOMPER | Russell Crowe attracted attention early in his career for his portrayal of Hando, a neo-Nazi, in this film (6,7) |
| BBKING | Mississippi-born musician called "blues boy" by a radio station early in his career (1,1,4) |
| MORISOT | Depicted with violets in a portrait by Edouard Manet and married to Eugene Manet, the artist who created The Cradle, At the Ball and Summer Day who was the first woman to join the Impressionists (7) |
| LAWCLERK | Supreme Court Justice Byron White, early in his career |
| WAGNER | Ring producer 2 criticised early in his career (6) |
| DEKOONING | This Dutch-born American painter was one of the leading exponents of Abstract Expressionism, particularly the form known as Action painting. His painting Pink Lady (1944) was sold at auction in 1987 f |
| GUSTAVKLIMT | This Austrian painter was the founder of the school of painting known as the Vienna Sezession. His painting Adele Bloch-Bauer II (1912) was bought by Oprah Winfrey at a 2006 auction for $87.9 million; |
| SEURAT | Georges ___ (1859-91), French painter who founded the Neo-Impressionist movement and pioneered the technique of pointillism (6) |
| CHAGALL | Which Russian-born French painter was famous for his dreamlike images? (7) |
| MALEVICH | This Russian avant-garde painter was the founder of the Suprematist school of abstract painting. His painting Suprematist Composition (1916) sold at auction for almost $86 million in 2019. |
| UTRILLO | Which French painter was famous for his Montmartre scenes? (7) |
| PISSARRO | Born on the Virgin Island of Saint Thomas in 1830, the impressionist noted for landscapes including |
| NICK | Identify the Indian doubles player who qualified for the Australian Open 2026 for the first time in his career but lost in the first round. (4) |
| IMITATE | I take the motorway to the gallery to see the impressionist's work (7) |
| CAMILLEPISSARRO | Caribbean-born French painter, considered 'Father to the Impressionists', who died in 1903 (7,8) |
| SISLEY | Born in Paris of expatriate British parents, the Impressionist noted for rural landscapes such as Avenue of Chestnut Trees near La Celle-Saint-Cloud, Among the Vines Louveciennes, Regatta at Molesey a |
