Some of his evocative landscapes show Impressionistic influences. The brushwork was also much freer and more impressionistic. He is known for mixing highly original, poetic, rhapsodic, and impressionistic prose with autobiographical writing. The films were fragmentary, impressionistic, lyrical. Tyrus Wong, a Chinese animator, showed Day some of his impressionistic paintings of a forest. "Impressionistic, Suggestive and Imitative". Another stylistic theme in the book was the often impressionistic approach to violence and conflict. Large numbers of impressionistic, moralizing, and anecdotal observations on demography survive from the literary sources. These were highly impressionistic pieces, and reflected his literary leanings. He was also inspired by Beiderbecke's impressionistic and classical music ideas. Shelley Archambo characterizes the works from 1910 to 1918 period as impressionistic. Furthermore, he is one of the few impressionistic painters in Denmark. Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy were at work developing and performing their impressionistic music. Evans had an impressionistic approach to piano. The development of photography is part of what inspired the impressionistic style.