 It was intended as disparagement but the Impressionists appropriated the term for themselves.After the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War (19 July 1870), Monet and his family took refuge in England in September 1870, where he studied the works of John Constable and Joseph Mallord William Turner, both of whose landscapes would serve to inspire Monet's innovations in the study of colour.In the spring of 1871, Monet's works were refused authorisation for inclusion in the Royal Academy exhibition.