On a November morning in 1872, Claude Monet set up his easel and began furiously painting the foggy scene beyond his hotel balcony. As a Normandy native, Monet knew Le Havre’s harbor well, but he ...

Our beloved Monets are currently having an extended family reunion at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. One of the prized possessions in the vast SBMA permanent collection is Claude Monet’s “Villas in ...

The field of Arts has seen many different ages, phases, and eras. Be it emotional portraits, paintings, and sculptures of mythological figures, or the trend of graffiti on walls that became a form of ...

Impressionism is an art movement that began in Paris, France in the latter part of the 19th century, in which the artists tried to capture light and the world as they saw it without being constricted ...

While French Impressionism is often the most talked-about art movement, American artists in the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries carved out their own distinct voice with it and created American ...

This great painting introduces a theme the impressionists would love – the bourgeois picnic – but with a tough irony all its own. Manet deliberately evokes Renaissance paintings of sensual leisure – ...

“This catalogue was the companion to the exhibition at the National Gallery of Art and the de Young Museum held in 1986 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the final Impressionist exhibition. It ...

Finding a specific style of art can be a tedious process if you don't know where to look. Fortunately, if you're looking for Impressionist art in the Philadelphia area, this list has you covered.

In the conventional art mediums where straight lines, accurate depictions, and anatomy were given all the love and appreciation, Impressionism emerged as a cry for change. The little blurry lines, the ...