Impressionism

Considered a founder of Impressionism, Edgar Degas actually disliked the label, preferring Realist or Independent. Best known for his paintings and bronze sculptures, Degas was also a printmaker and…
Considered one of the first major art movements of the modern era, Impressionism was a radical revolt against the contemporary standards of academic painting.

The name Monet is perhaps one of the most recognizable in the world of art, but overwhelmingly, it is associated with the life and paintings of 

The Tampa Museum of Art announces the opening of In a New Light: American Impressionism 1870–1940, Works from the Bank of America Collection, on view from August 7 through November 30,…

Precursor of modernism and founder of the impressionist school, Claude Monet…

Established in 1895, the Carnegie Museum of Art (CMOA) was America’s first contemporary art museum. Part of the…

In Giverny, Claude Monet (1840-1926) spent over four decades nurturing a flourishing garden that has become almost as iconic as his celebrated artworks. The garden is still an oasis that…

Without Claude Monet, there is no Mark Rothko, no Jackson Pollock, no Clyfford Still. His masterful rendering of light, bold coloration and gestural brushwork were not just resplendent, they…

J.M.W Turner is known for his unique form and prodigious talent; he is known as one of the greatest British painters of all time. 

Pioneering pointillist and founding Neo-

Most people think of oil paintings when they think of Impressionism, but almost half of the works in the eight Impressionist exhibitions held in Paris between 1874 and 1886 were prints and drawings,…
A new self-portrait from Vincent Van Gogh has recently been detected, hidden under layers of glue and cardboard, by the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS). Officials are confident, though not…
Monet was a master painter whose works are synonymous with the Impressionist movement he helped found. An avid experimenter, he was known for painting the same subjects over and over, drawing…
Born in Paris in 1840, Claude Monet became a master painter whose works have become synonymous with the Impressionist movement he helped found. Here are ten little-known facts about the life of…
“All the components together without the term ‘impressionism’ in the title is significant. We’re recognizing American art history for its complexity and richness.” Timothy Standring coined a…