Impressionism

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Large Monet Water Lilies Sell For $70.4 Million 
Sotheby’s blended in-person and digital experiences to execute three sales on the evening of May 12 with stunning results including the five-person bid over a star piece, Claude Monet’s Le…
blue sky and water rendered with colorful, small impressionist brushstrokes clash against white cliffs that stand half in shadow and half in sun.
Explore Monet’s Engagement with Étretat at The Seattle Art Museum
The exhibition takes Fishing Boats at Étretat (1885), the only work by Claude Monet in SAM’s collection, as inspiration, presenting it alongside ten other paintings by Monet from his visits to the…
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Claude Monet’s Monumental Water Lilies Star in Sotheby’s Spring Sales

One of the finest large-scale Water Lilies paintings by Claude Monet will star in Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on 12 May in New York. Ground-breaking in its nearly…

Monet Water Lilly
Chet Gold: Monet's "Water Lilies" Have Our Back
At a time when we could all use more beauty in our lives, “the Water Lilies have our back.” An appropriately dressed Chet Gold, manager in MoMA's Security department, talks about his spiritual…
Zhuang Hong Yi, Journey, 2020. Fine rice paper and acrylic on canvas.
HOFA London Hosts Zhuang Hong Yi Solo Show
In time for spring, celebrated Asian sculptural painter, Zhuang Hong Yi, will unveil his newest works in the highly anticipated solo exhibition titled Essence. Launching HOFA Gallery, London, on 8…
The Dying Adonis
Revisiting Magnus Enckell
Master of Finnish Modernism and Gender Pioneer
Cezanne still life of peaches and pears
Cézanne: Bridging Impressionism and Cubism
Though a contemporary of the great Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters, Paul Cézanne had his own distinctive style and interests
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Seven Calming Works of Art From Around the World
In moments of agitation, personal and nation-wide, what would often best calm us down are not pills or meditation - but the right works of art. Here are seven of the world's most calming works of art…
Claude Monet, Fishing Boats, 1883.
Monet’s Letters Paint a Picture of the Man Behind the Masterpieces
What Monet’s correspondence tells us about the Impressionist master
Photograph of Wilhelm and Henny Hansen smoking in front of water
Gauguin and the Impressionists: Origins of Ordrupgaard

Gauguin and the Impressionists: Masterpieces of the Ordrupgaard Collection, has humble roots in…

Gauguin portrait of a girl
Gauguin and His Circle in the Ordrupgaard Collection
This fall, the Ordrupgaard Collection, a treasure trove of important Impressionist paintings, is on rare view outside of Denmark.
unfinished portrait of woman
Art That Was Never Finished
Artists have abandoned artworks for many reasons throughout history. Guest host John Green shares some of his favorite unfinished artworks and explains why they resonate with him so deeply. Featuring…
Édouard Manet. In the Conservatory, about 1877–79.
Manet’s Late Work: Once Derided, Flowers and Femininity now Shine
Though contemporary critics considered them frivolous, Manet’s late works speak to his attraction to femininity, sensuality, and freshness of expression.
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What Avant-Garde Artists Learned from Academic Art
Though artists on the cutting edge claimed to revile it, academic art was pivotal in the development of modernism.
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Marie Bracquemond: The Most Important Impressionist You’ve Never Heard Of
Once considered a great impressionist, why has Marie Bracquemond remained unknown to much of art history?