Impressionism is probably the most recognized artwork around the world. It's hard to think of another type of art that is so collectively popular, so beloved, so familiar. If I say the word ...

In the late 1800s, impressionism was one of the art world’s hottest topics. The style of painting in the moment, often in nature, with visible brush strokes, was both loved and hated. The French ...

Today, Impressionism is arguably art lovers’ most beloved painting style. Yet, it is derided by contemporaneous art critics and art historians who label it “eye candy art,” without having any ...

Worcester Art Museum’s collection of Impressionist art is, well … impressive. The European and American Impressionism collections at WAM have long delighted visitors to its galleries, the legacy of ...

In a recent recital in the auditorium of Paris’s Musée d’Orsay, violinist Marina Chiche plucked at her instrument with a flurry and tempo that echoed the brisk brushstrokes in the blockbuster ...

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The 15 April 1874 has a good claim to be the founding moment of modern art. A group of 31 artists, who'd often been rejected by the official Paris Salon, had decided to stage their own show at 35 ...

From left, “The Cradle” by Berthe Morisot, “The Mother and Sister of the Artist” by Berthe Morisot, “The Luncheon” by Claude Monet, “The Artist's Daughter, Marie-Anne Carolus-Duran” by Charles Emile ...

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 ...

Visitors to The Society of the Four Arts can now view an exhibit of 125 works from 90 famous and lesser-known American Impressionist artists and learn more about the style first developed in France by ...

Mary Cassatt, “Summertime,” 1894. Oil on canvas. A view of the “Mary Cassatt / Berthe Morisot, Allies in Impressionism” installation at the Fenimore Museum in Cooperstown. The exhibit runs through ...