Around 1890, Bertha Palmer, wife of Chicago millionaire Potter Palmer, bought her first piece of modern art, paying $500 (equivalent to more than $8,000 today) for “On the Stage,” a pastel drawing by ...

Here are nine shows not to miss around France, beyond the Musée d’Orsay’s blockbuster “Paris 1874: Inventing Impressionism,” which we’ve covered separately and highly recommend. The unofficial prequel ...

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Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter It’s a brave curator that can put on show his national artists against the originals which influenced them and hope to emerge with ...

Sometimes, a single sincere word from someone can change the course of a life and open doors to possibilities that were once closed. Claude Monet (1840–1926), the founder of Impressionism, also had ...

While every Art History 101 student knows that Impressionism challenged the prevailing aesthetic of its day, Professor House seeks to show that this challenge was also at least obliquely political: ...

The Ecole des Batignolles: oppositional painting in the late 1860s -- Sketch and finished painting -- Modernising the landscape: the environs of Paris -- The viewer of modern life -- Making a mark: ...