The Impressionist exhibit opening today at Washington’s Phillips Collection features big names and the marquee draw of 17 Monet paintings. But what makes the show really pleasurable is that it’s ...

Known as the father of the Impressionist movement, Camille Pissarro was an early pioneer of the style and a mentor to those who came after him, including Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne. But despite his ...

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 ...

NEW YORK - Many American painters, inspired by French Impressionists at the turn of the 20th century, flocked from East Coast cities to sun-dappled garden havens in places like Appledore, Maine; Old ...

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From Claude Monet to Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas, Impressionism has left a legacy of legendary canvases you can see in the world's most prestigious museums. Let’s take a tour! In the late 19 ...

Find the thought of going to an art gallery a bit intimidating? Afraid that you won't understand what's going on, or wonder if you'd like the paintings you'll see? If so, may we suggest "Claude Monet: ...

SAN ANTONIO — “Who can resist a painting of a big slab of butter?” Mary Morton asked a group of art patrons and media members as they previewed “Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art ...