After the age of Impressionism, which was filled with soft brushstrokes, beautiful sceneries, and the sunrise and gardens of Claude Monet, came the era of post-impressionism. While Impressionists ...

For a style of painting that's become immensely popular, reproduced on key chains, coffee mugs and T-shirts, Impressionism got off to a rocky start. In the 1860s and 1870s, as Impressionism was ...

In the ranks of the 19th-century Paris avant-garde, Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) was at once an anomaly and a sensation-an American In the ranks of the 19th-century Paris avant-garde, Mary Cassatt ...

James Ensor, "The Astonishment of the Mask Wouse" (L’étonnement du masque Wouse) (1889), oil on canvas. Collection KMSKA - Flemish Community (© Lukas - Art in Flanders VZW / Bridgeman Images) LONDON — ...

The noted author and art historian Philip Eliasoph knew his grandmother as "Baba." But on the 20th-century arts scene, Grandma Paula Eliasoph (1895-1983) was known as one of the most prominent women ...

Henri Matisse once asked Camille Pissarro to define Impressionism. “An Impressionist,” the older painter replied, “is the artist who paints a different picture every time, a painter who never produces ...

Many of the artists that we think of as the greatest in history – Cezanne, Degas, Renoir, Van Gogh, Manet, Monet, Gauguin – emerged as part of the Impressionist movement in France in the waning ...

The Legion of Honor’s exhibition “Impressionists on the Water,” in conjunction with America’s Cup, offers an examination of the important role boating themes played in the social and artistic contexts ...