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 ...

Edouard Manet (c1870)and his painting, Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets (1872) - Getty The triumph of a trend commonly labelled “Impressionism” was a pivotal moment in the history of art.

Claude Monet influenced more than just other painters. Composers began to incorporate impressionism into their music.The romantic era of Brahms went out the door. And in came French composer Claude ...

Impressionism, like most new things, great or small, is at present more discussed than understood. The word itself is elastic, and covers a variety of significations; the teachings of the school, in ...

Athenaeum Music & Arts Library welcomes back art historian Linda Blair with a new lecture series, Impressionism. For many years now, Blair has been one of the Athenaeum’s most popular speakers.

About 145 years ago, a group of artists in France started experimenting with a new style of landscape painting. Characterized by vivid, almost radioactive colors and fluid yet imprecise brush strokes, ...

On April 15, 1874 – 150 years ago – the first Impressionist exhibition opened on Rue du Capucines in Paris, featuring works by 30 artists, including Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille ...

It’s hard to believe that Monet, Degas and Renoir once faced hostility from the art world. Alastair Sooke reveals how one man changed everything. Few movements in the history of art feel as familiar ...