From ordinary day-to-day scenes to powerful themes depicted through natural backdrops, American Impressionism proudly boasts paintings that are as famous as their European counterparts. Here are five ...

PAUL DURAND-RUEL was a French art dealer who effectively made the market for Impressionist paintings. He was the first person to promote the artists; he supported them financially through the bad ...

THE WORLD was not always an arena of Claude Monet superfans. “Wallpaper in its embryonic state is more finished than that seascape,” sneered Louis Leroy, an art critic, when describing Monet’s ...

The French Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot has long been overshadowed in art history by male contemporaries such as Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. But at long last, Morisot ...

Five little-known works by the Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte, which belonged to the artist’s butler, are now on view at the Musée d’Orsay. They are a remarkable gift made by the great ...

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 ...

Where: The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, 2316 West First Avenue. Cost: $12 for adults; $10 for seniors and college students with valid identification; $7 for children and youth, ages 6-17; and ...

Installation view of ‘Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas’ at the New York Botanical Garden (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless noted) As artists like Georges Seurat and Claude ...

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