In his masterpiece “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,” the French post-Impressionist Georges Seurat demanded that the world look at art in a shocking new way. He never sold a ...

Ah, Impressionism! A word that brings joy to the hearts of museum administrators with its power to generate box-office magic and gonzo sales at the gift shop. Seattle Art Museum opens a new exhibition ...

PARIS, France — Claude Monet created some of the most famous paintings of the Impressionist movement in the late 19th century. "Impressionists were the first to go outside to paint. They came out of ...

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 ...

In Paul Henry’s own words, he hoped to capture “the very soul of Ireland” in his paintings. Courtesy of Caza Sikes An Ohio man preparing to sell his parents’ art collection recently discovered a ...

Twenty years ago, Berkeley author Jeffrey Meyers published “Impressionist Quartet,” an interlocking biography exploring the “intimate genius” of painters Edouard Manet and Berthe Morisot, and Edgar ...

Before Claude Monet was one of the world’s most renowned painters, he was shut out of the Salon, the French Academy art exhibition that showcased the best of what the art world had to offer. Like many ...

The paintings, on loan from Paris' Musée d'Orsay (whose in-depth Impressionist collection is unparalleled), are a reminder of one of Impressionism's dictums: Women don't have to be depicted as happy, ...