Impressionism was at its height in the U.S. for about two decades, between the 1890s and 1910s, before the emergence of the modern art movement. The Daytons were both raised in prominent, upper-class ...

WESTERLY, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island’s arts scene will grow this fall with a museum dedicated entirely to American Impressionism set to open in Westerly next month. The Westerly Museum of American ...

Visitors to The Society of the Four Arts can now view an exhibit of 125 works from 90 famous and lesser-known American Impressionist artists and learn more about the style first developed in France by ...

Berthe Morisot's 1880 oil-on-canvas painting "Winter" is among the highlights of “The Impressionist Revolution from Monet to Matisse,” which continues through Nov. 3 at the Dallas Museum of Art. Chad ...

Robert Moore’s colorful and textural style makes his landscapes immediately recognizable. Yet, behind the scenes of his energetic paintings lies a story just as fascinating. Artist’s Reception: ...

In creating the masterpieces that are among the favorites of art fans of all ages, the late 19th-century French impressionists started with a different way of seeing their subject matter. That new ...

In the late 1800s, impressionism was one of the art world’s hottest topics. The style of painting in the moment, often in nature, with visible brush strokes, was both loved and hated. The French ...

I have always enjoyed books, films and museum exhibits centered around watershed events in the history of modern and contemporary arts — ones that shook up people’s perceptions and changed the course ...

The spring of 1874 in Paris shook up the art world. The San Diego Museum of Art’s Curator of European Art, Michael Brown, explains: “The first so-called Impressionist Exhibition was held as a kind of ...

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 ...

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Japanese art, Impressionism, and other European art styles were heavily linked. Ukiyo-e woodblock prints, created to depict “The Floating World of Edo” (modern-day ...