Articles related to "The Impressionists"

Views of the French capital by Impressionists Caillebotte and Monet and Post-Impressionists Van Gogh and Seurat.

Camille Pissarro was unique amongst French Impressionists who lived in London. He painted London's suburbs, leaving an artistic record of England's growing capital city.

Painters Claude Monet, Edouard Manet and Gustave Caillebotte depicted many beautiful elements of nature in their works, and they were also avid gardners.

Using oil paints, Helen McNicoll created scenes of children, women, nature and flowers. Her skill with the brush gave her impressionist-style paintings beauty and life

The Impressionists broke the rules of convention and strove to capture light and shade by ladling pigments pure from the tube. This can seem intimidating for the beginner

Birger Sandzén was a Swedish-born Post-Impressionist painter who settled in Lindsborg, Kansas.

Principles of composition and studying how famous painters use light and shadow helps fine art photographers improve the results from their digital cameras.

Mary Cassatt was a member of the Impressionist school. Unmarried and childless, she nevertheless painted tender and beautiful images of motherhood.

The Impressionists gave dappled sunlight equal importance to objects. The following demonstration shows how shadows can make an ordinary setting dramatic.

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in England began with Dante Rosetti, Holman Hunt and John Millais, who advocated a 'Truth to Nature' approach to art.

The museum boasts an impressive collection of Impressionist, Modern, and Post-Impressionist works, and is a must for art lovers when visiting the Windy City.

Seeing an art work not only as one of many pieces in a personal art collection but in the context of its owner's living space adds a new dimension to its appreciation.

Known best for his beautiful landscapes and portraits of New England, Metcalf was part of the early 20th century American Impressionist group known as The Ten.

Monet, the Impressionists and the Colossal Squid are at Te Papa. There are many accessible places to stay and transport is easy in Wellington, New Zealand's capital city.

The café as a meeting place, den of evil, absinthe wonderland or political hotbed in works by Jean Beraud, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Viktor Oliva and Gabriel Deluc.

Views of harvest-time by artists Camille Pissarro, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.

The Courtauld Collection of Impressionist and Post Impressionist paintings is housed in Somerset House, an 18th century palace by the banks of the Thames.

The span between 82nd and 104th represents the greatest concentration of museums in the world, with several others a few blocks further south.

Contemplate the impressionistic beauty of spring in works by Alfred Sisley, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Childe Hassam and Willard Metcalf.

While Impressionism is widely accepted and admired in contemporary art history it was not always so.

New Zealand's national museum hosts Monet and the Impressionists until May 2009. More than 55 works and a series of Impressionist-inspired events will tempt art lovers.

Maurice Pendergrast was an artist from the American Impressionism period. His painting, "Salem Cove" makes an interesting homeschool art lesson.

A fine artist in his own right, Caillebotte was also a patron of his fellow Impressionists and a collector and donor of significant works.

A history and overview of the Impressionism movement started by Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Camille Pissarro.

George Clausen was highly regarded in his day but is now largely forgotten. However, an uncharacteristic memorial to the dead of World War I deserves to be better known.

Determined and adventurous Jane Peterson made great strides in the world of art.

Artist Berthe Morisot held her own among the male-dominated Impressionists, and her friendship with fellow painter Edouard Manet would influence her career and his own

Two children's picture books by James Mayhew, Katie and the Mona Lisa and Katie Meets the Impressionists, take young readers on a whirlwind tour of classical painting.

Renowned Romantic painter and father of Impressionism, J.M.W. Turner, spent many months in Yorkshire, and this article follows his journey through the countryside.

Wassily Kandinsky is one of Russia's most famous artists. Kandinsky is considered to be the father of abstract art. This three-part series explores his life and artisti

Three paintings by American-born artists Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt and Thomas Eakins captured new views of the Good Old Summertime.

Since the late 19th century, artists of every style and school have flocked to Provence in search of translucent light and vivid colours.

Best known for her loving scenes of mothers and children, Mary Cassatt also painted an 1873 series of Spanish works that showed an adventurously emerging talent.

A masterpiece of color and detail, Camille Corot's Impressionist landscape can be appreciated fully only in real life.

Claude Monet, the French Impressionist artist, built his beautiful garden in the small village of Giverny, north of Paris. He continued to paint here until his death.

Here is how to take your chalk pastel paintings to new level using blending techniques.

The Orangerie Museum in Paris displays Monet's most celebrated work and a prized collection of post-impressionist and modern art.

The Musée d'Orsay fine arts collection encompasses a variety of disciplines, displaying works by French and international artists from 1848 to 1914.

Biography of Paul Gauguin, leader of the symbolist movement in art, and exponent of wood engraving and woodcuts. Like Van Gogh, proponent of Post-Impressionism.

While in Tahiti, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Gauguin created this sensuous portrait of a young native woman.

No other artist has such diversity. From the erotic and strange, to religious and political, Salvador Dali covered it all. He painted, made films and designed clothing.

Biography of French composer Claude Debussy, regarded founder of music impressionism and famous for two preludes, 'Clair de lune' and 'La mer.'

While Alfred Sisley is not the best-known French Impressionist, his works offer a fine expertise and sense of tranquility.

An excellent painter and also a patron of his Impressionist colleagues, Bazille's career was tragically cut short by his death in the Franco-Prussian War.

Edgar Degas was the only French Impressionist to travel to the United States, spending several months enjoying New Orleans' uniquely inspiring atmosphere.

There were many artists in the nineteenth century who painted flowers, trees and plants; Redoute, Manet, Monet and Van Gogh were perhaps the most famous botany artists.

Painting cornfields allows the artist freedom of expression and is a satisfying subject matter to render, as Monet's series of paintings of corn have testified.

Northern Ohio -- Cleveland, Toledo, and more -- offer a wonderful collection of important art museums. What's more: these museums offer free admission.

Though not an official member, Thomson was closely allied with the Canadian Group of Seven artists. His suspicious death in 1917 cut short a brilliant emerging career.

The glory of autumn in paintings by artists Mary Cassatt, John William Godward, Franklin Carmichael and Emily Carr.