The story of Impressionism’s birth has been told so often, it’s more myth than historic event. Generally, the tale goes something like this: in 1874, a ragtag gang of disaffected artists reject the ...

Telfair Museums presents Impressionism and Modernity: French and American Painting, on display May 15 through Aug. 16, 2026, at the Jepson Center for the Arts. Organized in celebration of the museum’s ...

The field of Arts has seen many different ages, phases, and eras. Be it emotional portraits, paintings, and sculptures of mythological figures, or the trend of graffiti on walls that became a form of ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Claude Monet painted "Houses of Parliament, Effect of Fog" (1899–1904), he was likely depicting pollution, researchers say. (courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art via Wikimedia) The late 19th ...

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 ...