Impressionists held their first exhibition in Paris. In India, rather than imitate, artists combined elements of ...

France is now celebrating the anniversary of the Impressionism movement, one of its most significant exports, with a major exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris 1874. Inventing Impressionism ...

Most of the reviews were negative. But it launched impressionism as a movement. The word wasn't coined by the artists (they billed themselves as the "Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors ...

This year marks the 150th anniversary of Impressionism, the 19th-century art style defined by strong brushstrokes and ...

Édouard Manet, whose seaside vacation turned the tide of modern art, promoting the birth of Impressionism. Martha Teichner reports on the exhibition "Manet and the Sea" (April 25, 2004); Dutch ...

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 ...

The painting reveals the ways in which Impressionism's temperament and techniques challenged the sensibilities of the powerful Salon, the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in ...

Sotheby's will offer a haystack painting by Claude Monet at its marquee Modern art sale in New York next month, for as much ...