They originated those starving artist shows 150 years ago. The critics hated their paintings, and for years nobody bought them. But today, those same canvases fetch multimillions, and Auguste Renoir, ...

Few exhibitions have been more mythologized than the one that opened in a Parisian photography studio on April 15, 1874. There, over the course of a month, the trajectory of art was altered, launching ...

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, "Oarsmen at Chatou." (From "Impressionists on the Water" at the Peabody Essex Museum) A couple, dressed in what you might call their Sunday-outing best, stand on the grassy bank ...

Impressionists broke the mold by holding their own exhibition outside the official Paris Salon and the art world was changed ...

Does the world need another show of Impressionist or Postimpressionist paintings? A pretty good case can be made that the answer is no. But “Impressionists on the Water,” at the Legion of Honor Museum ...

It was supposed to be an epochal Year of the Woman. With Hillary Clinton cruising toward the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, 2008 would represent a historic breakthrough, a triumph of ...

Edgar Degas, "Dancers on a Bench" (c. 1898), pastel on tracing paper; lent by Glasgow Life (Glasgow Museums) on behalf of Glasgow City Council (photo © CSG CIC ...

A stunning art collection is on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The collection is from a promoter of iconic impressionists. Popular French impressionists Monet, and others may not have ...

PHOENIX — Those who missed Immersive Monet and The Impressionists have another chance to experience the art exhibit as it has returned to the Valley for a limited time after a successful run in 2022.

The Amarillo Art Institute's (AAI) Arts in the Sunset is presenting the highly acclaimed "Impressionists Immersive Exhibition," coming to Amarillo on Thursday, May 16 and running through July 17. This ...

SKILLFUL popularizers don't always get a place of honor at literature's table, but they should. They bridge the divide between scholars and general readers, harvesting the work of experts and whipping ...

WE all talk a great deal about influences, in relation to both the artists who give and those who receive them; tabulating them adds a cozy sense of continuity to the rather chaotic history of art.