Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Impressionist and Post Impressionist Art
In the late 19th century, the Impressionists defied academic tradition in French art with their emphasis on modern subjects, sketchlike technique, and practice of painting in the open air with pure, high-keyed color. The Art Institute of...
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Impressionist & Post Impressionist Art
This article features information about the post-impressionist art auctions of Christie's and Sotheby's. Includes many colorful pictures of the artworks.
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An American Tradition: The Pennsylvania Impressionists
This site gives an in-depth look into the Pennsylvania Impressionists and their history.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: American Impressionists
This site provides many examples of American Impressionistic work. Also, under the section titled "Overview", it gives information into the origins of American Impressionism (click the "continued" link after the paragraph).
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Camille Pissarro, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne
This site from the National Gallery of Art provides a tour of the leading artists of the post-impressionist movement: Van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat, and Cezanne.
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art: "On the Beach, No. 3"
"On the Beach, No. 3, 1915" in an oil painting on canvas by Post-Impressionist Maurice Prendergast (American, 1858-1924).
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: Art, Music and Popular Culture
Discover the music, art, and popular culture that shook the world in the 20th century.
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Pierre Auguste Renoir
An actual photograph of the artist and his life story are both included in this presentation. Learn all about this impressionist painter.
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American Impressionist Selections
A great list provided of American Impressionist artists and their exhibits. A visual site of artist's paintings of impressionism style.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: American Impressionism
The Smithsonian American Art Museum contains examples of works by many of the American Impressionists. With each work, there is a brief bit of information regarding the work. Click "Artworks" in the toolbar to view a slideshow of the...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Childe Hassam, "Allies Day"
This resource includes a picture of the famous painting, "Allies Day," as well as a brief description of the history behind it.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Henri Matisse
An in-depth look at how Matisse used color and at how contemporary theories about optics and color influenced his work. The essay describes how a group of artists along with Matisse--Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Seurat among them--became tired...
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Albright Knox Art Gallery: Painting an Impression
Impressionists used new methods of mixing colors based on contemporary scientific writings about optics. This lesson plan explores the theory of optical color mixing, painting the same subject under different conditions of light, and the...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Mary Stevenson Cassatt
This site features an in-depth look at the life, times, and works of American impressionist painter Mary Cassatt.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Writing About Art: Comparing Portraits
Students will compare and contrast an academic and an Impressionist portrait through a writing exercise and discussion. Each student will then write a formal commission letter to one of the artists, requesting a portrait. Adaptations for...
Yale University
Yale University Art Gallery
The Yale University Art Gallery offers collections of Egyptian, Etruscan, and Greek art, early Italian panel paintings, European, Asian and African art, impressionist, modernist, and contemporary paintings and sculpture as well as...
Children's Discovery Museum
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Impressionist Bubbles
Go on a bubbly adventure and make some creative art.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Explore Art: Claude Monet
A biography from the Getty 's Explore Art site. The site also includes four images of paintings by Monet from the Getty's collection, with information about technique, setting, and other details.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Seated Peasant
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the impressionist painting "From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the impressionist painting "Seated Peasant" by Paul Cezanne, is described in a short paragraph and presented with a large-format image.
BBC
Bbc Arts: Impressionism Gallery
The Impressionism Gallery at the BBC provides some of the most popular paintings from the Impressionist era. Pictures are provided in a thumbnail format.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Mary Cassatt
Biographical highlights of the life and career of Impressionist painter, Mary Cassatt.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Art Nouveau
This site contains information on Art Nouveau in great detail. Find out what this term means, and how this "new art" adapted from old styles.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Winter in Union Square
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the painting "Winter in Union Square" by the American impressionist painter Childe Hassam is profiled with a large image of the piece, a description, and links to related topics and artworks.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Golden Afternoon
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the painting "Golden Afternoon" by the American impressionist painter Childe Hassam is profiled with a large image of the piece, a description, and links to related topics and artworks.