Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Dominique Aubert, the Artist's Uncle, as a Monk
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the impressionist painting "Dominique Aubert, the Artist's Uncle, as a Monk" by Paul Cezanne, is described in a short paragraph and presented with a large-format image.
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...
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.
Other
Art Gallery of Hamilton: Maurice Cullen
Explore two of the pieces of artwork by Canadian painter, Maurice Cullen: " Cape Diamond" and " Paris, Winter on the Seine". Read about his life as an impressionist artist who also did landscapes.
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...
Other
An American Tradition: The Pennsylvania Impressionists
This site gives an in-depth look into the Pennsylvania Impressionists and their history.
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...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Vincent Van Gogh
These articles and the corresponding slideshow on the works of Vincent van Gogh offer an in-depth background on his works and their inspirations.
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.
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.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Brush House
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the painting "The Brush House" 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: Peach Blossoms?villiers Le Bel
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the painting "Peach Blossoms?Villiers-le-Bel" 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: The Water Garden
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the painting "The Water Garden" 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: Spring Morning in the Heart of the City
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the painting "Spring Morning in the Heart of the City" by the American impressionist painter Childe Hassam is profiled with a large image of the piece, a description, and links to related topics and...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Celia Thaxter's Garden, Isles of Shoals, Maine
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the painting "Celia Thaxter's Garden, Isles of Shoals, Maine" by the American impressionist painter Childe Hassam is profiled with a large image of the piece, a description, and links to related topics...