This site gives a breif history of art movements from Impressionism to Modernism, concentrating in America. There are also pages linked to key artists within each movement where you can also see their work.

Kids learn about the Impressionism Art movement and its major artists such as Claude Monet and Edgar Degas.

This site disucusses France's impressionist painting movement, with some examples.

Kids learn about the Post-impressionism Art movement and its major artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin on this site.

This resource is an online gallery where you can search through many American Impressionists works.

This site gives a brief history of the American Impressionists who painted in Lyme, Connecticut.

Learn about the life of Claude Monet. See all the main canvases the master of Impressionism created. Tour the museums where the original Monet masterpieces are on display.

This site gives an in-depth look into the Pennsylvania Impressionists and their history.

This resource includes a picture of the famous painting, "Allies Day," as well as a brief description of the history behind it.

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam houses the largest collection of artworks by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) in the world. The permanent collection includes over 200 paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 500 drawings, and more than 750 letters....

This resource contains an image gallery of Impressionist works.

A great list provided of American Impressionist artists and their exhibits. A visual site of artist's paintings of impressionism style.

Students develop an understanding of impressionsim by studying works of Claude Monet and then designing and sending their own postcards.

This site contains a short biography on the life of Vincent Van Gogh.

At the online home of the Art Institute of Chicago, browse the full scope and focus of the museum's collections of French impressionism, photography, architectural drawing, European decorative arts, American art, textiles, African art,...

A detailed history and explanation of the ideologies behind cubism. Lots of cubism links as well.

This site is a preview to a live exhibit in Chicago, these pages explore the theme of seascape as perceived in the late 19th century. Includes a great deal about Manet and other artists of the period plus plenty of images of famous works.

A large collection of resource links here for a wide range of art periods and styles from ancient times to the modern day.

From the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, this is an image, description and explanation with an accompanying link to other facts about the American Impressionist painting "Portrait of the Artist's Mother" by James Abbott McNeill Whistler.

View over 300 of Cassatt's paintings. You can conduct searches, watch slideshows, or view page by page. Also includes an extensive biography and many features that make finding and bookmarking your favorite works very easy.

View over 1000 of Renoir's paintings! You can conduct searches, watch slideshows, or view page by page. Also includes an extensive biography and many features that make finding and bookmarking your favorite works very easy.

A nice discussion of the characteristics and attributes of modernism in literature.

Click to enlarge Van Gogh's self-portrait from 1886-87, and read the paragraph of text explaining his methods.

PBS Senior Producer Jeffrey Brown 1998 interview with Earl Powell III, Director, National Gallery of Art, John Leighton, Director, Van Gogh Museum, Richard Schickel, Time Magazine and others. Brown discusses the artist's intent as...