Few schools of painting explored the pictorial qualities of flowers as fashionably as impressionism. From the poppies and waterlilies in Monet’s work to the irises in van Gogh’s, flowers are one of ...

The Seine at Bougival is one of Monet’s paintings on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. (Currier Museum of Art) In 1874, an offbeat, rebellious group of artists mounted an exhibition in the ...

47 x 59 in. (119.4 x 149.9 cm.) “Hanoi in Purple Flowers” is a large framed Impressionist oil on canvas landscape painting created by Vietnamese artist Le Thanh Son in 2021. Featuring a soft palette ...

As a teenager, Christian Dior helped his mother design the garden at their home in Normandy, France. He carried his love of flowers — also the... Exhibit Explores How Dior's Designs Echo Impressionist ...

As curator of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ upcoming major exhibition, Van Gogh, Manet, and Matisse: The Art of the Flower (which opens March 21), I anticipate that this event will be a crowd-pleaser.

While French Impressionism is often the most talked-about art movement, American artists in the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries carved out their own distinct voice with it and created American ...

Claude Monet is famous in art circles as the ‘Father of Impressionism’. He revolutionised the art world during his time with his unique style and innovative approach to painting. Through his beautiful ...

SAN ANTONIO — “Who can resist a painting of a big slab of butter?” Mary Morton asked a group of art patrons and media members as they previewed “Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art ...

The impressionists of the early 19th century had a special ability to capture nuance in everyday scenes—bright afternoons, a moment at a café, and luminous sunsets. A new exhibition at the Denver Art ...

On a November morning in 1872, Claude Monet set up his easel and began furiously painting the foggy scene beyond his hotel balcony. As a Normandy native, Monet knew Le Havre’s harbor well, but he ...