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- American Women Impressionist PaintersThis article briefly explores the contribution of women to American impressionist art.
- American Impressionists Society Show Comes to Carmel, CaliforniaAlthough Impressionism began as an art movement more than a century ago, it is far from being antiquated. In fact, it’s thriving in the 21st century, according to the American Impressionists Society, which is preparing its annual juried show.
The First ImpressionistThis is my impression of being a writer, a boyfriend, and trying to be me but I have no idea who that is and neither do you. The First Impressionist… always I’m trying to be and the thing is I guess I’m always in the eye of the beholder *sigh*
Impressionism and the World Around ItThe Industrial Revolution and a separation from Romanticism affected the Impressionist movement.- Eureka Valley Library to Host Post-Impressionist LectureEllen Harden will bring her lecture, "Van Gogh, Gaugin, Cezanne and Beyond: Post Impression Masterpieces from Musee d'Orsay," from the de Young Museum to the Eureka Valley Library on November 16, 2010.
- Impressionist Painters Changed the Art WorldImpressionist painters transformed the art world by introducing an innovative and eclectic new form of painting. They are remembered today because these artisans changed the art world.
Painting Masters - #10 - Impressionist Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)Mary Cassatt influenced Impressionism not only as an artist. She often bought the paintings of her friends and promoted the works of Impressionists in the USA, largely through her brother Alexander.
The Painting Masters - #6 - Paul Gauguin- Post-ImpressionistIn 1891, he auctioned his paintings to raise money for a voyage to Tahiti. Except for two years, he spent the rest of his life in Tahiti. He chose to abandon civilization to spend his days in the Marquesas Islands, Tahiti.
The Painting Masters - #5 - Edgar Degas - ImpressionistDegas was a co-organizer of the first exhibition of the Impressionists in 1874 and from that point only exhibited in the shows of the Impressionist group.
The Painting Masters - #4 - Camille Pissarro - ImpressionistCamille Pissarro was one of the original circle of painters who became known as the Impressionists. The group included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne and Camille Pissarro.
The Painting Masters - Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Impressionist - #2The Impressionists banded together because it was so difficult to have their paintings selected by the Salon de Paris. They had their own exhibition which critics called Impressionistic, which is where the term began.
Camille Pissarro: Father of the Impressionist Movement in ArtOften considered the patriarch of the Impressionist movement, Camille Pissarro always considered himself the outsider, champion new techniques and ways of looking at art.
"Painter of Light" Raoul DufyKnown as the "Painter of Light" Impressionist Raoul Dufy soon turned to the Fauve ("Wild Beast") school of painting, where he made his mark on the art world.- Impressionist Fred Travalena Dies at 66Impressionist Fred Travalena has died at age 66. Travalena was a gifted comic and entertainer with the ability to imitate over 300 celebrities, both live and animated.
Weir Farm in Connecticut is Home to American Impressionist ArtWeir Farm in Connecticut was home to the American Impressionist movement and an inspiration to three generations of artists.
Connecticut's Florence Griswold Museum of American Impressionist ArtThe Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut has been the home to the American Impressionist art movement since the early 1900s.
Connecticut's Hill-Stead Museum: The Stunning Impressionist CollectionOne of America's finest collections of Impressionist art are on display in the Hill-Stead Museum, a Connecticut farmhouse where some of the paintings have hung since they were first bought from the artists including Monet, Manet and Degas.- Las Vegas Show Review and Comments,With Dozens of Shows opening and closing in Las Vegas, one performer has beat the odds of real life and death AND Las Vegas' deadly "pay to play" arena.
Monet, We Hardly Knew You: Traveling Art Exhibit Reveals the Truth About the Impressionist PainterClaude Monet, Impressionist painter, fooled us all. He may even have fooled himself.- J.M.W. Turner's Influence on MusicWithout even thinking, music and painting have an inevitable relationship - they are both art forms. While the slurs or staccato sounded from a violinist's bow may parallel an artist's brush strokes on canvas, music and painting share an even deeper bond.
- Joe Downing - American ImpressionistOver the years – Centuries, in fact – Americans have been coming to France. Most of them, like Hemingway, writers and artists. Drawn simultaneously by the artist’s genetic desire to experience, and the inspiration of French/European art.
- Aelita Andre the Four Year Old Who is Already a Professional ArtistHow many of us would love to be a successful entrepreneur or to have the kind of artistic talent that makes us internationally famous? Aelita Andre from Melbourne in Australia is just that, and she is only four years old.
- Biography of Mary CassattA short biography of artist Mary Cassatt.
- Mary Cassatt the Inspiring ImpressionistProfessional painters who were women were unheard of, until Mary Cassatt took Europe by storm.
Danny Gans, 52, Actor-Impressionist Has DiedDanny Gans, 52, died in his sleep early Friday morning at his Henderson, Nevada home.- Writers' HandsAs a second article of Could I Be A Writer, this part shows an interesting relation between the hands and the mind. In my case as a writer , the hands don't like to do as they are told by the head.
- Mary Cassatt: Biography and CommentaryThis is a short essay of Mary Cassatt's life with a commentary on her art piece entitled "Ellen Mary in a White Coat".
Introduction to ImpressionismImpressionism was a nineteenth-century art movement that began as an association of Paris-based artists led by the painter Claude Monet. The name of the movement was derived from the title of a Monet piece, Impression: Sunrise, coined by satiric art critic Louis Leroy.
