Though artists on the cutting edge claimed to revile it, academic art was pivotal in the development of modernism.
Impressionism
Once considered a great impressionist, why has Marie Bracquemond remained unknown to much of art history?
Setting a new world record for the artist, one of Art Deco’s most prominent artists, Tamara de Lempicka, lead Christie’s recent Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on February 5.…
Impressionism is one of the best known and loved movements in Art History, but why? We present a case for why Impressionism is interesting and worth your attention and admiration, beyond the famous…
When historian and journalist Eve Kahn encountered a trove of letters from artist Mary Rogers Williams in 2012, there were scarce references to the late painter online, and her work had barely been…
Senior paintings conservator Pam Skiles and DAM director Christoph Heinrich discuss the role of varnish on paintings and why Monet and other Impressionists preferred matte finishes over varnish. See…
![Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903), Pièce d'eau à Kew, Londres (Ornamental Lake at Kew [Gardens], London), 1892](https://cdn.artandobject.com/sites/default/files/styles/category_card_187x139/public/pissarro-piece-deau-kew-edited.jpg?itok=8GC9Zlsb)
The High Museum of Art announces that Atlanta-based philanthropists Doris and Shouky Shaheen have donated their entire impressionist, postimpressionist and modernist painting collection, totaling 24…
This video essay seeks to explain how art progressed from figurative works to the abstract art of Jackson Pollock.
