It isn’t easy to believe that Impressionist art, now ubiquitous, was ever considered revolutionary. Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies,” for example, is now ...

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 ...

Even if you have no idea about art, you’ve probably seen the bright, colorful works of the world’s most famous impressionist artists. It’s not by accident that the French Orsay Museum is one of the ...

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 ...

In art history, few names are as evocative as Claude Monet. The French artist is known for his swirling paintings of rivers, gardens, flowers and fields that would come to define the Impressionist ...

When it was time to create a new collection, Christian Dior had a ritual: He went to his garden and sat down among the flowers. Fashion historian Florence Muller gathered drawings, photographs and ...

Monet’s ‘Woman with a Parasol’ is a painting of Camille Monet (Claude’s wife) and their son Jean. It is a beautiful painting that looks like a photograph captured on a camera. It is a fleeting moment ...

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 ...