Known as the father of the Impressionist movement, Camille Pissarro was an early pioneer of the style and a mentor to those who came after him, including Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne. But despite his ...

In 1874, an offbeat, rebellious group of artists mounted an exhibition in the studio of the great French photographer Felix Nadar. Because they didn’t have a memorable name, it didn’t take long for a ...

NEW YORK — Many American painters, inspired by French Impressionists at the turn of the 20th century, flocked from East Coast cities to sun-dappled garden havens in places like Appledore, Maine; Old ...

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 ...

Fresh from a visit to Monet’s garden in Giverny, Takashi Murakami turns his attention to the deep, reciprocal relationship ...

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 ...

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.

History has produced some famous artists who were also avid gardeners. For instance, impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926) and his colleague, Auguste Renoir (1841-1911) tended flower and herb ...

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 ...