Impressionist Artists Teacher Resources

Artcyclopedia provides a brief overview of the movement, and includes resources for finding Impressionist artists' paintings in famous art museums.

Explore two of the pieces of artwork by Canadian painter, Maurice Cullen: " Cape Diamond" and " Paris, Winter on the Seine". Read about his life as an impressionist artist who also did landscapes.

An actual photograph of the artist and his life story are both included in this presentation. Learn all about this impressionist painter.

See what the artist Edourard Manet looked like in a photograph and read all about his life in this biography.

An NPR-produced slideshow set to the music of Claude Debussy showcases dozens of post-impressionist masterworks by Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Bonnard, Derain, Degas, and Picasso. The slideshow coincides with an exhibition that opened at...

Very thorough collection of paintings by this famous Spanish artist in the Prado Museum, Madrid, plus a short biography.

These notes provide useful background information about the featured painting 'Beach Scene' and the artist as well as some suggestions on using the painting in the primary classroom, ideas for activities and cross-curricular links.

A brief biography of French impressionist painter Claude Monet. Includes links to selected paintings and picture of the artist.

This online gallery has nice selection of the works of Eugene-Louis Boudin (1824-1898 CE). Also contains a short biography of the artist.

This site has a gallery of the works of Edouard Manet (1832-1883 CE). Contains a short biography of the artist.

ibiblio.org provides a short biography of French impressionist painter Manet, the impact of his work, and many samples of his paintings.

Learn fascinating facts about the life and career of this prolific Dutch post-impressionist painter.

The Art Gallery of New South Wales developed this website to accompany an exhibition of Pissarro mounted by the museum in late 2005. The site contains an interesting, although limited, mix of photographs of the artist and reproductions...

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the impressionist painting "Dominique Aubert, the Artist's Uncle" by Paul Cezanne, is described in a short paragraph and presented with a large-format image.

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the impressionist painting "Dominique Aubert, the Artist's Uncle, as a Monk" by Paul Cezanne, is described in a short paragraph and presented with a large-format image.

Biographical highlights of the life and career of French post-Impressionist artist Georges Seurat.

Biographical account highlights the life and career of French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin.

Impressionists used new methods of mixing colors based on contemporary scientific writings about optics. This lesson plan explores the theory of optical color mixing, painting the same subject under different conditions of light, and the...

This site from the National Gallery of Art provides a tour of the leading artists of the post-impressionist movement: Van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat, and Cezanne.

Students will compare and contrast an academic and an Impressionist portrait through a writing exercise and discussion. Each student will then write a formal commission letter to one of the artists, requesting a portrait. Adaptations for...

An impressive investigation into one artist's lifetime fascination with the sea. Find information on the seascape paintings of French artist Edouard Manet and a gallery of Manet's at-sea and seaside paintings where you can hear and read...

This site is a preview to a live exhibit in Chicago, these pages explore the theme of seascape as perceived in the late 19th century. Includes a great deal about Manet and other artists of the period plus plenty of images of famous works.

Discussion of whether or not the artists of the Ashcan School helped or hindered the existing stereotypes of their subjects. Interesting information on individual works.

This site gives a breif history of art movements from Impressionism to Modernism, concentrating in America. There are also pages linked to key artists within each movement where you can also see their work.