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Alex: Oral Presentations on French Impressionism
Students research and present an artist from the period of French Impressionism. Presentations include a biography and examples of the artist's work. After the presentations, students produce sidewalk chalk paintings.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Impressionism
This article speaks of the development of impressionism. This article discusses the founders of impressionism, how the 1870 war had an effect on art, as well as public opinion about the movement. Includes French translation.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Georges Seurat (1859 1891) and Neo Impressionism
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on Georges Seurat (1859-1891) and Neo-Impressionism. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Art Periods: Impressionism
This site disucusses France's impressionist painting movement, with some examples.
Other
Claude Monet
Learn about the life of Claude Monet. See all the main canvases the master of Impressionism created. Tour the museums where the original Monet masterpieces are on display.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Sisley, Alfred
Overview of impressionist French painter, Alfred Sisley. Links to fellow impressionist, Edouard Manet, Pissarro, Renoir, Monet, and Bazille. A gallery of his work is included with selected insights. Great links are provided to...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Edouard Manet
ibiblio.org provides a short biography of French impressionist painter Manet, the impact of his work, and many samples of his paintings.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Paul Cezanne
This website is an interesting biography on Paul Cezanne, the French painter whose works evolved from one style into another. Links to related sites included.
ArtQuizz
Art Quizz: Impressionism
A quiz on the Impressionist art movement. This is a great tool for assessment or review and an even greater way to incorporate technology in the artroom. This site is translated from the original French version. The homepage provides...
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
At the online home of the Art Institute of Chicago, browse the full scope and focus of the museum's collections of French impressionism, photography, architectural drawing, European decorative arts, American art, textiles, African art,...
Other
Musee D'orsay: Berthe Morisot, the Cradle
From the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, this is an image, description and explanation with an accompanying link to other facts about the French Impressionist painting "The Cradle" by Berthe Morisot.
Other
Musee D'orsay: Works in Focus: Edgar Degas: In a Cafe
Analysis of French impressionist painting In a Cafe by Edgar Degas (also known as Absinthe).
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art: Manet and the Sea
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...
Other
Musee D'orsay: Auguste Renoir, Dance at Le Moulin De La Galette
From the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, this is an image, description and explanation with an accompanying link to other facts about the French Impressionist painting "Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette" by Auguste Renoir.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: "La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat
A short essay on Seurat's famous "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte." This essay discusses whether this painting is a statement in anti-impressionism or, in fact, a natural progression of the movement's ideas. Interesting...
Other
Fondation Beyeler: Claude Monet
This exhibition takes a look at how Claude Monet, the "father of Impressionism," influenced the work of future artists, including today's digital impressionists. It includes a lengthy chronology of Monet's life and many examples of his...
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Claude Monet
Biographical account covers the life and career of Claude Monet, French painter, and leader of the Impressionist movement.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Camille Pissarro
Biographical account covers the life and career of Camille Pissarro, Danish-French impressionist painter.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Eugene Louis Boudin
Biographical summary of the life and career of French landscape painter Eugene-Louis Boudin.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Claude Monet Biography
Interesting biographical details and style of painting of Claude Monet, French Impressionist painter.
Museum of Modern Art
Mo Ma: Pioneering Modern Painting: Cezanne and Pissarro (1865 85)
Exhibition brings together the work of two masters of the early modern period, Cezanne and Pissarro. Compares and contrasts their styles, choices of subject, techniques, and development, with interesting thematic pathways into the...
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Art Periods: Cubism
A detailed history and explanation of the ideologies behind cubism. Lots of cubism links as well.
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Manet and the Sea
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.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Albright Knox Art Gallery: Painting an Impression
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...