Mary Cassatt reshaped the art world by elevating everyday domestic moments into beautiful Impressionist works of art.

The competition — which this Tale of Two Exhibitions never was — comes to a draw. Before leaving ... a different kind of art. Not many found it at the first impressionism show of 1874 ...

But it launched impressionism ... drawing, theatrical lighting effects, smoothly mixed colours and invisible brushwork were the hallmarks of what's now known, disparagingly, as "academic art".

It is little wonder that an art movement like Impressionism, popular for capturing the elusive immediacy of everyday life, would be drawn to drawing. Works on paper, historically relegated to the ...

The triumph of a trend commonly labelled “Impressionism” was a pivotal moment in the history of art. Precisely what ... fragility of life itself”, drawing their subject-matter from the ...

Impressionism is an artistic movement that changed the course of art history. And you are invited ... and each week will emphasize a different discipline —drawing, painting, printmaking and ...

The Art Institute of Chicago ... summer show featuring French Impressionist Gustave Caillebotte. More information at artic.edu. “Lines of Connection: Drawing and Printmaking” (March 15 ...

By Crawford Alexander Mann III, Curator of Prints and Drawing, Smithsonian American ... American collectors to buy Impressionist works, shaping the art collections of major U.S. museums, including ...