Impressionism

  • Getting up close with the waterlilies: Some thoughts on Monet, the Immersive Experience

    Getting up close with the waterlilies: Some thoughts on Monet, the Immersive Experience

    Title Image: Water Lilies, 1917/19, Honolulu Museum of Art. You may have realised, if you’ve followed this blog for a while, or my Instagram account, that there are a couple of things that I really love and, not to put too fine a point on it, won’t shut up about. One is Jane Austen, another read more

  • Mini-Post | Lilla Cabot Perry (1848-1933)

    Mini-Post | Lilla Cabot Perry (1848-1933)

    The Blue Kimono, 1915, oil on canvas. Is Female Artist Friday a thing? If it is, I’m joining in! This painting by Lilla Cabot Perry caught my attention a long while ago at the San Diego Museum of Art – I love the flowers and the beautiful blue kimono so much! Perry was born in Boston read more

  • Mini-Post | Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

    Mini-Post | Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

    It’s Renoir’s 180th birthday tomorrow (but I have another on this day post to share too!) so here is an early post on him and my favourite of his paintings, The Umbrellas… (all those shades of blue are so wonderful!) read more

  • Édouard Manet (1832-1883)

    Édouard Manet (1832-1883)

    Happy birthday to Edouard Manet, born on this day in 1832! Manet had a short (he died in 1883) but incredibly important artistic career. read more

  • Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)

    Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)

    Happy 180th birthday to Berthe Morisot! Born on this day in 1841, I’ll be celebrating her life and work in today’s post! read more

  • Mini-Post | “Brooklyn Bridge in Winter”, Childe Hassam

    Mini-Post | “Brooklyn Bridge in Winter”, Childe Hassam

    Today’s winter in art post is from the collection of Telfair Museums: Brooklyn Bridge in Winter, by Childe Hassam, from 1904. Hassam was from the Boston area and spent the years 1886 to 1889 studying in Paris, where he became enamoured with French Impressionism. He joined his French colleagues in portraying modern life in his read more

  • What does Degas have to do with the Impressionists?

    What does Degas have to do with the Impressionists?

    Degas was a founding member of the group that staged the eight ‘Impressionist’ exhibitions between 1874 and 1886 in Paris, yet his art is markedly different – how do we understand his relationship to Impressionism? read more

  • Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)

    Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)

    Happy 176th birthday Mary Cassatt, a fascinating female artist! I’m celebrating her life and work in today’s post. read more

  • An Afternoon in “the Sistine Chapel of Impessionism”

    An Afternoon in “the Sistine Chapel of Impessionism”

    Few places come close to the romance of Paris, and Monet’s beautiful Nymphéas, or Water Lilies, in the Musée de l’Orangerie are a must visit to see the his genius. read more

  • The Birth of Modern Life at Musée d’Orsay

    The Birth of Modern Life at Musée d’Orsay

    In the nineteenth century, Paris became the city of modernity. But art, it seemed, needed to catch up – and Baudelaire’s call for artists to paint modern life is truly evident at the d’Orsay. read more

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