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Impressionism is a style of art that showcases natural light, movement, and moments.
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Picture this: It's a sunny afternoon at La Grenouillère in 1869.
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Like much of 19th-century France, the art world was a man's world. But as new styles...
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Painted in 1877, Gustave Caillebotte's Paris Street; Rainy Day exemplifies...
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Degas's interest in painting ballerinas speaks to both his love of classic beauty...
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Learn about the life and work of artist Vincent van Gogh.
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Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, oil on canvas by Pierre-Auguste Renoir,...
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Beach Scene, oil on wood by Eugène Boudin, 1862; in the National Gallery...
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The Seine and Notre-Dame de Paris, oil on canvas by Johan Barthold Jongkind,...
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Under the Birches, Evening, oil on wood panel by Théodore Rousseau, 1842–43;...
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The Angelus, by Jean-François Millet, 1857–59; in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
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Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), oil on canvas...
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A Burial at Ornans, oil on canvas by Gustave Courbet, 1849–50; in the Musée...
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A museum visitor viewing Impression, Sunrise (1872), oil on canvas by Claude...
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Learn about the context in which the Impressionists made their debut.
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(left) La Grenouillère, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1869; in the Metropolitan...
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