From the vibrant urban centres of Paris and London to the tranquil beauty of the Norman and Welsh coastlines, we take a look ...

It scandalised the French, baffled the conservative Dutch and sent artistic ripples around the world. Now, impressionism is ...

Claude Monet, famously known as the ‘Father of Impressionism’ was an exceptional artist whose wish to tread away from ...

Mary Cassatt inspires a kind of synesthesia in my body. The American Impressionist created works of such vibrancy, yet softness, that I feel touched by the energy in the strokes of her brush and ...

This year is the 150th birthday of Impressionism, a movement so popular ... The most talked-about painting in Paris that spring was another one. Image It was by the city’s most famous artist ...

"Every Monday a florist delivers fresh flowers to this office. It is a necessary luxury." Later that day in Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum I spied a group of admirers crowded before a painting.

Whether you admire the emotional canvases of the Italian Renaissance or get curious about contemporary art installations, art ...

With Christmas not that far away, we take a closer look at Monet – The Pop-up Book from Prestel. Five of Monet’s most beloved works spring to life in this vivid and brilliantly engineered collection ...

The artist suffered erratic, dark moods, but both his house and garden are all about cheering colour in bold combinations ...

Abstract art is often associated with great male masters like Pollock, Kandinsky, and Mondrian, but women artists have also made revolutionary contributions, despite being less well-known. This ...