Eugene Boudin is currently being featured in a small exhibition -- 21 oils, 15 watercolors and six graphite drawings -- in the National Galley of Art's East Building. A 19th century Impressionist who ...

“I have never forgotten that you were the first who taught me to see and to comprehend.” So wrote Claude Monet in a letter to Eugène Boudin near the end of his long and prolific career. The two met in ...

Claude Monet always knew he wanted to paint. He went on to help create a new style of painting. CLAUDE Monet was born in Paris on Nov. 14, 1840. His father was a grocer and his mother was a singer.

The beaches, meadows and Gothic cathedrals of Normandy provided inspiration for many of the Impressionist artists of the late 19th century. The region's historic capital, Rouen, was captured by ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter His younger friend Monet wrote that he owed "everything" to Eugène Boudin, Degas collected his paintings and Corot called him the ...

The Philadelphia Museum of Art`s major contribution to the summer tourist season is devoted to a splendidly suitable subject: the sea. It`s devoted to the sea as appreciated and painted by France`s ...

For Claude Monet the designation ‘impressionist’ always remained a source of pride. In spite of all the things critics have written about his work, Monet continued to be a true impressionist to the ...

Monet painted The Hotel des Roches Noires, Trouville in July or August of 1870 during what was effectively his honeymoon with Camille Doncieux, whom he had married in June of that year. The picture ...

A small sculpture given by Auguste Rodin to Claude Monet was sold at auction in Cannes on Wednesday for 108,000 euros. The two 19th-century artists were born just two days apart and were close friends ...

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