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The history of Impressionist painting in America including works of the leading artists and details of the art colonies of America which were associated with impressionism.

Albert Bierstadt was a German-American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. He joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion to paint the scenes. He was not the first artist to record the sites, but he was the foremost painter of them for the remainder of the 19th century. 

William Blake (1757 –  1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age.

The complete guide to the Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido, a timeless series of ukiyo-e woodblock paintings by Utagawa Hiroshige. Hiroshige created the series 53 Stations of the Tokaido with 55 paintings in total (53 stations plus the start and finish points).

Once known as "Papa Dada," Francis Picabia was one of the principle figures of the Dada movement both in Paris and New York. He became known for a rich variety of work ranging from strange, comic-erotic images of machine parts to text-based paintings that foreshadow aspects of Conceptual art. Even after Dada had been supplanted by other styles, the French painter and writer went on to explore a diverse and almost incoherent mix of styles.

Robert Delaunay's colorful and formally experimental paintings were a unique fusion of early-20th-century European artistic trends. His most famous works centered on the intellectually and visually stimulating world of Belle Époque Paris.

A concise biography of Claude Monet, father of Impressionism, with refernces to some of his modt famous paintings during his long career as an impressionist artist.

A detailed profile of the artist Félix Vallotton highlighting important works from the various stages in his career.

Valadon differed from her female contemporaries, Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt, who, born into upper middle-class families were restricted in their subjects and outlook. Born to an unmarried mother and educated by street life, Valadon developed the confidence to be independent, to paint more challenging pictures. In this article we highlight some of her exceptional paintings and shine a light on Valadon's colourful life.

Searching for a national style of art, the American landscape itself - large and untamed - became the focus of the Hudson River School painters. American expansion and Manifest Destiny imbued the untamed countryside with the symbolism of the country's promised prosperity and limitless resources. The terrain provided an alternative to European culture and history; it became a picturesque, patriotic, and inspirational theme. 

Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 – 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. His paintings were widely reproduced, so much so that he was arguably the world's most famous living artist by 1880. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects, bringing the academic painting tradition to an artistic climax. He is considered one of the most important painters from this academic period. He was also a teacher with a long list of students.

Impressionism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Neo-Impressionism, Divisionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Art Deco and Abstract art movements evolved in Paris. In the late 19th century and early 20th century many artists worldwide flocked to Paris to exhibit their works in the numerous salons and expositions, such as the Salon d'Automne and Salon des Indépendants, to make a name for themselves.
We have curated some of our favourite paintings of Paris from some well known artists