Monet Mondays, a new feature through January on CPR Classical, will explore the rich catalog of French Impressionist music and its relationship with the art that helped inspire it. Monet Mondays takes ...

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.

Having helped change how artists depicted the world in the late 1800s, premier French impressionist Claude Monet began pushing boundaries again, in the new century. His increasingly expressive and ...

Monet’s ‘Woman with a Parasol’ is a painting of Camille Monet (Claude’s wife) and their son Jean. It is a beautiful painting that looks like a photograph captured on a camera. It is a fleeting moment ...

Being an impressionist-era painter wasn't easy. In the 1870s, the impressionists initially struggled to achieve recognition and felt misunderstood by a suspicious or indifferent public. But being an ...

Claude Monet is famous in art circles as the ‘Father of Impressionism’. He revolutionised the art world during his time with his unique style and innovative approach to painting. Through his beautiful ...

Claude Monet’s impressionist style of painting helped influence other artists, including composers. So let’s consider how music evolved during his lifetime. When Monet was born in 1840, it was the era ...

Impressionist artists like Claude Monet and Joseph Mallord William (J. M. W.) Turner are famous for their hazy, dreamlike paintings. However, a new study finds that what these European painters were ...

Decorative art pieces handmade in Vienna pay homage to the French artist, who is most famous for painting ‘Impression, soleil levant’ or ‘Impression, Sunrise’ Ever since Claude Monet’s Impression, ...

GIVERNY, France (AP) – Mottled brushstrokes capture the sunset on a haystack, vivid hues fragment forest grass, while hazy edges give life to Normandy trees as they dance in the breeze. These are ...