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Impressionism
A Brief History

French/European
Impressionists

Monet, Claude
Van Gogh,Vincent
Renoir, Pierre Auguste
Degas, Edgar
Cezanne, Paul
Seurat, Georges
Manet, Eduoard
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri
Sisley, Alfred
Pissarro, Camille Jacob
Morisot, Berthe
Boudin, Eugene
Caillebotte, Gustave
Sorolla, Joaquin
Fantin-Latour, Henri
Bonnard, Pierre
Gauguin, Paul
Vuillard, Edouard
Martin, Henri
Redon, Odilon
Other Impressionists

American
Impressionists

Thompson, Richard Earl
Cassatt, Mary
Sargent, John Singer
Whistler, James McNeill
Hassam, Childe
Benson, Frank Weston
Prendergast, Maurice
Twachtman, John Henry
Chase, William Merritt
Tarbell, Edward
Vonnoh, Robert
Reid, Robert
Metcalf, Willard
Beaux, Cecilia
Potthast, Edward
Chadwick, William
Hale, Philip Leslie
Curran, Charles Courtney
Graves, Abbott Fueller
Frieseke, Frederick
Glackens, William
Maley, Alan
Ruby, Claire
Terelak, John C
Wallis, Kent
Schofield, Michael
Plisson, Henri
Romanello, Diane
Singley, Greg
Title, Christian
Horning, Elizabeth
Hatfield, Don
Aspevig, Clyde
Afsary, Cyrus
Hayslette, Max
Schmid, Richard
Dunlay, Thomas
Ellis, Ray
Gertenbach, Lynn
Zhan, Charles
Duncan, Robert
Hails, Barbara
Wood, Barbara
Behrens, Howard
Other Impressionists

Popular Favorites

Dali, Salvador
Michelangelo
Da Vinci, Leonardo
Picasso, Pablo
Rockwell, Norman
Matisse, Henri E
Klimt, Gustav
Escher, M.C.
Mucha, Alphonse
Potter, Beatrix
Geddes, Anne
Anderson, Kim
Vettriano, Jack
O'Keeffe, Georgia
Parrish, Maxfield
Homer, Winslow
Hopper, Edward
Wyeth, Andrew

 

Snap the Whip by Winslow Homer

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Winslow Homer Biography

Winslow Homer - (1836-1910). Homer is famed for his paintings of the sea that enthralled him so, Winslow Homer was one of the premier naturalistic painters of the 19th century. Utilizing brilliant colors, keen design and striking originality, Homer achieved fame during his lifetime that lasted well beyond. Homer was born in Boston in 1836. He apprenticed to a lithographer and worked as a free-lance illustrator. In 1859 he moved to New York and studied painting part-time; by 1862 he was painting the Civil War for Harper's Weekly. In 1866 he spent ten months in France. The significance of light and the direct rendering of motifs in Homer's subsequent paintings in the 1860's and 1870's bore a resemblance to Impressionism. In 1881 and 1882, Homer visited England and became enraptured by the sea. He found the sea magnificent, beautiful and possessing enormous power - power that was a danger to those who looked to it for their livelihood. He lived on a secluded part of the Maine coast from 1883 until his death in 1910, painting that coast; he also wintered in the Bahamas, Cuba and Florida, painting there as well. His works are included in collections at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.