PARIS, France — Claude Monet created some of the most famous paintings of the Impressionist movement in the late 19th century. "Impressionists were the first to go outside to paint. They came out of ...

On a November morning in 1872, Claude Monet set up his easel and began furiously painting the foggy scene beyond his hotel balcony. As a Normandy native, Monet knew Le Havre’s harbor well, but he ...

While many have focused on Monet's Impression, Sunrise as a key Impressionist painting, another image was pivotal to the movement that launched 150 years ago. In art, it's all about the hands – those ...

Before Claude Monet was one of the world’s most renowned painters, he was shut out of the Salon, the French Academy art exhibition that showcased the best of what the art world had to offer. Like many ...