Édouard Manet was not immune to bad press. In 1864, a year on from scandalizing Parisian mores with his vision of bourgeoisie vice in Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (1863), his follow-up Salon entry was being ...

While many argue that "modern art" began in the 1800s, could it actually have started with Joseph Wright of Derby's An ...

Berthe Morisot was at times a leading light to the more established Édouard Manet, who seemingly even filled the gaps in one ...

A collection of paintings from French Impressionist Edouard Manet is making its only U.S. appearance this fall in Ohio. The Toledo Museum of Art is hosting the show. It focuses on Manet's portraits of ...

Like many a tradition-breaking artist, Edouard Manet — "the first of the moderns" — was misunderstood, even vilified, in his own time. His bold manner with paint was bad enough (Slapdash! Unfinished!) ...

San Francisco’s Legion of Honor stages a superb exhibition that reveals the ways in which the two French painters influenced each other over decades in the late 19th century.

What’s the deal with Leonardo’s harpsichord-viola? Why were Impressionists obsessed with the color purple? Art Bites brings you a surprising fact, lesser-known anecdote, or curious event from art ...

The 19th-century artist Camille Pissarro inspired others who became far more famous than he was, but many admirers say he was equally accomplished. An upcoming exhibition makes the case. By Michael ...

(AP) Long before smartphones turned so many of us into amateur photographers and revolutionized how we depict each other through social media, there were the works of French Impressionist Edouard ...