The Art Appreciation Blog

Soren Emil Carlsen (1853 – 1932) was a Danish born American Impressionist. He embodied the “starving artist” stereotype and was unfortunatel...

Dennis Miller Bunker (1861 – 1890) was one of the earliest painters in America to adopt the new innovative impressionistic style in the late...

Edgar Degas (1834 – 1917) was born in Paris, France. He worked in a wide range of media, including oil, watercolor, chalk, pastel, pencil, ...

William de Leftwich Dodge (1867 – 1935), also known as W. de Leftwich Dodge was born in Bedford, Virginia. As an American impressionist pain...

Mary Cassatt (1844 – 1926) was an American painter and printmaker who settled in Paris in 1874, which was the year that the first Impression...