A visitor looks at Claude Monet's "The Luncheon" from 1868/69. This painting, along with another with the same name from 1873, are the centerpieces of the the "Monet and the Birth of Impressionism ...

Lunch With Monet, Dinner With Jackson Pollock : The Salt Two new books focus on the culinary lives of these two artists. Turns out, their approaches to food provide a new way of thinking about ...

Images, from top: Claude Monet, “The Luncheon,” 1868-69 (via Städel Museum, Frankfurt); View of “Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment” at the National Gallery of Art, Washington ...

One of Monet’s most unique paintings, ... Another beautiful portrait by Monet, ‘Luncheon on the Grass’ shows several women having a jolly time, out and about in the springtime weather.

Julian Barnes wrote that Monet’s work is popular because it is cheerful; the Met’s wall text thinks that it telegraphs sadness; Wullschläger looks at “Luncheon” (1873), Monet’s ...

From Claude Monet to Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas, Impressionism has left a legacy of legendary canvases you can see in the world's most prestigious museums. Let’s take a tour!