Download or browse eight teacher lessons introducing the major themes of Impressionism; plans are geared towards grades 1-8.

Take a fun guided tour through turn of the century France and explore the interesting concepts that defined the Impressionism art movement.

Claude Monet, French, 1840-1926
The Cliff at Fécamp, 1881
Oil on canvas 25 5/8 x 32 in.
City of Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums Collection, Aberdeen, Scotland

Impressionism: Paintings collected by European Museums was an art exhibition co-organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Denver Art Museum, touring from May through December of 1999. The exhibition included works by the reeminent artists associated with the Impressionist movement, including Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and Vincent van Gogh.