Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, Morisot--Impressionistic art.  Few countries boast an art style or as many artists as immediately recognizable as this. The term was coined after a hostile critic saw Impressionism: Sunrise by Claude Monet in 1874. Below you will find Claude Monet and all the other Impressionistic artists arranged chronologically. For other periods of French art, Art Directory; for posters and fine prints by these artists  Art by French Artists. Once you've read the books, plan to see them in person.

Japanese Bridge Art Print Monet, Claude Buy at AllPosters.com

Impressionism

General

• Impressions of France: Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, and Their Rivals

• Impressionism : Reflections and... by Schapiro

• Impressionists in Winter : Effets de Neige

Claude Monet (1840-1926)

Water Lilies, 1916 Art Print Monet, Claude Buy at AllPosters.com

Chemin Dans les Bles a Pourville, 1882 Art Print Monet, Claude Buy at AllPosters.com

Field of Poppies, c.1886 Art Print Monet, Claude Buy at AllPosters.com

Water Lilies Morning Art Print Monet, Claude Buy at AllPosters.com

The Magpie, 1869 Giclee Print Monet, Claude Buy at AllPosters.com

The Seine River Art Print Monet, Claude Buy at AllPosters.com

• Monet in the 20th Century

• Monet's Years at Giverny

•   Monet on the Normandy Coast : Tourism... by Herbert

•   Monet by Gordon

•   Monet's Passion: Ideas, Inspiration and Insights from the Painter's Gardens 

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) 

The Garden of les Mathurins at Pontoise, 1876 Art Print Pissarro, Camille Buy at AllPosters.com

Boulevard Montmartre, Afternoon Sun, 1897 Framed Giclee Print Pissarro, Camille Buy at AllPosters.com

Auguste Renoir 

Young Girls at the Piano, 1892 Giclee Print Renoir,... Buy at AllPosters.com

The Luncheon of the Boating Party, c.1881 Giclee Print Renoir,... Buy at AllPosters.com

Ball at the Moulin De La Galette, 1876 Giclee Print Renoir,... Buy at AllPosters.com

Two Sisters, or on the Terrace, 1881 Giclee Print Renoir,... Buy at AllPosters.com

•  Renoir, Life, Art, and Letters

•   Renoir: His Life and Works 

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Blue Dancers Art Print Degas, Edgar Buy at AllPosters.com

Ballerine Alla Barra Art Print Degas, Edgar Buy at AllPosters.com

• Degas by Gordon

• Degas and the Dance

Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)

• Berthe Morisot by Higonnet

• Berthe Morisot by Adler

Gustave Caillebotte

Young Girl, 1893 Giclee Print Morisot, Berthe Buy at AllPosters.com

Reading, c.1873 Art Print Morisot, Berthe Buy at AllPosters.com

•   Gustave Caillebotte and the Fashioning of Identity in Impressionist Paris  Broude

• Gustave Caillebotte

Alfred Sisley 1839-1899

The Valley of the Seine at Saint-Cloud, 1875 Giclee Print Sisley, Alfred Buy at AllPosters.com

Canal Saint-Martin Art Print Sisley, Alfred Buy at AllPosters.com

•   Sisley

Camille Claudel (sculptor)

• Camille Claudel : A Life

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