Under each category below, we’ve listed resources for information and lesson ideas, with appropriate grade levels noted.
WEBSITES—IMPRESSIONISM
GENERAL INFORMATION
ART EXPLORER
Search for artworks and resources in Art Explorer’s Impressionist and post-Impressionist collection. You can save images and video clips, lesson plans, artists’ biographies, and more using the scrapbook tool. (All grades)
ARTCYCLOPEDIA
This is a good place to send students for starting research on an artist. Part portal, part collection of articles about famous paintings and painters, the Artcyclopedia site indexes more than a thousand museum- and art-related sites from around the world, providing access to the most authoritative sites on the Internet.
BIOGRAPHY.COM
Read biographies of Impressionist artists like Degas, Monet, and Renoir.
www.biography.com/impressionists
IMPRESSIONISTE.NET
Learn about the Impressionist movement and its greatest painters.
www.impressionniste.net/impressionism_history
NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART
Examine Impressionist paintings like Monet’s The Seine at Giverny, Morning Mists, 1897.
www.ncartmuseum.org/artnc/lessonplans.php?themeid=6
www.ncartmuseum.org/artnc/object.php?themeid=6&objectid=53
LESSON IDEAS
RESEARCH UNIT ON IMPRESSIONISM
A lesson plan designed for French language and culture programs.
www.uwgb.edu/wisfrench/study/rose
IMPRESSIONISM & BEYOND
Includes information about a Discovery Channel video about Impressionism. (Grades 9–12)
school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/da_impressionism
IMPRESSIONISM.ORG
A good source for printable lesson plans and great information about selected Impressionists works. (All grades)
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART
An Impressionism distance learning program, in English or French. (Grades 4–12)
www.clevelandart.org/educef/distance/html/7319057
LESSON PLANET
Choose from more than seventy, teacher-reviewed lessons plans. (All grades)
www.lessonplanet.com/search/Art_and_Music/Art_History/Impressionism
IMPRESSIONISM & POST-IMPRESSIONISM
Ideas from the Chicago Art Institute for teaching Impressionism. (All grades)
www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_Impressionist
EDSITEMENT
Explore Impressionism as an art movement. (Grades 9–12)
edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=620
WEBSITES—INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS
FRENCH & ENGLISH RESOURCES
IMPRESSIONISTE.NET
Find information about Frederic Bazille, Gustave Caillebotte, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Armand Guillaumin, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and Vincent van Gogh in both French and English.
FREDERIC BAZILLE
BIOGRAPHY.COM
http://www.biography.com/impressionists/bazille-bio.jsp
MARY CASSATT
BIOGRAPHY.COM
www.biography.com/impressionists/cassatt-bio.jsp
LESSON IDEAS—ART EXPLORER
(Grade 5–12)
www.artic.edu/artexplorer-assets/aeresources/324.pdf
LESSON IDEAS—NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART (PDF)
(All grades)
www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/16/ca/93.pdf
PAUL CÉZANNE
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM
www.metmuseum.org/explore/cezannes_apples/splash.html
LESSON IDEAS—IMPRESSIONISM.ORG
(All grades)
www.impressionism.org/teachimpress/browse/lesson6.htm
EDGAR DEGAS
BIOGRAPHY.COM
www.biography.com/impressionists/degas-bio.jsp
LESSON IDEAS—NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART (PDF)
www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/1a/8b/ef.pdf
ÉDOUARD MANET
BIOGRAPHY.COM
http://www.biography.com/impressionists/manet-bio.jsp
LESSON IDEAS—CLEVELAND ART MUSEUM
(All grades)
http://www.clevelandart.org/educatn/trc-news/slidepac/plan.html
CLAUDE MONET
MONET AT GIVERNY
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM
www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cmon/hd_cmon
GUGGENHEIM
www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_165
LESSON IDEAS—PRINCETON’S INCREDIBLE ART DEPARTMENT
(Elementary level)
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/elem/jill-monet.htm
LESSON IDEAS—ALBRIGHT KNOX ART GALLERY
(All grades)
www.albrightknox.org/ArtStart/lMonet
LESSON IDEAS—UTAH EDUCATION NETWORK
(All grades)
www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=5619
LESSON IDEAS—KINDER ART
(Grades 4–6)
www.kinderart.com/arthistory/monetandimp.shtml
(Grades 6–8)
www.kinderart.com/arthistory/monetsgarden.shtml
BERTHE MORISOT
TRINITY COLLEGE
www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/Subjects/art/impress/morisot.htm
ART EXPLORER
www.artic.edu/artexplorer/search.php?classification=-10094&tab=2&just=9
LESSON IDEAS—ART EXPLORER
(Grades 4–12)
www.artic.edu/artexplorer/search.php?tab=2&resource=447
CAMILLE PISSARRO
BIOGRAPHY.COM
www.biography.com/impressionists/pissarro-bio.jsp
VAN GOGH GALLERY
www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Camille_Pissarro
PISSARRO WEBSITE
LESSON IDEAS—ACKLAND ART MUSEUM
(Grades K–3)
www.ackland.org/education/k12/Lesson%20Plan/K-3.htm
LESSON IDEAS—EHOW
(Grades 9–12)
www.ehow.com/how_10567_appreciate-pissarro.html
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR
BIOGRAPHY.COM
www.biography.com/impressionists/renoir-bio.jsp
ART EXPLORER
www.artic.edu/artexplorer/search.php?q=renoir&tab=2&rtype14=on&just=5
HUMANITIES WEB
www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=g&p=c&a=b&ID=40
ALFRED SISLEY
IBIBLIO
www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/sisley
VAN GOGH GALLERY
www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Alfred_Sisley.html
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?51943+0+0+gg87
THE GETTY
www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=3944&page=1
MUSÉE ORSAY
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON
www.mfah.org/exhibition.asp?par1=1&par2=2&par3=107&par6=3&par4=604&lgc=4¤tPage=1
VIDEOS
LINNEA IN MONET’S GARDEN
An animated story about a young girl who visits the painter Monet and looks at the actual places that inspired many of his works as they emerge in live action from the animation.
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6303217060/kinderartA
MONET & THE IMPRESSIONIST FOR KIDS
The lives of the Impressionists along with lesson ideas and activities. By Carol Sabbeth.
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1556523971 /kinderartA
BOOKS
LINNEA IN MONET’S GARDEN
This is a story of a little girl’s interest in Monet and her visit to Monet’s home.
Bjork, Christina and Anderson, Lena. Linnea in Monet’s Garden. Stockholm: R & S Books, 1987.
WHAT MAKES A DEGAS A DEGAS?
This book explores such art topics as style, composition, color, and subject matter as they relate to 12 works by Degas.
Muhlberger, Richard. What Makes a Degas a Degas? New York: Viking/Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993.
WHAT MAKES A MONET A MONET?
This book explores such art topics as style, composition, color, and subject matter as they relate to 12 works by Monet.
Muhlberger, Richard. What Makes a Monet a Monet? New York: Viking/Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993.
WHAT MAKES A VAN GOGH A VAN GOGH?
This book explores such art topics as style, composition, color, and subject matter as they relate to 12 works by van Gogh.
Muhlberger, Richard. What Makes a Van Gogh a Van Gogh? New York: Viking/ Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993.
THE IMPRESSIONISTS: THE ORIGIN OF MODERN PAINTING
This book includes information on individual artists, list of key dates, historical background, and nice illustrations.
Salvi, Francesco. The Impressionists: The Origin of Modern Painting. [Masters of Arts Series]. New York: Peter Bedrich Boales, 1994.
A WEEKEND WITH RENOIR
This book briefly examines his life and influences and has many reproductions of his works.
Skira-Venturi, Rosabianca. A Weekend with Renoir. New York: Rizzoli, 1991.
A WEEKEND WITH VAN GOGH
This book briefly examines his life and influences and has many reproductions of his works.
Skira-Venturi, Rosabianca. A Weekend with Van Gogh. New York: Rizzoli, 1993.
MONET
This book uses the same format for each artist with many reproductions, details, and text.
Welton, Jude. Monet. [Eyewitness Art series]. London: D. Kindersley/The Musée Marmottan, Paris, 1992.
IMPRESSIONISM
This book combines biography and artistic analysis with photos of selected works. It has many detailed reproductions.
Welton, Jude. Impressionism. [Eyewitness Art series]. New York: D. Kindersley/The Art Institute of Chicago, 1993.
