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Movement — c. 1860–1900
Impressionism
The French movement that broke with academic tradition to capture fleeting light, colour, and modern life through loose brushwork and direct observation.
490 works across 7 artists in the NGA collection
Search Impressionism worksWhen a group of French painters began exhibiting outside the official Salon in 1874, they were mocked for their unfinished-looking canvases. Within decades, Impressionism had redefined what painting could do. The NGA's collection spans the full range of the movement — Monet's serial studies of water and atmosphere, Degas's radical compositions of dancers and cafés, Cassatt's intimate scenes of women and children, and Pissarro's bustling street scenes. Together they form one of the strongest Impressionist holdings in North America.
Claude Monet
29 works
Edgar Degas
153 works
Mary Cassatt
124 works
Auguste Renoir
78 works
Camille Pissarro
66 works
a) The Cabbage Field (Le Champ de choux); b) The Cabbage Field (Le Champ de choux)
c. 1880
Berthe Morisot
27 works
Alfred Sisley
13 works
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