Impressionism - Museums and some education resources

The de Young Museum in San Francisco is presenting two consecutive special exhibitions from the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. The first exhibition, Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay, debuts at the de Young on May 22 and runs through September 6, 2010.

The Legion of Honor is presenting a special exhibition that provides context and heightens the understanding of Birth of Impressionism. Impressionist Paris: City of Light includes over 150 prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, and illustrated books from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and several private collectors. As a printmaker I found this exhibition to be deeply engaging.

While researching websites for this list I discover that the Philadelphia Museum is presenting Late Renoir through September 6, 2010 too.

Here are a selection of online resources with a focus on museums and education materials for teachers

French museums

Musee d’Orsay

http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html

Musee Marmottan Monet

http://www.marmottan.com/

Musee de l’Orangerie

http://www.musee-orangerie.fr/

Fondation Claude Monet/Giverny

http://www.fondation-monet.fr/uk/

US museums and educational resources

Art Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/

Impressionism and Post-Impressionism (ArtAccess)

http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_Impressionist/index.html

Impressionism and Post-Impressionism (Art Explorer)

http://www.artic.edu/artexplorer/index.php

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/

Impressionism: Art and Modernity (online resource)

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/imml/hd_imml.htm

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

http://www.mfa.org/index.asp

Revolution of Impressionism (online gallery)

http://educators.mfa.org/galleries/detail/10

National Gallery of Art, Washington

http://www.nga.gov/

Picturing France (lesson plan)

http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/france/picturing_france.pdf

Philadelphia Museum of Art

http://www.philamuseum.org/

Renoir Landscapes (teacher resource materials)

http://www.philamuseum.org/booklets/2_8_19_1.html

Phillips Collection

http://www.phillipscollection.org/

Luncheon of the Boating Party (teaching kit)

http://www.phillipscollection.org/education/teaching_kits/luncheon.aspx

Barnes Foundation

http://www.barnesfoundation.org/

Expansive Impressionist collection, limited images on website

de Young: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

http://deyoung.famsf.org/

Impressionism: Painting Collected by European Museums

A resource packet for educators by The Hight Museum of Art, The Seattle Art Museum, and The Denver Art Museum

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:l0lVV_VbIp8J:www.seattleartmuseum.org/Learn/SchoolTeacher/pdf/teacherlessonpdf/Impressionism.pdf+impressionist+museums&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjd7MtdJDib46x3p64JtjUY2sj-hGBmLR886ihtXUBz64mHjKmeN0cGqELKwb9JSIjcvqjp0wkS_IiUTrWpr6UVRKobbd3sb33W2tdOvqpsKC9LRYUtKYfv4nTS2qZf8v8Ofpg4&sig=AHIEtbQcd-3H-tcDph_pAdLO5fjwaJnesQ