Claude Monet, the founder ... while painting them. What’s the deal with Leonardo’s harpsichord-viola? Why were Impressionists obsessed with the color purple? Art Bites brings you a surprising ...

Master painter Claude Monet (1840-1926 ... The natural world remained Monet’s ostensible subject matter, such as his signature water lily ponds and their surrounding trees and skies, but ...

Sotheby’s sold a Claude Monet “Water Lilies” scene for $65.5 million on Monday, a solid start to a weeklong series of New York auctions being closely followed for fresh clues into the art ...