William Merritt Chase with Parsons School of Design students

William Merritt Chase, the Accidental Ally

Painter William Merritt Chase opened an art school for a new generation of women, teaching them how to draw as well as how to advocate for themselves.
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet

The Art of Impressionism: A Reading List

What began as a defiant exhibition of rejected artists became one of the most influential movements in modern art.