William Merritt Chase; At the Seaside, 1892
American Impressionist artists sought their own style and were inspired by New England roots. Their work typically emphasized the pleasantries of small-town life and generally disregarded evidence of modernity in contrast to French impressionists. Learn to use your imagination as you create work influenced by the styles of America’s great Impressionist masters.Artists: Mary Cassatt, William Merritt Chase, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Theodore Robinson, Edmund Charles Tarbell, James McNeil Whistler.