What is Impressionism?

Join Caroline Shields, Curator, European Art, AGO and Stephan Jost, Michael and Sonja Koerner Director, and CEO, AGO, in conversation about the Impressionist movement. Take a fresh look at these familiar artists and the style that shocked the world.

Since joining the AGO in 2017, Caroline Shields has curated the exhibitions Impressionism in the Age of Industry (2019) and Cassatt—McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds (2023).

Artwork credit: Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., bequest of Mrs. Eugene McDermott



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What is Impressionism?

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