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Check out a timeline to what's happened ever since the Impressionist movement broke with the classical school, in our guide to modern painting - beginning at the turn of the 19th century on up to the 21st - including the current art scene along with tours of major museums which have become synonymous with modern art ...

Web Museum - Impressionism - The movement that started it all, with brief biographies of the major artists including Renoir, Manet, Monet, Degas, Mary Cassat, including a special look at Paul Cezanne, an early pioneer of cubism.

Art History Resources: 20th Century Art - Professor Chris Whitcombe's top site for art history with exhaustive coverage of online resources from Art Nouveau to Keith Haring.

Art History Resources: 21st Century Contemporary Art - The saga continues here for more online resources this century to performance, film, video, digital art, painting, sculpture and lots more.

MoMA.org | The Collection | Painting and Sculpture - Major works from the Museum of Modern Art in New York in an online tour. Works from Chuck Close, de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Giacometti, more.

Tate | Modern - Today's art scene in London and an occasional hotbed of art world scandal. Check out what's on right now in an ultra-cool Flash tour.

ArtsJournal: Modern Art Notes - Blog covering the contemporary art scene with lively coverage and recent reports.

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