Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Emerging in 19th-century France, Impressionist art embraced loose brushwork and plein-air painting to respond to the movement of daily life. Although the pioneers of the Impressionist movement — Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir — are now household names, their work was a radical break with an art scene led and shaped by academic traditions for around two centuries. These academies had oversight of a curriculum that emphasized formal drawing, painting and sculpting techniques and historical themes.
The French Impressionists were influenced by a group of artists known as the Barbizon School, who painted what they witnessed in nature. The rejection of pieces by these artists and the later Impressionists from the salons culminated in a watershed 1874 exhibition in Paris that was staged outside of the juried systems. After a work of Monet’s was derided by a critic as an unfinished “impression,” the term was taken as a celebration of their shared interest in capturing fleeting moments as subject matter, whether the shifting weather on rural landscapes or the frenzy of an urban crowd. Rather than the exacting realism of the academic tradition, Impressionist paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings represented how an artist saw a world in motion.
Many Impressionist painters were inspired by the perspectives in imported Japanese prints alongside these shifts in European painting — Édouard Manet drew on ukiyo-e woodblock prints and depicted Japanese design in his Portrait of Émile Zola, for example. American artists such as Mary Cassatt and William Merritt Chase, who studied abroad, were impacted by the work of the French artists, and by the late 19th century American Impressionism had its own distinct aesthetics with painters responding to the rapid modernization of cities through quickly created works that were vivid with color and light.
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
1970s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas, Cardboard
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor, Ballpoint Pen
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1990s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Linen
Early 2000s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic, Archival Paper
1990s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Masonite
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Gouache
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil Pastel
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Pastel
1930s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Gouache
Artist Comments
A bird of paradise charms with its beauty. Its fiery petals contrast vividly with the lush green leaves. Inspired by her photograph taken during a stroll in San...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic, Archival Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Artist Comments
Wildflowers bloom and display their fullest beauty in springtime, with their colorful petals capturing the light. The poppies in the foreground dominate the sce...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Paper, Oil
Artist Comments
A vibrant citrus wedge basks in the morning light. While slicing a lemon, the glossy pulp and the shadow beneath the fruit captivates artist Malia Pettit. The s...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
1940s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
White lilies grace a clear vase. The blue background imparts a refreshing and vibrant energy to the still life. Painted with a palette knife, the spontaneous st...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 1900s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
1920s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil