Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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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1970s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1980s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Postcard, Illustration Board
1990s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Magazine Paper, Pencil
Artist Comments
Artist Catherine shares a peek into the beautiful autumnal woodlands of California, presenting her keen eye for color an...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Permanent Marker
1940s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Gouache
2010s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel
1890s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel
Artist Comments
Artist Siyuan Ma presents a tantalizing view of snowcapped mountains in soothing tones of turquoise. He presents aesthetic imagery th...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Archival Paper
1970s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Laid Paper, Varnish
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1920s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1950s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Mixed Media, Gouache
Artist Comments
Artist Joanie Fords captures the beauty of Tucson, Arizona in this pastel artwork. Soft, glowing light filters through the terrain, contrasting the lush green c...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel
1960s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Artist Comments
A barn quietly sits in the picturesque Pennsylvania countryside. The muted color palette evokes the serene tranquility inherent in the Amish homesteads of the...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Archival Paper
1950s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Graphite
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Artist Comments
A wintry scene unfolds with bare trees and geese in flight along a riverbank. Tangled weeds create intricate patterns that harmonize with the freeform structu...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1960s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1950s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Graphite
1990s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Archival Paper
1950s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1940s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Gouache
1940s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1920s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1950s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1950s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Archival Paper
1950s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1950s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Graphite
1910s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Gouache
2010s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel
1980s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1950s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor