Impressionist Animal 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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2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
1910s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
1910s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
1940s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
Late 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Linen, Oil, Canvas
19th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Watercolor
1940s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Paper, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
Artist Comments
The scene captures the powerful movement and elegance of a polo player mid-game. Rich, textured brushstrokes convey the energy and immediacy of the moment. Bold...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
Artist Comments
A raccoon stands against a soft blue background, its curious gaze full of life. Artist Karen Barton was inspired by the animal’s charm and cleverness. Using b...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
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Chickadee birds gracefully fly above a cluster of soft, beautiful peonies. The pale white and pink petals rustle with the breeze, as if responding to the flappi...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
1930s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A beautiful bobcat rests atop the petroglyph-covered wall of Toquima Cave. Its stance and intense gaze reflect a keen awareness. Lights emphasize the feline's...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
A cardinal perches on a thin wire, its bright red plumage standing out against the gray sky. The bird seems like a visitor from another realm, briefly passing...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Artist Comments
A peacock couple perches on a tree branch, their majestic feathers cascading over the greenery. With their ethereal presence, they appear to be watchers guardin...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
Late 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
1950s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil