Impressionist Interior 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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Artist Comments
An evening in Rome unfolds with warm lights illuminating a narrow passage near Piazza Navona. The lively atmosphere of bustling cafes and shops contrasts with...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1910s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Watercolor, Paper
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Gouache
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Gouache
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Panel, Archival Paper
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1940s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Masonite, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
Artist Comments
Flowers bloom vibrantly beneath the windows as the Mediterranean sun highlights the character of the quaint stone walls and shutters. The composition captures...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil, Paste
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Board
Early 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Watercolor
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Cotton Canvas, Board
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Afternoon sunlight filters through the branches of a sturdy tree, casting dappled shadows on its trunk. A porch and hedge sit quietly in the background, enhan...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Spray Paint, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Mixed Media
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Yangzi captures Chicago’s Loop at the intersection of Randolph and State Streets as day transitions into night. Soft twilight blends with the vibrant...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Artist Comments
A country house stands solitary in an overgrown field, with traces of time passing evident in its exterior. The grass dances with the wind as the summer sky g...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1970s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil