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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2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
1990s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Glass, Plexiglass, Acrylic
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero captures a winter night in Manhattan, blending views of 5th and 7th Avenues looking south. The soft, glowing lights and bustling traffic...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Based on artist Onelio Marrero's sketches, the scene depicts a Manhattan avenue looking south on a winter night. The brushwork captures the bustling energy of...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Late 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1960s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A young couple sails a small boat down Manhattan. Given the crush of concrete and humanity, the open water provides a singular sense of freedom and escape. Th...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Silver
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Artist Comments
Sunlight illuminates the garden while weathered interior walls bask over the passage of time. It tells the story of a home once alive with the sound of children...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1930s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1940s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Board
1980s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Artist Comments
The Pavillon de Flore at the Louvre glows in the setting sun, its large windows catching the warm light. Ornate statues add to the building’s timeless charm. ...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1980s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1930s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Watercolor
Artist Comments
A timeworn farmhouse stands quietly on a snow-kissed prairie, its silhouette warmed by the glow of a vivid sunset. Reflections shimmer in the still pond nearb...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
This painting is inspired by the architecture of quintessential Italian villages. The sunlight accentuates the charming stone walls and shutters, while the fl...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero depicts the bustling energy of Midtown Manhattan traffic, looking south on a rainy afternoon. Dashing yet precise brushstrokes convey move...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Early 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1910s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Sherri Aldawood captures a peaceful moment from her trip to Marbella, Spain. Sunlight fills a narrow alleyway, adorned with vibrant flowers and lush pl...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1890s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Panel, Archival Paper
Artist Comments
The evening sun bathes the historic village of Obidos, Portugal, in warm golden light, casting soft shadows on whitewashed buildings. A winding cobblestone stre...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Linen, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Gouache
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
Artist Faye Vander Veer presents an old white shingled farmhouse with a tin roof. The piece evokes a strong sense of nostalgia that reminds of simpler times b...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil