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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1970s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1990s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Early 19th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Late 19th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
1950s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
1940s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Paint, Oil
1950s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Gouache
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
1950s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Linen
Artist Comments
Artist Karen d’Angeac Mihm traveled to Corfu with her family and fell in love with the landscape and the island's beautiful blue water. This particular pain...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
As part of his cityscape series, artist Stanislav Sidorov exhibits a street in Montmartre, Paris, after the rain. Couples go out on romantic dates outside the busy Le Consulat. Colorful puddles reflect the streetlights and animate the festive scene. Stanislav beautifully details the distinctive European architecture with a palette knife.
About the Artist
Stanislav Sidorov saturates his canvas with the expressive color characteristic of the Russian Realist School. While he is a versatile painter, Stanislav prefers painting the small town charms found in architecture and urban environments. He achieves a textured feel by using the pallet knife to apply copious amounts of emotion.
Words that describe this painting: Paris, France, cityscape, Europe, architecture, street, city, travel, oilpaint, impressionism, rain, umbrellas, night, street lights, reflection, Café De Consulat, facade, dome, sky, road, pedestrians, diners, dining, evening, cafe, restaurant, bistro, architecture, impressionism, travel, oil painting, blue
Rainy Night in Paris...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Watercolor
1910s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Faye Vander Veer creates a warm restaurant interior with ambient lighting and muted colors. She emphasizes more detail in the areas of interest while k...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1970s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Charcoal, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Paint, Acrylic, Board, Gesso, Wood, Varnish, Mixed Media, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1960s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Watercolor
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1980s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Linen, Oil
1960s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
1980s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1930s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
Artist Comments
A lone figure in a kimono crosses a picturesque bridge within the Daigoji Temple grounds in Kyoto, Japan. Autumn leaves float gently on the tranquil pond, sho...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1970s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Board, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
1890s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
A vibrant sunset bathes the landscape in warm light. The abandoned farmhouse, once filled with life and laughter, only hears the sound of rustling wind and echo...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil