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
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
Artist Comments
This oil painting features a quintessential village that hikers and pilgrims encounter while walking the Camino de Santiago. Travelers find timeless charm in th...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Inspired by Ivon Hitchens' landscapes, this artwork employs various techniques to transform reality. Triangular shapes, both overt and concealed, dominate the c...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
Morning sunlight covers the dining room table with a warm, amber glow. The flower arrangement of orchids and willow rests prominently on the table, with a brass...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Board, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Linen
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Linen, Oil
1950s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Late 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Board, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Board, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Linen
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Board, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Lacquer, Paste, Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas, Board
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Board, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Wax, Encaustic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Gouache, Handmade Paper
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Fiberboard, Linen
Artist Comments
Houses and cottages dot a quiet street inspired by the township of Sterling in Ontario, Canada. Bathed in the warm sunlight, the setting comes to life with bold...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Wood Panel, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
1930s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board