Impressionist Landscape 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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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil
Artist Comments
White blossoming trees grace an orchard in Provence, France. Painted with a brush and palette knife, the composition conveys their fleeting beauty. Their flower...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Encaustic, Board
Artist Comments
With a contrasting cool-hued trunk and sun-kissed branches and leaves, an oak tree boasts a stylized image. Under the brilliant sky, the surrounding woodland gl...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
Early fall brings forth golden grasses, with distant mountains providing a cool backdrop. The rushing stream curves through the sunlight and shade, creating a...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1990s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1990s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
Inspired by memory and photos taken on a hiking trip, artist David Thelen captures the woodland's moody atmosphere. Barren trees loom along the rocky trail, whi...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
"I came across an old tractor parked in someone's yard and wanted to capture its current state with all of its dignity," shares artist David Thelen. The vehicle...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
In this painting, artist David Thelen portrays an abandoned equipment he came across in the woods. "I was captivated by the colors and silhouette of the machine...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Inspired by the pictures sent by his wife, artist David Thelen depicts the captivating allure of the Appalachian Trail. A sturdy branch dances with the surround...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Canvas, Oil
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Pastel
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic