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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In an orchard in Provence, France, olive trees dot the landscape. Streaks of sunlight filter through the leaves, warming the soil below. Using a palette knife and brush, artist Janet Dyer...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1980s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
1850s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
North Carolina boasts many beautiful rivers. The scene, set in late summer, highlights the early blush of fall and its reflections in the water. The sunlight ...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil, Cardboard
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil, Panel
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Linen
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
The rugged beauty of the Oregon coast unfolds as land and sea collide in a dynamic display. A hazy summer sky drifts above, while broad, weathered rocks anchor ...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Gouache, Board
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Joanie Ford captures a cloudy day with sailboats docked in a quiet port. The overcast sky sets a moody tone, with its muted colors mirrored in the stil...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic, Cotton Canvas
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Janet Dyer captures the essence of an empty field yet hints at the presence of someone who has passed through. Broad strokes and layered textures conve...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil