Impressionist Still-life 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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Artist Comments
A still life oil painting captures a clear vase holding a single white rose and three red ones. A knife and a fallen petal rest beside the floral arrangement, a...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A vibrant floral arrangement whispers memory and emotion. Loose, expressive brushwork and a softened background allow each flower to breathe with quiet energy. ...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Linen, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Paper, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Paper, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Paper, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Paper, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Paper, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Paper, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
1980s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Paper, Oil, Board
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
Artist Comments
Two soft pink peonies bloom gracefully in a clear glass vase. Their petals and lush green leaves spill outward, contrasting beautifully with the muted backgro...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
1990s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Paper, Oil, Board
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 1900s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Loose brushwork and bold palette knife techniques lend an impressionistic quality to this lush bouquet of roses. The rich texture brings the painting to life,...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil