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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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
1910s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Masonite, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Wood, Acrylic
Early 2000s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
1970s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Bright sunflowers with vibrant yellow petals and dark centers stand out against a muted background, creating a lively and colorful scene. Expressive brushstroke...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil Pastel
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Wood, Gouache
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Wood Panel, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Vibrant dainty flowers burst from a colorful vase, filling the scene with an explosion of pinks, purples, and greens. The deep blue background brings out the ...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
1970s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
1950s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Charcoal, Oil, Canvas
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Artist Comments
A crocus plant blooms in brown soil, its vibrant purple petals contrasting against the earth. Artist Jay Jensen shares that seeing these fragile flowers stirs h...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor