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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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
Early 1900s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Gouache
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Elizabeth Garat paints an inspiring view of the California coast. She references the piece on scenes from an expedition to the beautiful coastal town of Cayucos, California. The stately tree stands alone in the surrounding field, capturing the viewer's attention. Elizabeth fully offers the tranquility of the quiet view.
About the Artist
Growing up in California and Colorado, Elizabeth spent much of her formative years outdoors. “Exposure to nature early on planted the seed of landscape painting in me,†she says. She enjoyed spending time on her grandfather’s sunny sheep ranch and going to the beach with her grandmother. Her grandmother also would bring her to art galleries in Laguna Beach, where she was first introduced to California Impressionism...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Oil Pastel
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Gouache
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
Artist Comments
The sun shines on a flower garden, casting a warm glow among the foliage. Soft pink roses bloom against the lush leaves. Gentle brushstrokes and warm tones crea...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Charcoal, Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Charcoal, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Pink and yellow tulips bloom under the bright sunlight, their green leaves reaching upward. Small clouds drift above the hill, completing the serene springtime ...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic