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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Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil, Canvas
1950s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Plywood
Artist Comments
Inspired by the vibrant wildflowers of spring, artist Lisa Elley captures the dramatic beauty of poppies in full bloom. Painted entirely with a palette knife, t...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil Pastel
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Lisa Elley draws inspiration from the vibrant blooms and wildflowers that come to life in the spring. The light enhances the bouquet of white poppies, cr...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Color
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board, Gouache
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Late 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Gouache
1980s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
1940s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
Artist Comments
A delicate floral arrangement features a vibrant mix of blue, pink, and white hydrangeas against a soft, muted background. Light gently illuminates the flowers,...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
1970s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Early 1900s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic, Panel
1950s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
1940s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Artist Comments
Artist Judy Mackey exhibits a glorious display of the United States flag. "Being an expatriate growing up in a foreign country gave me a deep love for our US ...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
15th Century and Earlier Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Wood, Acrylic