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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1950s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
1990s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Lacquer, Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 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
Gold Leaf
1930s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Sherri Aldawood presents an impressionist still life of vibrant sunflowers and a few pickings of fruit. The subjects bask in the afternoon light, casting elongated shadows on the surface. "I set up and painted this still life in my backyard using flowers from my garden," shares Sherri. The warm color palette exudes the feeling of comfort that comes with these seasonal blooms.
About the Artist
Sherri Aldawood didn't intend to always paint flowers, but over time her love of gardens started to permeate her art. She focuses on the light and color of the flowers on the canvas. Sherri prefers alla prima, working with wet layers of paint instead of letting them dry. She keeps the paint as wet as possible by using walnut and clove oil...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Vibrant pink flowers bloom under a vivid sunset sky. Shades of purple and blue stretch out from the field into the sky, creating a harmonious color palette. The...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
1990s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
1980s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Artist Comments
In the heart of Paris, a secluded garden stirs with the morning sun. Vibrant blue, green, and purple blend with a spontaneous burst of magenta and pink wildfl...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
The fiery hues of the autumn trees contrast beautifully with the cool tones of the stream. The swift course of the water distorts the reflection of the gently...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel