Impressionist Art
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 Art
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Artist Comments
Artist Maurice Dionne illustrates crowds of people walking along the street in an impressionistic representation. "Nimbus describes the luminous cloud or atmo...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Gold Leaf
2010s Impressionist Art
Oil, Board
2010s Impressionist Art
Paper, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Art
Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Benjamin Thomas depicts a luminous sky with tonal hues of grey with soft purple accents. Finally, he paints his favorite color in a sky painting. "My d...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Wood, Wood Panel
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero depicts two carefree children playing in the surf. Part of a series of summer paintings that explores the joyful spirit of youth. His ex...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Three sisters sit closely together on a couch, their fashion evoking the feeling of vintage Hollywood style. A black furry dog sits on the floor and enjoys th...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero depicts the bustling energy of Midtown Manhattan traffic, looking south on a rainy afternoon. Dashing yet precise brushstrokes convey move...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Oil
1950s Impressionist Art
Oil, Canvas, Board
2010s Impressionist Art
Oil, Cotton Canvas, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
1950s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Acrylic
Artist Comments
Capturing the vast beauty of nature, this painting showcases endless fields gently rising and falling beneath an expansive sky. Lush, undulating meadows, golden...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Linen, Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Oil, Board
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Acrylic, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Art
Oil, Panel
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
I contrasted the cold blue of the ocean with the warm tones of the rocks. The brushwork is expressive and textured.
About the Artist
Suren is an impressionist painter eloquently capturing nature, landscapes, and cityscapes in paint. His body of work reflects several different stylistic approaches. Suren’s scenes in oil are inspired by Impressionist masters Monet and Van Gogh, while his watercolor series of flowers and birds are influenced by Eastern styles of painting and the colors of the Middle Eastern environment. Suren believes his role as an artist is to remind viewers that we all are part of the same natural universe.
Words that describe this painting: seascape, californian landscape, El matador beach...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
1950s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
1950s Impressionist Art
Masonite, Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Color, Satin Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Oil
Early 2000s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil