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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20th Century Impressionist Art
Gouache
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Acrylic
1970s Impressionist Art
Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Paper, Oil
1930s Impressionist Art
Woodcut
2010s Impressionist Art
Paper, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Acrylic, Board
Late 19th Century Impressionist Art
Oil
1890s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Art
Oil
Artist Comments
A quiet moment unfolds in an antique shop where a man shopping for lamps examines a price tag in his search for the perfect decor. Artist Onelio Marrero combine...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Linen, Oil
1970s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Oil
19th Century Impressionist Art
Oil
Early 2000s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Oil, Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Oil
1930s Impressionist Art
Oil, Cardboard
1950s Impressionist Art
Oil, Illustration Board, Laid Paper
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art
Oil Pastel
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art
Oil, Canvas
20th Century Impressionist Art
Oil
1970s Impressionist Art
Oil, Cardboard
1830s Impressionist Art
Rice Paper, Woodcut
20th Century Impressionist Art
Wood, Oil
1960s Impressionist Art
Oil, Board
1920s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Art
Watercolor, Archival Paper
2010s Impressionist Art
Gouache, Paper
Artist Comments
Painted on location along Maui’s windward side, the piece captures a painting spot in the shade of permanently wind-bent trees. Their arching branches create ...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Art
Oil
1920s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Lithograph
1980s Impressionist Art
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Canvas
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero captures a sense of serenity, referencing a gentle river near his home. "Almost indistinguishable is the lone patient heron poised on a ...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
Early 19th Century Impressionist Art
Oil
Artist Comments
Bright sunlight sweeps across the landscape. Lush bushes and palm trees line the roadside, casting soft shadows below. Rolling hills rise on the horizon, hazy i...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Paper, Archival Pigment
20th Century Impressionist Art
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Watercolor
Late 20th Century Impressionist Art
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art
Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Art
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Oil, Panel
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 Art
Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Canvas, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Impressionist Art
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Art
Watercolor, Pencil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Crayon, Pencil
2010s Impressionist Art
Acrylic, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Art
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Art
Oil
2010s Impressionist Art
Cotton Canvas, Oil