Impressionist Interior 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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Artist Comments
The winter lake effect on the lowlands of St. Lawrence County, near Watertown, New York, produces heavy snowfalls. A thick layer of snow blankets the field an...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Paint, Lights, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Weathered barns stand quietly under a bright, open sky, their faded wood telling stories of time and use. Overgrown grass softens the worn edges of the structur...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil
1970s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A field of tulips bursts into bloom along Chicago’s iconic Michigan Avenue. The softened architecture glows under a pastel-hued sky, while rich strokes of pin...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1950s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1920s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Panel
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Panel
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Gouache
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Glass, Plexiglass, Acrylic
Artist Comments
This scene captures a quiet moment inside an antiques shop. A man pauses mid-step, drawn to two framed water lily paintings. As any regular shopper knows, the t...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
The bright morning sunshine floods a front porch where an inviting scene unfolds. Artist Sherri Aldawood was drawn to the light and cast shadows on this historic adobe home in Taos, New Mexico. The two turquoise chairs add to the scene's charm and beckon the viewer to relax and enjoy the peaceful ambiance of the moment.
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 Interior Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
The painting captures a quintessential scene from Provence, where artist Karen d'Angeac Mihm grew up. White-washed houses with red-tiled roofs nestle among lu...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Gouache
1920s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1980s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1930s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Glass, Plexiglass, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil, Pigment
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Early 19th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic



