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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2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Panel
Artist Comments
An evening in Rome unfolds with warm lights illuminating a narrow passage near Piazza Navona. The lively atmosphere of bustling cafes and shops contrasts with...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Artist Comments
Artist Yangzi Xu captures a serene moment in Chicago's Theatre District. The quiet streets, dusted with a thin layer of snow, absorb the soft glow of the stre...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A solitary, weathered cabin stands quietly in a vast, open desert. Bare trees stretch upward, while the ground lies blanketed in snow. Stark black and white t...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1940s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1970s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Gouache
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Parisian rooftops stand out with their distinctive charm, making the city's skyline instantly recognizable. The architecture, rich with patina, blends turquoise...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Mixed Media
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Gouache
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Gouache
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Linen, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Sunlight illuminates the garden while weathered interior walls bask over the passage of time. It tells the story of a home once alive with the sound of childr...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
A vibrant produce market bustles in the town of Amarante, Portugal. Along the street, a vendor engages with customers, encouraging them to take a potted plant o...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A vibrant sunset bathes the landscape in warm light. The abandoned farmhouse, once filled with life and laughter, only hears the sound of rustling wind and ec...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
A timeworn farmhouse stands quietly on a snow-kissed prairie, its silhouette warmed by the glow of a vivid sunset. Reflections shimmer in the still pond nearb...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
As part of his Cityscape Series, artist Stanislav Sidorov captures Andreevsky Spusk Street with a vibrant palette. The cathedral oversees the city, its bells ...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil




