Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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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Late 19th Century Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1960s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
1930s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil
1930s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Gouache
1940s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Laid Paper
20th Century Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1950s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Early 2000s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
20th Century Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Vellum
1960s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1960s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1930s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache
1980s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Postcard
1960s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1880s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1970s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1990s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal
1920s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Chalk
2010s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel
1970s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache
Artist Comments
A macaw captivates with its piercing eyes and vibrant feathers. Inspired by her travel to Belize, artist Joanie Ford captures the vibrant essence of wildlife th...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel
2010s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil
Artist Comments
This artwork is from my Birds and Flowers series in which I develop harmonic composition depicting birds and plants. Inspired by traditional Japanese and Chinese ink paintings, I try to create unique compositions. This piece is on heavyweight paper and will need a frame for display.
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.
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Late 20th Century Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper, Permanent Marker
2010s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1950s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1950s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1940s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1890s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Chalk
2010s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Wood, Etching, Archival Paper, Glass, Watercolor
1940s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal
2010s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Gouache, Pen
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Pen
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Paper
1940s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1940s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1940s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
Late 19th Century Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1970s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Graphite
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Paper
1970s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
1880s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
20th Century Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Paper
1960s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor