Impressionism
Impressionism began in France in the late nineteenth century, when a group of painters started working outdoors to capture how light and color actually change from moment to moment, rather than painting a perfectly finished, detailed scene. The result was looser brushwork, brighter color, and a focus on fleeting atmosphere over sharp detail, which felt shocking at the time but is now one of the most loved styles in art history. This section features work inspired by or rooted in that impressionist approach. Explore this section to see how painters continue to chase light and mood using loose, expressive brushwork.
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Impressionism Explained: How a Rejected Style Taught Us to See Light | Impressionism
What is Impressionism? A clear guide to how a group of rejected Paris painters changed art by chasing light, color and the feeling of a passing moment.
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Josef Kote | Impressionism
Discover Josef Kote, an Albanian palette-knife painter whose vibrant cityscapes, seascapes, and figurative works shimmer with light, color, and energy. From his Academy training in Tirana to international recognition, explore how…
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Robert Hagan | Impressionism
Robert Hagan is an Australian painter who has spent thirty years chasing wild light, a love that took root in his boyhood in the Tweed Valley. What started as a hobby…
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Leonid Afremov | Impressionism
Leonid Afremov was a Belarusian painter known for palette knife cityscapes so vivid they feel wet with color. His sons helped bring his work to a global audience through early online…
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Françoise Nielly | Impressionism
Françoise Nielly is a French painter known for electric, palette knife portraits built from thick oil and saturated color. Working from black and white photographs, she paints faces with a raw,…
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Daniel Garber | Impressionism
Daniel Garber was an American painter and a leading voice of Pennsylvania Impressionism, known for luminous scenes of Bucks County and the Delaware River. He often anchored his landscapes with a…
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Pablo Solari | Impressionism
Pablo Solari is an Argentine painter who taught himself by studying classical masters and muralists before developing his own bold, socially rooted style. His large, saturated canvases capture everyday Argentine life,…
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Andrew Salgado | Impressionism
Andrew Salgado is a Canadian painter known for large, emotionally charged portraits built with wild color and texture. Since moving from Regina to London, he has built a career of sold…
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Bryan Mark Taylor | Impressionism
Bryan Mark Taylor is an American landscape painter who mixes classical training with a restless love of travel, catching small, atmospheric moments wherever he goes. He also invented the STRADA easel,…
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Laurent Parcelier | Impressionism
Laurent Parcelier is a French painter whose sunlit scenes of Provence and the Luberon feel like an endless warm afternoon. He started his career drawing comics before turning fully to painting…
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Denis Sarazhin | Impressionism
Denis Sarazhin is a Ukrainian painter known for dynamic figures caught in twisting poses, with expressive hands that carry as much emotion as the faces around them. Trained at the Kharkiv…
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Romona Youngquist | Impressionism
Romona Youngquist is an American painter whose soft, impressionist scenes of Oregon’s Red Hills feel more like memories than places. She works her canvases with sandpaper and rags as much as…
