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Impressionist paintingsThe impressionist art style of painting is characterized chiefly by concentration on the general impression produced by a scene or object and the use of unmixed primary colors and small strokes to simulate actual reflected light. The most conspicuous characteristic of Impressionism painting was an attempt to accurately and objectively record visual reality in terms of transient effects of light and colour. The Impressionist painters often worked "en plein air", or outdoors, to capture the fleeting effects of sunlight and atmosphere in quick brushstrokes of bold, unmixed colour applied directly to the canvas.
Impressionism and post impressionism is mainly associated with the French impressionist painters, however artists in other countries also developed their own brand of Impressionism which has become unique in many different ways. French Impressionism was basically bourgeois, while Soviet Impressionism was proletarian. Russian and Ukrainian Impressionism is one of the most brilliant and undiscovered areas in the whole of Russian Art. Russian Impressionism has already become very popular in the West but the magnificent works produced by the Southern Russian School of Art are still relatively unknown to the Western art critic. Although certain painters such as Konstantin Lomykin from Odessa have become enormously popular with Western collectors and their paintings are much sought after all over the world, there was recently a major exhibition devoted to Konstantin Lomykin held in the Domsburg Art Museum, The Netherlands. The Southern Russian School can be characterised by the presence of much light, almost absent in Moscow and St Petersburg School of Art. "The messiah of 'new art' didn't exactly arrive in 1917
in a sealed train carriage from the southern sea. But all the efforts
of his zealous followers couldn't destroy in Odessa the mighty tradition
of Russian "en plein air" painting. Today from
afar, from the sunny stepes of the Southern Russian Impressionists
- the singers of sun and light with childlike innocence and awe
who idolized the beauty of the tempered state of nature, who tried
to reach with this beauty our hearts which have been hardened by
reflection are coming back to us." G.Shestakov (collector). Impressionist Paintings Virtual Gallery offers art lovers a rich experience of carefully selected paintings by impressionist artists from impressionist landscape painting to still-life to figurative. The works displayed on the site have been chosen for their quality by our professional gallery team. Buying these paintings couldn't be easier using our secure online credit card payment system or if you prefer you can call one of our team directly to arrange alternative payment arrangememnts. Click here for more information on how to buy. |
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