Allan Linder: Contemporary Impressionism

Contemporary Impressionism was an exhibition by Allan Linder at the Alternative Gallery in Brooklyn New York in 2010. The work was curated by Berik Kulmamirov a member of the West Side Arts Coalition.

Contemporary Impressionism is a term used to describe works created by contemporary artists that share similar aesthetic qualities with those by the French Impressionists. Whether depicting urban environments or the natural world, all of the images that can be considered Contemporary Impressionist are rendered with loose, expressive brushwork and focus on the effects of light.

Like many of the Impressionists, Linder painted his acrylic Downtown Blue (2007) mostly en plein air, in order to better capture the effects of changing light and weather on the landscape.

With its emphasis on the effects of sunset and the illumination from streetlights, the Westside, New York painting could easily be mistaken for 1880s Paris.