Impressionist Figurative Paintings
IMPRESSIONIST STYLE
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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Style: Impressionist
Vintage Impressionist English River Landscape Painting with Flowers & Figures
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Impressionist English River Landscape Painting with Wild Red Flowers & Figures by British Artist, David Hyde. The painting depicts two children playing under a tree by a Rive...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
untitled impressionist lanscape Paris
Located in Belgrade, MT
This oil painting framed is part of my private collection. Lucien Durand was a French painter. I have several of his pieces.
HI art work has been offered at auction multiple times.
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tapas Night in San Sebastian, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A couple indulges in wine and cigarettes after enjoying a meal of tapas, while a dog eagerly scours the ground for any fallen treats. Painterly impressionisti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Power
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The artwork size is 24"x18" and artist signed it lower right.
Emil Kazaz's drawing in ink on paper depicts a compelling scene where a man is depicted with intricate detail, showcas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink
Southwest Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Southwest Landscape" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas board by noted Southwestern artist Ralph Goltry, 1884-1971. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Extinction Rebellion Protest, London" impressionist painting of 2019 protest
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Extinction Rebellion Protest, London" is an impressionist painting of the 2019 fashion week protest to raise awareness around the environmental impact of the fashion industry and th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Ella by Geri Eubanks, Petite Impressionist Figure Oil Painting with Black
By Geri Eubanks
Located in Atlanta, GA
In Geri's own words: "My love for art began in my early teens when I signed up for art class in high school and soon discovered that I had a passion for drawing and oil. Growing up i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Soviet Allegory, Contemporary Art, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara Harutyunyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Metal
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Title: Soviet Allegory...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal
Sailboats at Port by Mystery American Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
Mystery American Artist
Untitled, c. Early 20th Century
Oil on canvas
20 x 23 3/4 in.
Framed: 25 3/4 x 29 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.
Signed lower right
Inscribed verso: Dolitsky
"Dolitsky" lik...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1950s French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Busy Paris Street Scene Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Paris"
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Rialto Bridge in Venice by Louis Degallaix
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil on canvas representing a bridge in Venice. The painting is signed Degallaix dated 1926.
Very sensitive touch in a watercolor style.
DEGALLAIX louis
Born in Saint-Quentin, XIX °....
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
People Watching in Aix en Provence, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A traveler sits on the edge of a fountain, resting under the shade. Nearby, a lady crossing the street seems also to be seeking refuge from the sun. Shaded sp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bathing by the Big Rock, American Impressionist Landscape and Beach Scene
Located in Doylestown, PA
This Impressionist beach scene and landscape was painted by American artist Martha Walter. The 15 x 18 oil on board is framed in a 22K gold reproduction frame and is signed "Martha W...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Red Pick Up
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Red Pick up" c.1970 is an oil painting on hardboard by American artist John Schweikhard, b.1938. It is signed and titled on the back. The artwork (hardboard) siz...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
English Harvest - Vintage Impressionist Landscape Painting with Horses & Figures
Located in Preston, GB
English Harvest - Vintage 20th Century Impressionist Oil Painting with Horses & Figures by British Artist, David Hyde
Art measures 16 x 12 inches
Frame m...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Contemporary Café in Paris, Marche de La rue Mouffetard.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The oil painting size is 14" x 11", on board.
Areg Elibekian is known for his vibrant and unique style, often capturing scenes with vivid colors and expressive brushstrokes. Café i...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wissous - French Impressionist Landscape near Paris Road Haystack Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful signed and dated 1901 oil on paper laid on board by Auguste Grass-Mick, the French impressionist painter who was friends with Edgar Degas and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec.
Gr...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board
Contemporary look Paris, Scene du Marche, Paris.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The oil painting size is 14"x11", on board.
The artist signed lower right. Gallery certificate is included.
Scene du Marché, Paris" sounds like another captivating painting by Areg...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Slice of Life, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Inspired by the aerial view of pedestrians from a hotel balcony in Paris, this impressionistic painting depicts a stylishly attired woman strolling with her c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Origin-original hyperrealistic figurative waterscape painting-contemporary art
By Abi Whitlock
Located in London, Chelsea
"Origin" by Abi Whitlock invites viewers to explore a moment of serene introspection from an intriguing underwater perspective. In this acrylic-on-canvas composition, the focal point...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Reverie-original hyperrealistic figurative waterscape painting-contemporary art
By Abi Whitlock
Located in London, Chelsea
"Reverie" by Abi Whitlock invites viewers to embark on a journey of liberation and freedom through a captivating acrylic-on-canvas composition. From an underwater perspective, the pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Small Portrait of the Artist at Work
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive portrait of an artist working at a desk by an unknown artist (20th Century). An artist with brown hair and a moustache is working at a desk, with various supplies around h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
Dump At Dusk
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Take me on a ride,
Hold me in the hand.
Help me run a mile,
It could pay you twice.
Wouldn't it be wise
To Risk the morrow's price?
Fear not you say, I'm nice
Alas before Jack's smil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Leave it to the Sky
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
On the wings of hope we fly
We may walk on land
But in our dreams, we fly.
Ride or die,
Tomorrow will be fine.
Age or gauge,
Still, we keep hope alive.
We may sell our hopes
Tomorrow...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Francisco Bartus, "All You Need is Love", 32x32, Textured Mixed Media Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "All You Need is Love", is a 32x32 mixed media painting on canvas by artist Francisco Bartus. Featured is a script made up of individual helpings of paint, spelling out t...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Spanish castle landscape oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
José Martinez Lozano - Landscape - Oil on board
Oil measurements 37x41 cm.
Frame measurements 46x50 cm.
Josep Martínez Lozano was born in the Born district of Barcelona on March 2...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
bullfighter and bull oil on cardboard painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 49x59 cm.
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
French School Portrait PS242 Sunflower from Van Gogh diving (Large)
Located in Zofingen, AG
PS 242 Sunflowers from Van Gogh Diving
Tomorrow, It's the 141 th birthday of Vincent Van Gogh.
Portrait of a woman who is wearing Van Gogh swim dress. A daring dive in the unknown!...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Le quai de Martigues - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Georges Lapchine
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on board landscape circa 1930 by Russian impressionist painter Georges Lapchin. The work depicts a view of the quai at Martigues in the South of France. To the left of the...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Reading in the garden
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Reading in the Garden" is an artistic reflection ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Francisco Bartus, "We Grow Stronger Together ", 32x32 Tree of Life Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "We Grow Stronger Together", is a 32x32 mixed media painting on canvas by artist Francisco Bartus. Featured is a tree of life symbol, made up of individual helpings of pa...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
1890's French Impressionist Oil Painting Studio Portrait of a Nude Lady Model
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Studio Model
French Impressionist artist, circa 1890's
oil on canvas: 27.5 x 16.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Impressionist Oil Signed & Dated 1919 Portrait of Young Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady
French Impressionist artist
signed oil on board, unframed
dated 1919
board: 9.5 x 6.5 inches
double sided work
provenance: private collection
condition: seve...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
English yacht racing, sailing in the English Channel off the White Cliffs, Dover
Located in Woodbury, CT
A Yacht racing or sailing in the English Channel off the White Cliffs of Dover by Frank H Mason.
Purchasing "Yacht Racing/Sailing off Dover Castle in the English Channel, UK" by Fra...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
20th Century Portrait of Woman Head & Shoulders Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Demonstrators - Impressionist Oil, Figures in City Landscape by Andre Devambez
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Wonderful figures in night landscape oil on canvas circa 1904 by French impressionist painter and illustrator Andre Devambez. The piece depicts demonstr...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist Oil on Board, 'Villecelle Pres de Lamalou' South of France.
By Charles Pellegrin
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century French Impressionist street scene by Charles Pellegrin. The painting is signed bottom right and there is a title and exhibition label to the back of the panel. Presented in deep gilt wood and cloth frame.
A charming view of two figures, a mother and child, making their way along a French street in the South of France. on each side of them stone houses and monuments. Pellegrin has captured the romanticism of the scene, the colours of the stone harmonising with the clay roof tiles...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Black and White Figurative Nude - Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Black and White Figurative Nude - Oil on Canvas
Black and white figurative nude by F Vasquez (20th C). The nude torso of a woman takes up the canvas. Her right hand is on her hip wh...
Category
1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Cafe with Lakeside View of Lake Lugano" Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical oil painting depicting a cafe scene with Lakeside views of Lake Lugano. A region in between Switzerland and Norther Italy. As an Italian Impressionist artist, most of Ca...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French School PS 241 Drowned in Monet Impressionist
Located in Zofingen, AG
PS 241 Drowned in Monet
Portrait of a woman with red dress. The background is the famous from Claude Monet Water lilies
Structural analysis:
Such as Impressionist painting, the s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Antique American Impressionist New England Beach Bathers Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century impressionist bather scene by John Edward Costigan (1888 - 1972). Oil on board. Framed. Signed verso.
Category
1940s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fighting Time, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Three young dancers style their hair, racing against time before a show. The vibrant brushwork and colors portray the lively and intense energy of dance prepara...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nocturne - Impressionist Figure in Landscape Oil Painting by Charles Lacoste
By Charles Lacoste
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated figure in landscape oil on board by French impressionist painter Charles Lacoste. A truly stunning piece with depicts a nighttime view of a Parisian street with a single woman dressed in a black coat and hat standing in the centre of of dark square which is being dimly lit by the street lights overhead. The outline of trees and the city's buildings can be seen in the distance.
Signature:
Signed and dated 1904 lower right.
Dimensions:
Framed: 24.5"x31"
Unframed: 18.5"x25"
Provenance:
Wildenstein & Co - New York "Charles Lacoste: A Forgotten Nabi" 2002
This work is accompanied by the catalogue published to accompany the exhibition “Charles Lacoste: A Forgotten Nabi” held at Wildenstein in New York from January 30 to March 2, 2002
The son of a Bordeaux accountant and a creole mother, he met in high school the future poet Francis Jammes and Gabriel Frizeau the legendary art collector. He taught himself to paint and from 1894 to 1897 he made several important contacts: André Gide, Arthur Fontaine...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Young Boy with Donkey, William Weintraub
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: William Weintraub (1926)
Title: Young Boy with Donkey
Year: 1962
Medium: Oil on board
Size: 33 x 25.5 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed and dated by the artist ...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
In the Meadow, Springtime Dutch
By Cornelis Bouter
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Springtime, 'In the Meadow' by Cornelis Bouter (1888-1966) is a Dutch painting with figures and landscape in an impressionist style with early spring blossoms. Idyllic scene by a river under tree blossoms, this fine oil on canvas painting is very well presented in an original frame. Children play while mother peels apples in a pleasant afternoon setting. Sure to please this Easter!
Imported by Saltire...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
" Mother " Child, Mother, Mother's Day oil cm 67 x 100
By Gleb Savinov
Located in Torino, IT
Child,Baby,Maternity,child,Mother,Green,Window,spring,russian art
GLEB SAVINOV (Charkev, 1915 – St. Petersburg, 2000)
Works by Gleb Savinov can be found in various private collect...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chamonix, le Mont Blanc
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Florent Chade (French, 1896-1985)
Title: Chamonix, le Mont Blanc
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Oil on canvas board
board size: 15 x 18.25 inches
Signature: Signed lower ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century English Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Figure by Wispy Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wispy Trees in the Landscape
English Impressionist artist, mid 20th century
signed oil on board, unframed
board: 10 x 14 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madonna with Frenchie
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"Madonna with Frenchie" from the "PERICHORESIS SE...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Traditional Celebration and Costumes Japan or Okinawa
Located in Soquel, CA
Traditional Celebration and Costumes Japan or Okinawa
Oil painting on illustration board of Japanese Ryukyu or Okinawa Island festival goers by and unknown artist.
Elegantly dresse...
Category
1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Foam Board
" on vacation" Oil cm. 36 x 29 , 1959
Located in Torino, IT
Painter, vacation, summer, impressionism, picnic, 1950s
Russia,Green
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Landscape with characters spanish original oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joaquim Marsillach i Codony (1905-1986) - Landscape with characters
Oil on canvas
Oil measures 46x55 cm.
Frame measures 69x78 cm.
Marsillach Codony, Joaquim. Olot (Gerona), 22.V.190...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1930's French Oil Portrait Of A Long Grey Haired Man With Black Beard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Male Portrait
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting on canvas stuck on board, unframed
measures: 18 high by 15 inches wide
co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Freight Dock
By John Rockwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Freight Dock" is an original oil on canvas by noted American artist John Rockwell, 1902-1960 It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist, and also signe...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vue de la Côte Normande by Claude-Émile Schuffenecker - Landscape painting
By Claude Emile Schuffenecker
Located in London, GB
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Vue de la Côte Normande by Claude-Émile Schuffenecker (1851-1934)
Oil on canvas
58 x 69 cm (22 ⁷/₈ x 27 ¹/₈ inches)
Sig...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930's French Impressionist Tall Orange Bell Tower In Busy Figure Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Town Bell Tower
by Louise Alix, French 1950's Impressionist
gouache on artist paper, unframed
painting: 10.5 x 7.5 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of this artists...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Ave Maria
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"Ave Maria" from the "PERICHORESIS SERIES" captur...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
19th century French painting - Fisherman retuning home in a sunset landscape
Located in Antwerp, BE
19th century French oil painting depicting a Fisherman returning home in a peaceful countryside landscape
This lovely painting depicts a charming French countryside landscape at dus...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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