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
Pine Trees, Original Oil on Panel, Impressionist Émile Louis Thivier (1858-1922)
Located in PARIS, FR
*Dimensions include the frame
This small landscape painting by Émile Louis Thivier (1858-1922) captures a serene natural setting, reminiscent of the atmospheric works of the Impress...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Edwardian Beach Scene, British 20th century oil on canvas
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Richly-colored and vibrant Edwardian Beach Scene, British oil painting on canvas in impressionist style, presented in contemporary gold frame. The oil paint is raised and textured, lifting the beach sands, sea, sky and dresses from the canvas. Gathering in Edwardian period costuming looks out over the sands to the sea and clouds, with distant sailboats and children playing in the waves.
This is a delightful contemporary painting, unsigned, but original oil dating to the 20th century. Framers tags verso from Oxford and Glasgow.
In very good condition, with a few minor chips on the gold frame, but otherwise the painting is bright and beautiful.
Provenance to gallery in the United Kingdom, imported by Saltire Gallerie...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Original 1920's/ 30's Portrait of Elegant Young Society Lady Exquisite Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
original pencil drawing on paper
by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below
signed
piece of paper is 12 x 9.5 inches
In good condition, though with ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Pencil
Midnight Moonlight, 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 Canvas
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Titl...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Tour Saint-Jacques, Paris - Impressionist Cityscape Oil by Konstantin Korovin
By Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled landscape oil on board by Russian-born impressionist painter Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin. The work depicts a nighttime view of the ...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
It’s time for walking, mom
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
"It's Time for Walking, Mom" speaks to the comfor...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
While waiting call for dinner
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
"While Waiting for the Call to Dinner" captures t...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Low Tide, Battersea Power Station-original impressionism cityscape oil painting
Located in London, Chelsea
"Low Tide at the Battersea Power Station" is a mesmerizing cityscape painting that transports viewers to the iconic banks of the River Thames in London. Crafted with meticulous detai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Four Elements, 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 Canvas
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Titl...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lumier et neige fondante - Impressionist Landscape Oil by William Samuel Horton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape by American impressionist painter William Samuel Horton. The piece depicts a nighttime view of Pontarlier, a commune in eastern France near the Swiss b...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Signed English Impressionist Oil Painting Figure in Windswept Landscape Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Windy Landscape
English Impressionist artist, mid 20th century
signed oil on board, unframed
board: 10 x 14 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's French Oil Portrait Lady With Sheer Black Head Scarf
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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
conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ingeborg Åkerman, Woman Sitting in a Garden Arbor Sewing
Located in Stockholm, SE
A beautifully painted motif by the female artist Ingeborg Åkerman (1881-1960) of a woman sitting in her garden shaded from the sun by the arbor where she is sewing. It is probably pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Buee Matinale - Impressionist Riverscape Oil Painting by Alexandre Jacob
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1930 by popular French impressionist painter Alexandre Louis Jacob. The piece depicts a fisherman in a small boat by the bank of the River Seine ...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
La rue du village
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Léopold SURVAGE (1879-1968)
La rue du village
Oil on canvas
Size: 50 x 61 cm
Signed lower right
Provenance: Private collection in Normandy.
Oil on canvas in good condition.
Small...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French School - Poppy Starwars oil Painting - Flower
Located in Zofingen, AG
Poppy Starwars
Structural analysis:
_ Feeling of the wind in the flowers_ Abstract drippings bring movement to the still life painting. There are 2 systems of contrasts. First one...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Gardeuse de Moutons - Impressionist Figure in Landscape Oil by Julien Dupre
By Julien Dupré
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist oil on canvas figure and animals in landscape by French painter Julien Dupre. The work depicts a shepherdess resting on a log as her sheep graze in the green mea...
Category
1880s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Tea Party with the Artist's Daughter Lois
Located in Washington, DC
Following two decades of successful impressionistic landscape painting, Wilson Henry Irvine became known for a new experimental style in the 1930s. In 1930, Irvine began making pris...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring symphony#1
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
In 'Spring Symphony #1', I convey the awakening o...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
New York Morning
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
"New York Morning" is an ode to the vibrant energ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
New Hat
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
"New Hat" symbolizes the fresh embrace of identit...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French School PS 240 Van Gogh Starry night Girl Summer in La Baule Impressionist
Located in Zofingen, AG
PS 240 Van Gogh Starry night Girl Summer in La Baule
Portrait of a woman with Van Gogh (The Starry night) swim dress.
Structural analysis:
Such as Impressionist painting, the su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Joggers at Battersea Park-original impressionism cityscape oil painting-Artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
"Morning Joggers at Battersea Park" invites viewers into a serene moment along the banks of the River Thames, captured with exquisite detail in this original cityscape painting. Exec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of a Man in Armchair, Mid Century Short Story Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Excellent figurative oil painting of a man seated in an armchair with papers strewn about the interior space by Charles Ross Kinghan (American, 18...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
European urbanscape and river original oil on cardboard painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frameless.
Josep Marfa Guarro (1928-2014)
Josep Marfa Guarro was a Catalan painter specialized in landscape painting.
Among Josep Marfa Guarro's work are numerous watercolors and ...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
The Serpent Tempter
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
"The Serpent Tempter" from the "PERICHORESIS SERI...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Pebble Beach 1, Cornwall, Original Painting, Coastal art, Beach, Seaside, Summer
Located in Deddington, GB
A colourful and lively aerial seascape painting featuring turquoise waters and beach umbrellas. This painting was inspired by the north coast of Cornwall and painted in Cornwall. Len...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude Model Reclining on Green Sofa 1950's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady Posing for artist on green throw
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nuages sur la Seine - Fevrier - Impressionist Riverscape Oil by Alexandre Jacob
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A good sized signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1930 by popular French impressionist painter Alexandre Louis Jacob. The piece depicts a view of the River Seine. The cold scene is s...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th century impressionist painting - Summer in the Countryside , a shepherdess
Located in Antwerp, BE
19th century impressionist painting, capturing a beautiful day in the countryside.
A young girl can be seen standing in front of her flock in the lush and beautiful countryside. A s...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spanish pyrenean town oil on canvas painting landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frameless.
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Spring" Oil cm. 60 x 44 1968 flowers, spring, green purple
Located in Torino, IT
flowers, spring, green purple
Boris Lavrenko (Rostov, 1920 – St. Petersburg, 2001)
Works by Boris Lavrenko can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United Stat...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1970's French Impressionist Oil Etretat Cliffs Coastline with Fisherfolk Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Etretat
signed by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary)
dated 1970
oil painting on canvas, unframed
unframed: 20 x 24 inches
condition: very good
p...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ligurian Alps with snow-capped pink tinted peaks. Sign. C. Bentivoglio
Located in Firenze, IT
Ligurian Alps landscape with snow-capped peaks tinted by pink light.
It's an oil on canvas depicting a mountain scene with a small rural building.
The painting is of a rare, almo...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pebble Beach 1 and 2, Original Painting, Coastal art, Beach, Seaside, Summer
Located in Deddington, GB
Two colourful and lively aerial seascape paintings featuring turquoise waters and beach umbrellas. These paintings were inspired by the north coast of Cornwall and painted in Cornwal...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Awakening, Figurative Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art,
Subject: Awakening,
Size: 36" x 15" x 0.8'' inch...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Beverly Hills
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday life in the sun along the Pacific coastline (and beyond). Her detailed paintings show us the breathtaking California scenery with its recognizable elements in a new light and with a keen eye for clever composition and layered colors. Her modern landscapes and sublime seascapes...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"NYC in 20th Century" Figures in New York City Ashcan School Style Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts an impressionistic scene of figures filling up the NYC streets below the Empire State. The thick brush strokes and fun marks creates an atmosphere reminiscent o...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Morning Fowles
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
In 'Morning Fowles', I immerse the viewer into a ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1900's French Impressionist Portrait of an Elderly Lady Beautifully Painted Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
French School, early 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 18 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: some wear, scuffing and signs of age but...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Coucher au Soleil
By Henri Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed lower right.
Henri Duhem was descended from an old Flemish family and originally practiced as a lawyer. In 1887, his passion for drawing and watercolors finally led him to go...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930's French Impressionist Lady in Red Dress Lounging In The Garden Shade
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady in Red
signed by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist
oil on board, unframed
painting: 14 x 11 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of this artists work in N...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Look at this beauty, honey
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
"Look at This Beauty, Honey" captures a moment of...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
19th century Scottish beach landscape with waves on the shore and fishing boats
Located in Woodbury, CT
Peter Macgregor Wilson RSA RSW (1856-1928) was born in Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art as well as in London and Antwerp. He travelled widely, working in America, Ind...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunset - Venice 1902 - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Joseph Clavel
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed, dated and inscribed oil on canvas landscape by French pre-impressionist painter Marie Joseph Leon Clavel Iwill. The work depicts a sil...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Original Scottish Loch Painting in the style of Alexander Nasmyth
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid 19th Century Original Oil Painting of Fishing on Scottish Loch in the Style of Alexander Nasmyth
Gorgeous 19th Century landscape painting of a Scottish loch with fisherman and castle ruins in the style of Alexander Nasmyth (Scottish, 1758 - 1840). This painting features the rough-hewned nature of Scotland's landscape while juxtaposing the peacefulness of a fisherman casting his line into the loch. Adding interest is the castle ruins on the cliff's edge with a sailboat beneath. There is something new to see with each viewing of this picture.
Signed: Illegible monogram lower left corner. (See image)
Framed: Presented in rustic giltwood frame of the period.
Condition: Good
Canvas size: 18"H x 24"W.
Framed Size: 22"H x 28"W x 3"D
Alexander Nasmyth was a painter, illustrator, landscape gardener and engineer. Alexander Nasmyth's style appears to have been molded principally on that of Claude Lorrain in arrangement, color and mood, and on Jacob van Ruysdael...
Category
1860s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Fishing on the Seine - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Alexandre Jacob
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel landscape circa 1940 by popular French impressionist painter Alexandre Louis Jacob. The work depicts a man fishing on the bank of the River Seine in France on a c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
French Impressionist mid century cafe scene of two women seated in a Cafe
Located in Woodbury, CT
Francois Gall, Hungarian by birth, became an impressionist painter in the pure French tradition after he moved to Paris in 1936. He was born in Kolozsvar in the former region of Tr...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Winter Snow - Gstaad - Impressionist Landscape Oil by William Samuel Horton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape by American impressionist painter William Samuel Horton. The piece depicts a view of the town of Gstaad in Southwestern Switzerland. The buildings and ...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930's French Impressionist Male Figure Posed In Black Swimming Trunks On Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Posed Man on Beach
by Louise Alix, French 1950's Impressionist
gouache on board
painting: 6.5 x 9.75 inches
provenance: from a large private collection ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Soleil de Novembre - Impressionist Riverscape Oil by Alexandre Jacob
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on board landscape circa 1950 by popular French impressionist painter Alexandre Louis Jacob. The piece depicts a view of a marsh water mill. The yellow glow of the low Nov...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1950s French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Young Lady in Green Reading Book
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's French Impressionist Man Sat in Pink Stone House Door Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Interior
signed by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist
gouache on board, unframed
painting: 13 x 10.5 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of this artists ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Sur la Plage - Impressionist Oil, Figures in Coastal Landscape by Alfred Stevens
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated figures in seascape oil on panel by Belgian impressionist painter Alfred Emile Leopold Stevens. The work depicts an elega...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
In Softness, Oil Painting
By Mary Pratt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Nestled within an explosion of pink blooms, a woman becomes one with her surroundings. Soft hues form an ethereal refuge, providing a tranquil space for her rep...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century French Post Impressionist Barn landscape Oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
Landscape river and barn _ from Georges Gratigny
Georges Gratigny was a French painter from XIX -XX. (1881-1970) Normandy
He was member of the society of Normans painters.
There are influence in his art of his friends André Hardy...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Dutch Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of a Country Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Country Lady
Dutch Impressionist, late 19th century
oil on wood - looks like a cigar box lid?
framed
framed: 11 x 8.5 inches
board: 8.5 x 6 inches
provenance: private c...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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