Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor 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.
Find a collection of authentic Impressionist art on 1stDibs.
to
404
1,565
894
424
99
28
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
168
1,888
954
39
38
53
37
96
164
213
95
108
41
7,176
7,004
5,074
3,010
749
535
492
434
358
309
262
181
85
67
1,876
1,097
37
1,343
628
562
507
459
439
314
275
273
255
210
195
181
159
136
131
128
124
107
105
2,231
2,173
867
268
249
272
154
138
73
71
718
406
1,693
1,191
Style: Impressionist
The Study, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the human form, whilst port...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Selsley Church, Gloucestershire
Located in Deddington, GB
Selsley Church, Gloucestershire By Max Panks [2021]
original
Watercolour on Paper
Image size: H:33 cm x W:49 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:36 cm x W:51 cm x D:0.1cm
Sold Unfr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Palm House Of Kew Gardens, Max Panks, Original Landscape Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
The Palmhouse of Kew Gardens By Max Panks [2018]
original
Watercolour on Paper
Image size: H:26 cm x W:36 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:23.5 cm x W:3...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Indigo Blue Sunset
By Teri Brudnak
Located in Boston, MA
Artist commentary:
Spectacular sunsets here by the beach this winter. The sky was on fire and the water was glowing.
Words that describe the piece: sunset, blue, orange, ocean
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Reclining Nude after Breither – 27-04-24, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Pa
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Breitner’s Photography This graphite pencil drawing ‘Reclining Nude after Breitner – 27-04-24’ is based on a photograph Breitner took himself. He was an avid amateur photogr...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Holy Trinity Church Brompton London watercolour Angela Stones Wedding Present
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art and views of London, including more from Angela Stones, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller."
Angela Stones (1914-1995)
Holy Trinity...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Chelsea Old Church London watercolour Angela Stones Wedding Present
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art and views of London, including more from Angela Stones, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller."
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Escape, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the human form, whilst port...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
woman in yellow, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Painted in 2024 vibrant color portrait :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Embrace, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the human form, whilst port...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Trinity Bridge Cambridge - George Lilly Anderson - watercolour painting
By George Lilly Anderson
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the ...
Category
1950s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Oscar Andreae: Gardens drawing
Located in London, GB
This is from a series of Andreae's sketches of European tourist destinations from the 1860s, to see some others, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all...
Category
1860s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Just Go (Sunflowers), 2020, oil on canvas, yellow, floral still-life painting
Located in New York, NY
Craddock’s floral paintings are loci for memory, spanning more than a decade and various dwellings. Sharing a kindred spirit with such artists as Jane Freilicher and Lois Dodd, Cradd...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eve Nethercott, "Cape Elizabeth", New England Landscape
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott
Title: Cape Elizabeth, Portland (P6.5)
Date: 1951
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Paper Size: 18 x 24 inches
Category
1950s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Duncan MacDonald Johnson A cottage garden in Monmouthshire Original Landscape Ar
Located in Deddington, GB
Duncan MacDonald Johnson
A Cottage Garden in Monmouthshire
Original Landscape Painting
Watercolour Paint on Paper
Sheet Size: H 56cm x W 76cm x D 0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look.
A cottage garden in Monmouthshire is an original landscape painting by Duncan Macdonald Johnson. The sunlight in spring brought out the richness of this garden in Monmouthshire in contrast to the farmland surrounding it. It was a joy to sit in this garden for two days and watch Spring...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Dream Catchers, Original Signed Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Dream Catchers, Original Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Painting, 2020
8" x 8" (HxW) Pastel on Paper
Hand-signed by the artist.
An impressionist, almost abstract, landscape pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Rosie Phipps, Cotswold Light, Original Watercolour Landscape Painting
By Rosie Phipps
Located in Deddington, GB
Rosie Phipps
Cotswold Light
Original Landscape Painting
Water Colour Paint, Gouache and Pastel on Paper
Image Size: H 10cm x W 25cm
Mounted Size: H 18.5cm x W 34.5cm
Framed Size: H 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Sledders - Winter Snow Scene - Kids playing on Sleds, Charcoal drawing c 1950-60
By Alice Kent Stoddard
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Alice Kent Stoddard
1885-1976
Sledders (circa 1950-1960)
Black chalk on card
Image Dimensions: 19.75 x 16 inches (50.2 x 40.6 cm)
Framed Dimensions: 26.5 x 22.3 inches
Signed lower right: Alice Kent Stoddard
Alice Kent Stoddard was born in Connecticut, but spent much of her career as an artist in Philadelphia and on Monhegan Island in Maine. She studied with Thomas Eakins, William Merritt Chase and Thomas Anshutz at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, as well as at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. While serving with the YMCA in France during World War I, Stoddard executed many drawings and paintings of the battlefield. However, she is most widely recognized for her bold landscapes and marine paintings of Maine...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Cardboard
Dutch landscape with grazing cows near the forest, watercolor, impressionist
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Watercolor on paper depicting a Dutch landscape (East of The Netherlands) with grazing cows at the edge of a forest, by A. M. Gorter (1866 - 1933).
Dimensions incl. frame: 60 x 72 cm...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Floral Still Life with Lilies and Irises, Original Watercolor Painting, 2017
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is a floral still life painting on watercolor on paper.
Keywords: floral, flowers, floral still life, still life, representational, vibrant colors, irises, l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Arendsdorp – 17-05-24, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
A Challenge Really This graphite pencil drawing ‘Arendsdorp – 17-05-24’ an attempt to capture intertwining foliage. In my art statement to ‘Japanese Garden 1 (2014)’ I alr...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Red Tulips, Original Acrylic Drawing, 2014
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is an original acrylic on canvas floral still life painting.
Keywords: flowers, still life, roses, red, white, home, serene, home
Artist Biography:
Born an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Remarkable, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the human form, whilst port...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Panda Express, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
An original 12â€
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Africa's Stories, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
An original 12" x 16" or 30.48 x 40.64cm highly detailed watercolor and ink painting of an Eastern African Yellow Billed Hornbill sitting on the back of a chair in an exquisitely dec...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Memories, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the human form, whilst port...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Flower Arrangement watercolor painting by John E. Costigan
Located in Hudson, NY
Painting measures 28" x 22" and framed 32" x 25 ½" x 2"
Hand-signed "J.E. Costigan N.A." lower left.
About this artist: John Costigan was a self-taught painter distinguished by hi...
Category
1960s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Morning Light, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By Helal Uddin
Located in Yardley, PA
This is one of my plein air paintings. I love watercolor because it’s a very challenging medium. I used Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors with world-class acid-free Arches Baohon...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Impressionist Cityscape, "After The Shower"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original impressionist cityscape watercolor painting by southern California artist, Duke Windsor. It is framed as pictured. Its framed dimensions are 16.5" x ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Impressionist Cityscape, "Sunday Morning Stroll"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original impressionist cityscape watercolor painting by southern California artist, Duke Windsor. It is framed as pictured. Its framed dimensions are 20.5" x ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Tiger Lilies, Original Watercolor Painting, 2014
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is a watercolor floral still life painting, measuring 30 x 22 inches.
Keywords: watercolor, flowers, floral, bouquet, still life, vase, colorful, bright, pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Tomatoes, Original Watercolor Painting, 2017
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The original work is a watercolor still life painting.
Keywords: tomatoes, vegetables, seasonal, still life, representational, produce, green, yellow, red, farm, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Winter Valley, Original Watercolor Painting, 2017
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is an original watercolor on paper landscape painting.
Keywords: winter, snow, trees, mountains, valley, representational, watercolor
Artist Biography:
Bor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Tulips II, Original Watercolor Painting, 2017
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is a watercolor on paper. Floral still life painting.
Keywords: still life, flowers, floral, floral still life, representational, tulips, floral arrangement,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Carpet (drawing)
By Sharon Levy
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
A drawing of a carpet of leaves
Keywords: nature, landscape, trees
Piece Details:
Hand-painted, watercolor on archival paper. Ready to hang with wires. Made in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original gouache and oil pastel figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California impressionist landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Nude woman laying sideways with washes of tea...
Category
1980s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Oil Pastel
Reach Out, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the human form, whilst port...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Fairy tale. 1950. Paper, watercolor, 26, 5 x 19, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Fairy tale. 1950. Paper, watercolor, 26,5x19,5 cm
Category
1950s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil
$915 Sale Price
20% Off
Club Alabam, Dunbar Hotel , LA
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Cumming, GA
Original Pen and Ink on paper
Dimensions 10.5″ x 13″ unframed
24 x 27″ approximate framed
Circa 1959
Category
1950s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Street Scene in Safed, Israel
By Zvi Ehrman
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a charming piece depicting an Israeli landscape in scenic Safed. it is hand watercolored over a print.
Krakow, Poland, 1903 – Safed, Israel, 1993
Zvi Ehrman was a talented aquarellist who focused his work on Jewish subjects and landscape to Israel. He studied at the Art Academy of Krakow and taught art at the Hebrew...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Céline et Pipo dans le pré
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Accompanied by certificate no. 2772163 from the artist's archives.
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
Untitled Watercolor on paper, 16x13 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Untitled
Watercolor on paper, 16x13 cm
The artist has employed watercolor as the medium, which involves diluting pigments with water to create translucent layers and delicate washe...
Category
1960s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abandon, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the human form, whilst port...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Accepted, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the human form, whilst port...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Let Go, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the human form, whilst port...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Observation, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the human form, whilst port...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Sea Battle - (Stories from the Edda)
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, "A Rackham" lower right
Sotheby's New York
Housed in an elegant , hi-end frame with museum glass.
Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators fr...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Gravity, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the human form, whilst port...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Unknown, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the human form, whilst port...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Carefree, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the human form, whilst port...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Lullaby, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My desire is to capture the innocence and vulnerability of humans when we are asleep and the beauty of the human form. I achiev...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Prayer, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the human form, whilst port...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Knowledge, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My desire is to capture the feeling of knowledge. Knowledge is power but knowledge can also create concern. I achieve this thro...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Only You, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My desire here is to capture elegance and movement. I achieve this through a process of capturing reality through life drawing ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Summer Rain, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My desire here is to capture elegance and movement. I achieve this through a process of capturing reality through life drawing ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Perceive, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton In life we do not always see what is in front of us. We use our mind to create the full picture. I have attempted to capture th...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Augusta, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My desire here is to capture my August in human form. I achieve this through a process of capturing reality through life drawin...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Forever, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton. I achieve this through a process of capturing reality through life drawing using charcoal sketches, breaking it down to delive...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Expectation, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton. I achieve this through a process of capturing reality through life drawing using charcoal sketches, breaking it down to delive...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Relentless, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton. The relentless feeling that life never stops captured in charcoal on paper. I achieve this through a process of capturing r...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Impressionist drawings and watercolor paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Impressionist drawings and watercolor paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add drawings and watercolor paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, green, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Maryann Stow, and Zoe Elizabeth Norman. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Watercolor and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Impressionist drawings and watercolor paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for drawings and watercolor paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $44 and tops out at $315,000, while the average work sells for $726.