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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"Lemon juice."Abstract collection.
Located in Zofingen, AG
Miniature painting is like a little pearl in a collection of paintings. It was created specifically so that you can decorate your room and harmoniously place it in combination with p...
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
"On a green background."Green collection.
Located in Zofingen, AG
Miniature painting is like a little pearl in a collection of paintings. It was created specifically so that you can decorate your room and harmoniously place it in combination with p...
Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic
"Pink morning." Collection "Green"
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sometimes at dawn the sky is soft pink and the azure sea is incredibly beautiful. Green hills and cypress trees, olive groves and mountains, all this is a typical Spanish landscape. ...
Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic
"Pistachio sky."Green collection
Located in Zofingen, AG
Pistachio sky. This is not usual, but sometimes the landscape takes on such shades. It depends on the inclination of the sun's rays, on our perception and mood. The beauty of the Spa...
Canvas, Acrylic, Lacquer
"Roses in gold." Collection "Mosaic".
Located in Zofingen, AG
Miniature painting is like a little pearl in a collection of paintings. It was created specifically so that you can decorate your room and harmoniously place it in combination with p...
Canvas, Acrylic
White Memory Abstract Art Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: White Memory Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Contemporary Art Dimensions: 44" x 68" x 1" inch (112 x 173 x 3cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery W...
Canvas, Oil
"Green lamp."
Located in Zofingen, AG
Miniature painting is like a little pearl in a collection of paintings. It was created specifically so that you can decorate your room and harmoniously place it in combination with p...
Canvas, Acrylic
$355
"Fantasy with Flowers 199", Mixed Media, paper, 59x42cm, Unframed
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 300+ pictures) paper 59x42cm On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media. Sold and sent unframed -V...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
"Yellow sofá."
Located in Zofingen, AG
Miniature painting is like a little pearl in a collection of paintings. It was created specifically so that you can decorate your room and harmoniously place it in combination with p...
Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic
"Roses and sea."
Located in Zofingen, AG
Miniature painting is like a little pearl in a collection of paintings. It was created specifically so that you can decorate your room and harmoniously place it in combination with p...
Canvas, Acrylic
$450Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionist Harbour Scene with Lighthouse Fishing Boats and Seagulls in Motion
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Harbour Scene with Lighthouse Fishing Boats and Seagulls in Motion By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 16.25 x 12.25 inches (height x width) Gouache painting on board...
Gouache
$543Sale Price|20% Off
French Harbour Scene Oil Painting of Boats and Waterfront at La Croisic
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Harbour Scene Oil Painting of Boats and Waterfront at La Croisic By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 15.25 x 18 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condi...
Oil
$691Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionist Harbour Scene with Fishing Boats Lighthouse and Sunset Sky
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Harbour Scene with Fishing Boats Lighthouse and Sunset Sky By Fanch Les Size: 15 x 18 inches (height x width) Oil painting on cardboard, unframed Condition: The ...
Oil
$702Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Oil of Twin Turrets and Trees Reflected in River Scene
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil of Twin Turrets and Trees Reflected in River Scene By Fanch Lel Signed: yes Size: 15 x 18 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Cond...
Oil
$576Sale Price|20% Off
Textured Coastal Oil Painting of Fishing Boats and Lighthouse with Dramatic Sky
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Textured Coastal Oil Painting of Fishing Boats and Lighthouse with Dramatic Sky By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 12.25 x 17.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unf...
Oil
$2,560Sale Price|26% Off
Village Oil Painting, Impressionist Style, 20th Century, Signed
Located in Belgrade, MT
This oil painting is original and signed by the artist. I have owned this piece since the early 1970's. The oil depicts a village and is vibrant in color.
Oil
Coral Reef Fish Painting Impasto
Located in Zofingen, AG
* Title: Coral Reef * Size: 12 x 8 inches * Materials: oil, stretched canvas, palette knife * Shipping: gallery standards packaging, express shipping Bright abstract seascape paintin...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$543Sale Price|20% Off
Vibrant Impressionist Landscape of Lush Greenery and Meadow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vibrant Impressionist Landscape by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century) signed oil painting on board, unframed board: 18 x 24 inches condition: overall very good provenance: all t...
Oil
$664Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Regatta Scene with Colourful Sails and Seaside Village
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Regatta Scene with Colourful Sails and Seaside Village By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 18 x 21.5 inches (height x width) Oil painting on cardboard, unframe...
Oil
$1,450
Through Impression, Abstract art, Original Acrylic Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
30 Artist: Voskan Galstian Work: Original Acrylic Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Year: 2022 Style: Abstract Art, Title: Through Impression, ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$527Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Still Life of Yellow and Red Roses in Copper Vase
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Still Life of Yellow and Red Roses in Copper Vase By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 16.25 x 13 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condit...
Oil
$2,400Sale Price|25% Off
Impressionist City in France Oil Painting, 20th Century, Unframed
Located in Belgrade, MT
This painting by Lucien Durand is an original and part of my private collection since the 1970's.
Oil
$1,280Sale Price|20% Off
"Night at the Museum" Young Woman with Monet at Paris Museum Oil Painting Framed
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
A lively, impressionistic depiction of a young woman in a red jacket discovering Claude Monet's oil paintings at the Paris Museum. We are whisked away in this cherished scene with th...
Canvas, Oil
"Boss Babe Vibes" Figure wearing Chanel by Portrait Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Paper, Oil
$240Sale Price|20% Off
Hawaii Coral Reef Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas, Impasto, 8x12"
Located in Zofingen, AG
* Title: Hawaii Coral Reef * Size: 12 x 8 inches * Materials: oil, stretched canvas, palette knife * Shipping: gallery standards packaging, express ship...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Signed Antique American Impressionist Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charles Sutton, “April Afternoon,” Oil on Board, Framed Landscape Painting Warmly toned impressionist oil painting by Charles Sutton, titled April Afternoon. The work captures a tra...
Canvas, Oil
"Reverberate" Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract landscape painting by Bri Custer, titled Reverberate, captures the shifting energy of land and light through expressive brushwork and layered color. Earthy...
Canvas, Oil
Red Poppy Original Painting Abstract Flower Painting Wall Art Canvas Art
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Red Poppy Original Painting Abstract Flower Painting Wall Art Canvas Art" This one-of-a-kind original painting presents a bold and expressive interpretation of a red poppy, transfor...
Canvas, Oil
$4,300
Exploration Abstract Contemporary art Original Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varouján Hovakimyan Title: Exploration Medium: Acrylic on Textured Canvas Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art Dimensions: 36" x 48'' x 1.5" inch (91 x 122 x 4cm) Presentation:...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,980Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Impressionist Landscape Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape painting. Oil on board. Housed in a period impressionist giltwood frame. Excellent condition.
Canvas, Oil
Nicely Framed American Impressionist Tropical Beach Scene Gold Giltwood Frame
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 11H by 14L.
Canvas, Oil
Unity, Abstract Large Original Painting on Canvas, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Voskan Galstian Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2011 Style: Abstract Art, Title: Unity Size: 48" x 60" x 1.5'' inch, (1...
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Gloucester Harbor Signed Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique exhibited Gloucester harbor signed seascape painting. Oil on board. Signed. Label verso. Framed in a period giltwood impressionist frame. Measuring 14 by 16 inches image...
Canvas, Oil
$576Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Coastal Landscape with Clifftop Cottage and Evening Sky
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Coastal Landscape with Clifftop Cottage and Evening Sky By Fanch Lel Size: 10.5 x 13.75 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condition:...
Oil
Antique French Impressionist Family Portrait Landscape Signed Oil Painting
By Gabriel Spat
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist portrait landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 12 by 15 inches overall, and 6 by 9 painting alone.. In excell...
Oil, Board
$1,020Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Female Impressionist Wild Flower Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist flower landscape painting by Lila Caroline McGillivray Knowles (1886 - 1979). Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Image size, 10 by 12 inches.
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Contemporary Art Avant- Garde Original Painting Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Large size Contemporary Art Avant- Garde Original Acrylic Painting Ready to Hang Artist: Ara Tevkantz Title: Portrait Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Year: 1990 Style: Abstract Art, Avant-...
Silk, Oil
$616Sale Price|20% Off
Vibrant Underwater Painting, Impasto Oil on Canvas, 40x50 cm
Located in Zofingen, AG
This vibrant oil painting on stretched canvas captures the mesmerizing energy of the underwater world. Created with a palette knife, the artist has layered rich, textured strokes to ...
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
$582Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Coastal Scene with Crashing Waves and Sailing Boats
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Coastal Scene with Crashing Waves and Sailing Boats By Fanch Lel Size: 13 x 16.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condition: The ...
Oil
$620Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Fall Hills Landscape Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted early American impressionist landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed.
Canvas, Oil
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
Arthur Best Impressionist Signed Flower Garden Landscape Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist flower landscape painting by Arthur William Best (1859 - 1935). Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 14L x ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Summer Beach Scene Framed Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist seascape beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. No signature found. Framed. Image size, 18L x 14H.
Canvas, Oil
Transition
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Transition” symbolizes the realm of the unknown, where the choice has not yet been voiced but is already born within consciousness. It reflects a state of inner movement between the...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,740Sale Price|40% Off
Seaside Abstract Impressionist Painting, Oil on Canvas, 20th Century
Located in Belgrade, MT
This painting by Lucien Durand is one of a kind and signed on the back. It is from my private collection since the 1970's.
Oil
$380Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American School Modernist New England Landscape Framed Lake Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract landscape. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$1,160Sale Price|20% Off
Large-Scale Modern Abstracted Teal Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-Scale Modern Abstracted Teal Landscape A dynamic abstracted landscape in teal by San Jose, California area artist Daniel David Fuentes (American...
Canvas, Oil
Crimson Bloom Across the Valley, Large Abstract Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Crimson Bloom Across the Valley is an original oil painting by Olga Nikitina, capturing a vast, radiant landscape where fields of vivid crimson, gold, and emerald stretch toward a tr...
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
$1,980Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Coastal Sunset Beach Scene Pointillist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderfully painted sunset coastal beach scene. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20"H by 24"L.
Canvas, Oil
Pearl Shoreline Abstract Coastal Original Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Abstract Coastal Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Pearl Shor...
Canvas, Oil
$787Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionist Harbour Scene of Whitewashed Buildings and Boats with Blue Sky
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Harbour Scene of Whitewashed Buildings and Boats with Blue Sky By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 19.25 x 23.75 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unfram...
Oil
$12,000
Rhythm of Time Contemporary Art Avant- Garde Original Painting Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Large size Contemporary Art Avant- Garde Original Painting Ready to Hang Artist: Ara Tevkantz Title: Rhythm of Time Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2020 Style: Abstract Art, Avant-Garde ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Impressionist Flower Still Life Signed Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist flower still life signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 25.5L x 21.5H.
Canvas, Oil
$714Sale Price|20% Off
Vibrant Autumn Landscape 1970's French Post-Impressionist Thick Impasto Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Autumn Landscape French Post-Impressionist, 1977 signed oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 18 x 22 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very good condition Descript...
Oil
Return To Natural, Abstract Modern art Original Painting on Canvas Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Voskan Galstian Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Year: 2024 Style: Abstract Art, Title: Return To Natural Size: 30" x 39"...
Canvas, Acrylic
$488Sale Price|20% Off
French Coastal Painting of Boats at Low Tide in La Richardais in Brittany
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Coastal Painting of Boats at Low Tide in La Richardais in Brittany By Fanch Lel Signed: yes Size: 8.75 x 10.5 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Co...
Oil
"Hokusai sakura"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Diptych, consists of two sheets of cardboard, each sheet is 85-61 centimeters. Syria paintings of flowers, in all their forms and shades. I love to ...
Paper, Acrylic
$1,422Sale Price|20% Off
Large English Post Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Street Scene Washing Line
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Back Streets English School, indistinctly signed signed and dated 1985 oil painting on board, framed framed: 20.5 x 28.5 inches board: 16 x 24 inches Provenance: Private collecti...
Oil
"At the Light's Edge", Abstract Landscape Painting, Oil on Canvas, Framed
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
"At the Light’s Edge", by Ken Elliott is a luminous oil on canvas that captures the quiet beauty of trees glowing against a deep, atmospheric sky. Elliott’s expressive brushwork and ...
Oil, Board
$4,650
Francisco Bartus "Endless Motion" 40x40 Circle Textured Mixed Media Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Endless Motion", is a 40x40 mixed media painting on linen by artist Francisco Bartus. Featured is closed circle symbol, made up of individual helpings of paint, strategi...
Mixed Media, Linen
$499Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionist Coastal Gouache Painting of Fishing Boats and Rowing Figure at Sea
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Coastal Gouache Painting of Fishing Boats and Rowing Figure at Sea By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 9.75 x 11.75 inches (height x width) Gouache painting on cardbo...
Gouache