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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The Strength of Tenderness
Located in Zofingen, AG
Medium: Acrylic on canvas. Size: 90 × 90 cm. Presentation: Stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. This work reflects on a quiet yet profound kind of strength—one that is bo...
Canvas, Acrylic
Time to Talk
Located in Zofingen, AG
Medium: Acrylic on canvas. Size: 97 × 99 cm. Presentation: Stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. This work is a reflection on the art of being present for one another. In ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Encounter
Located in Zofingen, AG
Medium: Acrylic on canvas. Size: 95 × 97 cm. Presentation: Stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. This work explores the quiet power of connection that arises when differen...
Canvas, Acrylic
French School Orca Inouk - Impressionist Ready to hang oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
Orca Inouk Powerful, graceful and full of life Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame 55x55cm ■■ 21,6x21,6 inch ⭐Sustainability⭐: Wooden frame is made b...
Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars, Mixed Media
French School Raging Bull V - Impressionist Ready to hang oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Raging Bull 5 Powerful bull running. Dripping creates movement. Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame 55x55cm ■■ 21,6x21,6 inch ⭐Sustainability⭐: Woo...
Acrylic, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Pink Horizon
Located in Zofingen, AG
Original sculptural painting Size: 97* 97* 2 cm Medium: textured paint on canvas Canvas: Stretched canvas / ready to hang Style: Contemporary, expressive, textured art Pink Horizon...
Canvas, Acrylic
French School PS251 Beauty and the Beast Dachshund READY TO HANG Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
PS251 Beauty and the Beast Scene: a closeup portrait with dachshund dog. The background is created with series of drippings. Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on ...
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
The Team
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting celebrates the quiet strength of togetherness. Each dog wears a different number, emphasizing individuality while reminding us that every member plays an essential role...
Canvas, Acrylic
Large Post-Impressionist Night Café Terrace Scene Oil Painting After Van Gogh
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Large Post-Impressionist Night Café Terrace Scene Oil Painting After Van Gogh, Expressive Impasto Oil on canvas Post-Impressionist style Contemporary European school Dimensions: 120...
Oil
The One Who Observes
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this work, the artist reflects on the nature of hierarchy as something subtle and often unseen. Rather than being defined by size, power, or position, importance emerges through a...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Bring Me a Turkish Delight" (2021) Expressionist Animal Portrait, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Bring Me a Turkish Delight draws on the legacy of the mosaics in the Palace of the Normans in Palermo, Sicily where animals were depicted with symbolic weight and decorative beauty. ...
Cotton, Oil
"Omen" - Original Animal Portrait, Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
About the artist: I am an oil painter based out of Southern Maine. My subject matter focuses mainly on animals and capturing a sense of movement and narrative through the captivat...
Oil, Panel
"Shadows Along the Purgatory" (2025) Animal Still-Life, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lani is a native of Colorado now living on a few acres in the south part of the state. Her work is known for simple shapes, values, and brushstrokes, expressing a myriad of subject ...
Oil
Home Is Where Love Lives
Located in Zofingen, AG
Medium: Acrylic on canvas. Image size: 97 × 104 cm. Canvas size: 107 × 114 cm (an additional 5 cm on each side for stretching). Presentation: Shipped rolled in a tube. This work ref...
Canvas, Acrylic
Among Our Own
Located in Zofingen, AG
Original painting by Natalia Yangalycheva From the One Team series Acrylic on canvas Image size: 97 × 97 cm Canvas size: 107 × 107 cm (includes an additional 5 cm of canvas on each s...
Canvas, Acrylic
Wynford Dewhurst, Impressionist study of Hay stacks, Normandy, France
Located in Harkstead, GB
One of the very best examples by the artist, with fabulous brushwork and a wonderful palette employed to capture the subtle play of light. The artist was a very keen admirer of Claud...
Canvas, Oil
Finds and Replicas, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero captures a moment inside an antiques shop, where a man browses lamps, pictures, and replicas of Frederic Remington bronzes. The interior i...
Oil
Cuddle Time
Located in Zofingen, AG
'Cuddle Time' is an impressionistic oil painting capturing a quiet, intimate moment between a girl and her cat at bedtime. The painting is rendered with expressive brushstrokes and ...
Canvas, Oil
Eastern Blue Bird, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A bluebird perches quietly amidst a field of soft, lavender-toned flowers. Its vibrant orange breast and deep blue feathers provide a striking contrast to the d...
Oil
Crashing Waves Rocky Coast Large Traditional Signed Oil Painting Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
European artist, second half 20th century signed lower corner oil on canvas, framed framed: 25 x 35 inches canvas: 20 x 30 inches provenance: private ...
Canvas, Oil
Where Sheep May Safely Graze
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 10" x 20" FRAMED: 14.5" x 24.5" x 1.5" Signed " K Dempwolf" on lower left Artist Statement "I have painted cattle into ...
Linen, Oil, Wood Panel
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
In One Direction
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting depicts a quiet moment of shared movement — a figure and a horse advancing together in the same direction. Their proximity suggests trust and mutual presence, yet the co...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Two Thoroughbreds in an Autumn Landscape" – Signed N. Blair, Dated 1925
Located in GB
A beautifully executed equestrian portrait depicting two elegant horses standing in an open landscape beneath an autumn tree, signed N. Blair and dated 1925. Painted with remarkable...
Canvas, Oil
Morning Bird, Impressionistic Oil on Panel, Signed, Early 20th Century
Located in Stockholm, Stockholm
Flying Woodcock at daybreak, oil on panel. Signed by Harald Klinckowström (1897–1974). This small yet atmospheric composition captures a woodcock in flight above a forest clearing at...
Oil, Panel
Antique American Bucolic Landscape Chickens Grazing Framed Oil Painting
By August Laux
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American barnyard chicken grazing oil painting by August Laux (1853 - 1921). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 18 by 22 inches overall, and 10 by 14 painting alone. E...
Oil, Canvas
Traditional English Thatched Cottage by River with Swans Listed British Artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The River Cottage by Clive Madgwick (1934–2005) signed & dated 1980's oil on canvas, framed in an elaborate swept frame framed: 18 x 23 inches canvas: 13 x 17.5 inches Provenance: pr...
Oil, Canvas
Cats at play, portrait of a cat and a Kitten playing with a twig in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Gabriella Rainer-Istvanffy (Austrian, 1886–1963) Cats at Play Oil on canvas, circa 1950 26 x 30 inches (framed) signed lower right This charming composition by Gabriella Rainer-Istv...
Canvas, Oil
Vintage French Oil Painting Of A Golden Field Of Hay Bales
By Leon Hatot 1
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed. dated 1944 Size: painting: 1...
Oil
"Quiet Rituals" (2025) Impressionist Animal Portrait, Oil and Wax Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Artist Statement Quiet Rituals presents a spotted horse painted with restraint and softened edges, offering a quiet tribute to calmness and presence. The gentle handling of paint an...
Cotton, Oil
"Landscape with dog " Dog, Spring, oil cm. 140 x 110
Located in Torino, IT
Dog, Green,Landscape,Russian Painter,russian art Signed to lower right Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, ...
Canvas, Oil
George Boyle Impressionist oil painting, Barbizon School of cows grazing
Located in Harkstead, GB
A superb example of a Barbizon inspired landscape painted by the "Catford Corot" from the late 19th Century. This very striking image shows the artist at the absolute peak of his abi...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Family Meeting, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Family Meeting" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts four rubber ducks gathered together
Oil
Vintage French Oil Painting Pink Sunset Over Horse and Farmers In Field
By Leon Hatot 1
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed. Size: painting: 12 x 20 inche...
Oil
Mid Century Signed Landscape -- Old Country Cottage with Chickens
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century country landscape with cottage with thatched roof and chickens foraging. Signed "H. H." and dated "1955." Condition: good; some edge and corner wear consistent w...
Oil, Board
Vintage Two Blue Goldfish
By Vittorio Guidotti
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant watercolor of two blue fish painting by Florence, Italy artist Vittorio Guidotti. Unsigned. "Original watercolor by Vittorio Guidotti" on ve...
Paper, Watercolor
Spanish landscape oil on board painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Josep Ventosa Domenech (1897-1982) - Navarcles - Oil on panel Oil measurements 16x22 cm. Frame measurements 31x37 cm.
Oil, Board
Intellectual Break
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting is part of the Modern Muses series, which explores contemporary femininity through expressive, semi-abstract figures placed within quiet, everyday rituals. The faceles...
Canvas, Acrylic
Riders, the autumn meet: equestrian oil by famed French aristocrat and horseman
Located in Norwich, GB
A rare 19th-century oil by the aristocratic painter and distinguished collector, Count Charles Gaston Esmangart de Bournonville de Saint-Maurice. It depicts an equestrian gathering ...
Canvas, Oil
Horse in the shade of trees
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
In early September, a festival is held on the Borodino field where military historical clubs take part and many lovers of horse riding and horses gather. Among the many horses waitin...
Oil, Wood Panel
"RIVER VALLEY ROUNDUP" WESTERN, MOUNTAINS, CATTLE, HORSES, COWBOYS 1 OF HIS BEST
By Lester Hughes
Located in San Antonio, TX
Lester Hughes (1938-2021) El Paso Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Frame Size: 31 x 43 Medium: Oil on Canvas. Signed "River Valley Roundup" Biography Lester Hughes (1938-2021) From El Paso...
Oil
Blue Shed and Barn, Radiant Virginia, Oil Painting
By Doug Cosbie
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A rich blue barn stands against a bright green field beneath a clear summer sky. Sunlight glances across the blue walls, making them appear almost luminous agai...
Oil
"Sheepish" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Sheepish" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto painting of a sheep gathered on a green hillside.
Oil, Panel
The Line That Doesn't Hold
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this work, the artist explores the idea of boundaries as something fluid rather than fixed. What appears as a division is, in fact, a space of transition — a place where control a...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Warm Place", Impressionist, Rabbit, Garden, Blue, Green, Yellow, Oil Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
Anita Zotkina's "Warm Place" is a 14 x 11 inch oil on canvas painted in 2026. This dreamlike work features a little rabbit resting in a luminous garden filled with wildflowers and so...
Canvas, Oil
English early 20th century Horses in a Parkland landscape
By Raoul Millais
Located in Woodbury, CT
Raoul Millais (1901–1999) Horses in a Parkland Landscape Oil on canvas, signed lower left Circa 1930 An elegant and highly atmospheric equestrian landscape by the noted British spor...
Canvas, Oil
"PALOMINO AND COLT" PAINTED FOR HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER 1963 SWEET PAINTING
Located in San Antonio, TX
Richard Schmid (1934-2021) California, Vermont, Colorado, Illinois, New Hampshire Artist Image Size: 12 x 16 Frame Size: 18 x 22 Medium: Oil on Canvas 1963. Signed "Palamino And Col...
Oil
"VALLEY OF THE MONUMENTS" NAVAJO ARIZONA / UTAH HERDERS
By Marjorie Reed
Located in San Antonio, TX
Marjorie Reed a.k.a. Harvey Day (1915-1996) California, Arizona Artist Size: 18 x 24 Frame: 23.25 x 29.25 Medium: Oil on Canvas "Valley of the Monuments" Marjorie Reed Biography Biography Marjorie Reed a.k.a. Harvey Day (1915-1996) Born in Springfield, Illinois and raised in Los Angeles, Marjorie Reed gained a reputation for paintings of western scenes, particularly Butterfield Overland Stagecoaches and other scenes of cowboys, horses and figures associated with the Overland Mail Route. Sometimes she signed her paintings with men's names including Harvey Day and Fred Day. At age three, she began art lessons from her father, Walter Stephen Reed, a commercial artist, whom she later assisted in the designing of Christmas cards and with illustrations for the Mickey Mouse Beverage Company, affiliated with Walt Disney. In fact, she was so accomplished that shortly after, she was hired by Walt Disney Studios to do animation. But she did not like the regimentation of that work. In the mid-1930s, she studied at the Chouinard Art School and took lessons from Jack Wilkinson Smith, a renowned landscape painter who was a key artist in establishing the Biltmore Salon in Los Angeles. Knowing her love of the outdoors and horses, he encouraged her to roam the countryside. She became a friend of Captain William Banning who had been a stagecoach driver for his father Phineas Banning. She learned the romantic story of the Butterfield Overland Mail Stage, which, from 1857 to 1858, ran from San Francisco to the Yuma crossing on the Colorado River. In her Model-T Ford with her Alaskan Husky dog, she, based in Los Angeles from the late 1930s to late 1940s, traveled the stage-coach route and sketched for the paintings of her project to learn about and sketch various points along the route. Her travels included Palm Springs, which she visited many times after her first stop in 1937, and she also spent time in Julian, a California mountain town. Her "Butterfield Stage" series, about the 1858 Butterfield Overland Stage from St. Louis to San Francisco were completed in 1957 after years of travel and research, and a book titled The Colorful Overland Stage was published with twenty of her color reproductions and text by Richard Pourade. In 1967, she finished a second set of Overland Stage illustrations focused on Arizona. A third set was then devoted to New Mexico and Texas and a fourth set to Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. In her later years, she and her fourth husband, Cecil Creese, a miner, became residents of Tombstone, Arizona in 1963 after living in northern California on the Placer River. According to her daughter, Judy Morris, Marjorie Reed died in 1997, living in the desert near the Butterfield Stage Station in California. Exhibition venues included the Biltmore Salon and Ebell Salon in Los Angeles, the Heard Museum in Phoenix, the Desert Inn Gallery in Palm Springs, and the Palm Desert Art...
Oil
"Butterfly Kisses for You #2" - Oil on Linen Sheep Painting 2018
Located in Denver, CO
Brian Keith Stephens’ "Butterfly Kisses for You #2" (2018) is an original oil on linen painting that captures the gentle charm of a sheep rendered in expressive brushwork and a harmo...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Find Me A Meadow" (2024) Impressionist Animal Portrait, Oil and Wax Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Artist Statement Find Me a Meadow presents a swan moving calmly through its space, emerging from deep purples and muted blues that soften the boundary between figure and atmosphere....
Cotton, Oil
Summer Geometry
Located in Zofingen, AG
Size: 90 × 90 cm Medium: Mixed media on canvas Canvas: Stretched canvas Presentation: Ready to hang In this work, the artist seeks to convey a sense of serenity, freedom, and inner ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Early 20th century Hungarian portrait of a terrier dog and her puppy in oils
Located in Woodbury, CT
Gabrielle Rainer Istvanffy was a Hungarian painter of animal paintings. Her chosen subjects were mostly dogs and cats and mostly white and off-white breeds. This piece is a very pretty and cute painting...
Canvas, Oil
Together We Win
Located in Zofingen, AG
Medium: Acrylic on canvas. Size: 89 × 99 * 2 cm Presentation: Stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. This work explores the idea that the greatest victories are rarely achi...
Canvas, Acrylic
Late 19th Century Cairn Terrier Puppies, Dog Portrait
By Katherine L Fitz
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming 19th-century painting of two Cairn Terrier puppies playing in sewing basket by Katherine L. Fitz (American, 19th Century). Written on verso, "Pa...
Cardboard, Oil
"Horse Feathers" (2026) - Abstracted Animal Portrait, Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
About the artist: I am an oil painter based out of Southern Maine. My subject matter focuses mainly on animals and capturing a sense of movement and narrative through the captivat...
Oil, Panel
"Fisherman's Friend / Sailors Daughter (Diptych)" (2025), Oil and Wax Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diptych (two panels): Left: Fisherman's Friend. Right: Sailors Daughter. Artist Statement Fisherman Friend Sailor’s Daughter draws from the language of storytelling where animals c...
Cotton, Oil
Antique English Classical Portrait with Parrot Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique English portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 31 by 36 inches overall, and 25.5 by 30.5 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomel...
Oil, Board
Scott's Oriole Searching, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A Scott's Oriole pauses mid-perch, tail flared, and head turned in that unmistakable startled-alert posture birds get when they know somebody is watching. Its...
Acrylic
Landscape with the river. 1992, cardboard, oil, 49x68 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape with the river. 1992, cardboard, oil, 49x68 cm Edgars Vinters (1919-2014) Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints landscapes in dif...
Oil, Cardboard
Golden Stillness - contemporary wildlife oil painting -realism artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Oil, Board