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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Coastal Landscape with Sailing Boats French Impressionist plein air painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A superbly luminous impressionist coastal landscape, dating from circa 1900. Painted in plein air, it has a lovely immediacy and vitality, capturing the fleeting effect of light with...
Oil, Board
Impressionist French Chateau in the Loire Valley, with river, cottages in Summer
Located in Woodbury, CT
Eric Bruce McKay (1907–1989) French Château on the Loire River Oil on board, circa 1960–1970 Signed lower right Eric Bruce McKay was a distinguished British landscape painter whose ...
Oil, Board
Indonezian Fantasy Figurative Art Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative art, portrait oil Painting on Canvas Artist: Anna Privaloff Title: Indonezian Fantasy Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2024 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 63" x 51" x 1" inch...
Canvas, Oil
Reliable Presence
Located in Zofingen, AG
Original painting by Natalia Yangalycheva Size: 96 × 109 cm Additional 5 cm of canvas on each side for stretching and framing Medium: Acrylic on canvas The artwork will be shipped ro...
Canvas, Acrylic
When Standing Close
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting portrays two figures standing in close physical proximity, their bodies gently leaning toward one another. Their closeness suggests care and mutual support, yet their ga...
Canvas, Acrylic
Among Quiet Witnesses
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, the boundaries between humanity and nature gently dissolve into a space of stillness and contemplation. A woman absorbed in her book sits among a flock of sheep—tim...
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,500
"Snow in Downtown NYC" Impressionistic Snow Scene in style of Guy Wiggins Framed
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts an impressionistic scene of Down Town New York on a snowy day with beautiful brushwork and whimsical colors. The work is in the style of Guy Wiggins, capturing ...
Oil, Board
"Playing at the Beach" Impressionist Oil Painting with Figures Umbrellas & Boats
Located in New York, NY
This captivating beach scene from the 21st Century is a wonderful display of Van der Plas's true passion for outdoor genre paintings. A wonderfully rich beach scene depicting figures...
Oil, Wood Panel
The Long Summer Evening
Located in Zofingen, AG
Two figures sit quietly by the water, suspended in a moment that feels both ordinary and timeless. Facing the glowing landscape, they share a silence that needs no words. Across the ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,950
Impressionist Paris street scene, Cafe, people eating, drinking, France
Located in Woodbury, CT
Francisco Tammaro (Italian, Contemporary) Parisian Café Scene Circa 2000 Oil on board Signed lower right and inscribed on the reverse A charming and highly atmospheric depiction of ...
Oil, Board
Path through Trees in Forest with Figures, Northern Ireland, Oil On Canvas, 1980
By Allan Ardies
Located in Preston, GB
Path through Trees in Forest with Figures, Northern Ireland, Oil On Canvas, Circa 1980, by 20th Century Artist, Allan Ardies (1918 - 2014) Art measures 26 x 18 inches Frame measur...
Canvas, Oil, Wood, Paint
The Space Between Words
Located in Zofingen, AG
Set against a luminous landscape of water, distant houses, and vibrant fields, two women occupy the same space while remaining immersed in their own inner worlds. One gazes across th...
Canvas, Acrylic
$775
"Study for 'First Year'" - Impressionist Skyscape and Landscape, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Raymond Bonilla is a nationally recognized illustrator and fine artist in Buffalo, NY. Raymond graduated from the State University in New York at Fredonia in 2005 with a degree in ...
Oil, Panel
$28,500
"Aurora, Psalm 16:9" - Realist Landscape and Skyscape, Oil Painting on Board
Located in Denver, CO
About the artist: Thomas Kegler’s growing volume of work, considered to be among the most influential of our time, embodies a confident humility obtained from a life spent outdoors...
Oil, Board
$11,000
Mother Earth Portrait Figurative Art Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative art, portrait oil Painting on Canvas Artist: Anna Privaloff Title: Mother-Earth Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2022 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 63" x 51" x 1" inch (160 ...
Canvas, Oil
Neptuno Figurative Art Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative Art, Large Painting Artist: Oleg Kateryniuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2023 Style: Contemporary Art Title:...
Canvas, Oil
Not My Story
By Iryna Bondar
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Not My Story” is a small contemporary figurative painting with a luminous female figure set against a deep dark background and two male figures behind her. The work reflects a situa...
Canvas, Acrylic
$251Sale Price|20% Off
French school Landscape countryside forest oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️ Landscape countryside forest⬅️ ⏩It is signed H Aucier⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on wood panel / isorel ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐33x41cm /13x16.1 i...
Gesso, Oil, Stretcher Bars, Wood Panel
Reaching for Silence
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting depicts a solitary figure seated between two dense forms of landscape, extending her arm toward fragile, mushroom-like shapes. The gesture is slow and tentative, suspend...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Harmony" (2024), Original Midwestern Plains Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Harmony" (2024) by Stephanie Hartshorn is an original handmade oil painting on wood panel that depicts a serene midwestern plain in early afternoon. Artist Statement As a nod to m...
Wood, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
$382Sale Price|20% Off
Belgian school Luminous Landscape Canal Landscape with Mill Signed 1951
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️ Canal Landscape with Mill⬅️ ⏩It is Antoon De Vaere (1900-1989)⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐79.5x60.4cm / 31.3x23....
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Harbor Scene with Boats and Waterfront
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Harbor Scene with Boats and Waterfront By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting o...
Oil
$410Sale Price|20% Off
French school Landscape Rouen on the banks of the Seine Signed oil painting 1961
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️ Landscape River scene⬅️ ⏩It is signed Bernard Héranval⏪ Rouen on the banks of the Seine ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size...
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Impressionism Oil on Canvas“Garden Scene”, Manuel Ramos Artal Spain , Signed
Located in Valladolid, ES
Exquisite and very refined oil on canvas, signed by Manuel Ramos Artal, depicting a garden scene with a stone staircase. It is characterized by his masterful command of plein air pai...
Canvas
"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
Books about Love
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK Books about Love belongs to the Madeleine series, where memory appears not as an archive of facts, but as a fragile atmosphere shaped by objects, silence, and tende...
Canvas, Acrylic
$312Sale Price|20% Off
French school Luminous Landscape with water mill, oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️ Luminous Landscape with Water mill⬅️ ⏩It is signed J Weakaes⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐48x36cm / 18.9x 14.2inc...
Gesso, Oil, Stretcher Bars, Canvas
Where Silence Feels Like Home
Located in Zofingen, AG
Some encounters do not begin with words. They begin with a shared silence, an unspoken understanding, and the quiet certainty of simply being present together. This painting explore...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Passing Through Delaware" Bucks County PA Pastoral Landscape Snow Scene
Located in New York, NY
A charming Impressionist winter snow-covered pastoral scene depicting through Delaware, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. This piece is executed in an intimate yet energetic manner. Christ...
Oil, Board
Eve, Portrait Figurative Art Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative art, portrait oil Painting on Canvas Artist: Anna Privaloff Title: Eve Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 64 x 51" x 1" inch (163 x 130 x 3c...
Oil, Canvas
$4,600
By the Sea, Brittany, France, Peasant Girl, 19th Century, Coastal Scene, Oil
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Painter, sculptor and illustrator William Sergeant Kendall was born in 1869 in the Bronx, New York. In 1883, he began his studies at the Brooklyn Art Guild and the following year enr...
Oil, Board
“October Morning Matunuck, c. 1925” Frank Convers Mathewson Rhode Island Oil
Located in Yardley, PA
About this work: “Birches and Huckleberry, October Morning Matunuck, c. 1925” by Frank Convers Mathewson (American, 1862-1941). A stunningly beautiful autumn view of Matunuck, Rhode...
Oil, Board
$1,166Sale Price|31% Off
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
"Siren Song" - Impressionist Coast and Waterscape, Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Denver, CO
ARTIST STATEMENT Sparky LeBold has made a name for himself both in America and abroad over the course of his stellar career. Since graduating from Art Center College of Design in P...
Canvas, 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
Quiet Presence
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work turns toward a state of calm attunement with the surrounding world. There is no haste or expectation here—only the gentle flow of time and an attentiveness to simple, every...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Coast Storm" - Impressionist Ocean and Skyscape, Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Denver, CO
ARTIST STATEMENT Sparky LeBold has made a name for himself both in America and abroad over the course of his stellar career. Since graduating from Art Center College of Design in P...
Canvas, Oil
"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
"Spring Ferry Rd Point Pleasant " Impressionist Pastoral Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A charming Impressionist pastoral scene depicting Spring in Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania. This piece is executed in an intimate yet energetic manner. Christopher is known for capturi...
Oil, Board
“A Lady in Black, 1894” French Impressionist Portrait Pastel on Canvas Signed
Located in Yardley, PA
“A Lady in Black, 1894” by Paul-Marie Lapierre Renouard (1854-1940) This exceptional pastel portrait of an elegant woman in black is among the artist’s finest works. A close examina...
Canvas, Pastel
In Between
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work reflects a state of waiting and diffused attention, where the presence of others is felt but has not yet become an encounter. The space is filled with movement and pauses, ...
Canvas, Acrylic
“Bermuda Coast” Henrietta Dunn Mears American Impressionist Oil on Board Signed
Located in Yardley, PA
A vibrant Bermuda seascape depicting the rocky shoreline with turquoise waters breaking against sunlit boulders beneath a sweeping tree. Mears uses bold, textured brushstrokes and a ...
Oil, Board
Vibrant Impressionist Landscape: Cypresses and Stream
Located in New York, NY
This captivating oil painting by Argentine Impressionist master Adán Pedemonte, beautifully captures the serene essence of a sun-drenched rural landscape. The artwork showcases Pedem...
Canvas, Oil
Summer Impressionist Landscape with Trees, Oil on Board, Circa 1920
Located in Beachwood, OH
Glen Tracy (American, 1883-1956) Summer Landscape, c. 1920 Oil on board Signed lower right, titled verso 12 x 9 inches 17.25 x 14.5 inches, framed Since he studied and taught commer...
Oil
"Gold in the Hills" - Autumn Forest and Mountain Landscape, Oil Painting
By Seth Winegar
Located in Denver, CO
Seth Winegar's "Gold in the Hills" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts colorful aspen trees turning color in the fall. Seth Winegar is an oil painter from Utah whose...
Oil
$5,249
Alfred Bergström Coastal Landscape Oil Painting Swedish Impressionist Sky
Located in Stockholm, SE
This expansive coastal landscape by Alfred Bergström presents a luminous and windswept shoreline, where sea, sky, and land are unified through a sensitive and dynamic treatment of li...
Canvas, Oil
“Palm Trees Along Florida Coast, c. 1940” Jane Peterson Impressionist Palm Beach
Located in Yardley, PA
A wonderful example of Peterson’s views of the Florida Coast during her winter trips down south. Painted during Peterson’s mature period, this lively work underscores the energy of ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,633Sale Price|30% Off
Albufera of Valencia Spain mediterranean seascape oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artist: Ricardo Cejudo Nogales (Puertollano, 1952) Title: La Albufera de Valencia Year: 1986 Technique: Oil on canvas Canvas dimensions: 65 × 81 cm (25.6 × 31.9 in) Framed dimensions...
Oil
"Idaho Road" - Original Oil Landscape Painting on Paper and Cradled Board
Located in Denver, CO
About the Artist: Samantha Buller currently lives in Sonoma County after painting and teaching in Kansas for the past two years. She received her BFA in Painting from the Academy of ...
Oil, Paper, Board
$1,980
Passing Clouds, Before The Storm: A Dramatic Belle Époque Landscape
By Paul Leon Felix Schmitt
Located in Norwich, GB
This striking oil landscape is dominated by a vast, cinematic sky, rendered with the rapid, "plein air" brushwork that defined the late 19th-century French school. Rather than a stat...
Oil, Board
"River Town New Hope PA, Bucks County" Impressionist Pastoral Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A charming Impressionist summer pastoral scene depicting the New Hope town near the lake in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. This piece is executed in an intimate yet energetic manner. Ch...
Oil, Board
“Jamaican Girl by the Palm Tree, c. 1930” American Impressionist Portrait Lyme
Located in Yardley, PA
“Jamaican Girl by the Palm Tree, c. 1930” by Will Howe Foote (American, 1874-1965) A fantastic portrait of a young Jamaican woman set against a vibrant palm frond, painted by the re...
Oil, Board
"Sailboats in the Sound" Impressionistic Oil Painting of Sailboat on the Water
Located in New York, NY
This serene oil painting by Kevin Shea captures a tranquil coastal harbor scene at the golden hour, likely inspired by New England's picturesque maritime landscapes. The composition ...
Oil, Board
French mid century Impressionist landscape of Olive trees in the Côte d'Azur
Located in Woodbury, CT
ean-Luc Gérard Olive Trees, Côte d’Azur Circa 1930 Oil on Canvas Signed and inscribed on the reverse Presented in an ornate French-style frame This vibrant and richly textured lands...
Canvas, Oil
$28,000Sale Price|20% Off
"Reading in the Study" Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting Woman in Pink Dress
Located in New York, NY
An Early 20th Century elegant portrait oil painting by Gordon Stevenson depicting a pensive young woman seated in a serene, indoor setting wearing a l...
Oil, Canvas
Nude Lora Figurative Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Vadim Zang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vadim Zang Title: Lora Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2014 Style: Figurative Impressionism Dimensions: 14" x 11" x 0.8" inch (36 x 28 x 2c...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
“An Orange Sale - Savannah, 1914” Georgia Impressionist African American Oil
Located in Yardley, PA
A wonderfully vivid view of a Savannah fruit market by Harry Leslie Hoffman, dating to his 1914 trip to the city. Hoffman paints the figures with remarkable confidence and sets them...
Oil, Board
A Leisure Chapter
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work is part of the Modern Muses series, where everyday moments of rest and contemplation unfold within expressive, semi-abstract scenes. The faceless figure sits relaxed in a b...
Canvas, Acrylic
20th century Canal View of Venice looking towards St.Marks Square at sunrise
By Antoine Bouvard (Marc Aldine)
Located in Woodbury, CT
Marc Aldine View in Venice, Looking toward St Mark’s Square Oil on canvas Circa 1930 Unsigned A warm and evocative Venetian view by Marc Aldine, capturing the timeless splendour of ...
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist Oil Painting of Eiffel Tower Paris with Figures by American Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Impressionist Oil Painting of Eiffel Tower Paris with Figures & Shops by American Artist, Caroline C Burnett (1877-1950) Art measures 16 x 12 i...
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil