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
Color: Black
TIPPERARY
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Stretched. All reasonable offers will b...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Camp Quonset Hut (PA Rt. 45)
Located in New York, NY
20"x30" oil on panel, signed on reverse by the artist.
This snowy winter landscape depicts a back woods scene. Christopher Lowry Johnson’s paintings respond to a sense of place, mor...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Musicians
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
American plein-air painter, Marc Dalessio, depicts a band playing at a local tavern. We can tell they are playing folk music because of their instruments, a fiddle (violin), and a ba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Break Up
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
“The Break Up” by Ben Fenske (2009) is a somber and powerful figurative oil painting that gives us a peek inside the artist’s own personal life. Painted ...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Clown Group
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jonah Kinigstein is an artist living in Brooklyn. He works in the scorched earth tradition of such 18th- and 19th-century cartoonists as James Gillray, George Cruikshank, and Joseph Keppler, and embraces their somewhat rococo pen and ink technique as well as their penchant to exaggerate the grotesque. In the 1990s, he used to paste...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
View of the Saint-Goustan Port at Sunset Oil Pastel
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork is part of a series of oil pastels from Marc Chaubaron, who aimed to keep a record of the old Saint-Goustan French port.
It depicts the Sa...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Board
"Road Out of Town" Contemporary Landscape painting in Impressionist Style
Located in New York, NY
20"x30" oil on wood panel. This landscape painting by Christopher Lowry Johnson depicts a lone road in a winter scene, created in an impressionistic style. Signed on reverse by the artist.
Christopher Lowry Johnson received his BFA from the Pennsylvania State University and his M.F.A. from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work has been exhibited widely throughout the United States and reviewed in TimeOut New York, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Contemporary magazine and featured in Harper’s magazine and the book by John Waters and Bruce Hainley, Art: A Sex Book.
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Joker, Original Oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
ARTIST: Aibek Begalin
WORK: Original acrilic painting, handmade artwork
Medium: Acrylic on cardboard
YEAR: 2019
STYLE: Modern
SUBJECT: JOKER
SIZE: 12" x 9,4" x 0,1" inch
Unframed
JOKER, acrylic on cardboard
Aibek Begalin was born in 1963 in Astana, Kazakhstan. In 1989 he graduated from V. Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute with a Master of Fine Arts.
Now he lives and works in Los-Angeles, California, USA.
In 2001 he had made a portrait for Pope John Paul II...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Bonnie B. Paint Book Cover
By Elizabeth Voss
Located in Miami, FL
Elizabeth Voss was a top mod-century illustrator at Merrill Company and was a
major figure in Children's Art and Children's Illustration
Published by Merrill Company Publishers, Co...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
TABLE BY THE WATER
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Stretched. All reasonable offers will b...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Autumn" Karelia Oil cm. 32 x 41 1975
Located in Torino, IT
lake , river,autumn,landscape,red,blue
LEONID VAICHLIA (St. Petersburg, 1922)
Works by Leonid Vaichlia can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United States a...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Crucifixion
By Luis Szepesi
Located in Houston, TX
Luis Szepesi, signature lower left. Dimensions: 32 x 38 inches oil on fabric. Executed in an expressionistic style, depicting Life cycle of Christ. The unusual composition of the sub...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"James" Impressionistic Black & White James Dean Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
A stunning depiction of James Dean done in an abstract impressionistic manner with a heavy use of paint and we also can find bold strokes of white, gray and black. Creating a black a...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Our Driveway
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein air, in his own driveway, in Florence Italy.
Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. Even in his earliest years, it was evident that his passion ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"The Train Station at Night in Winter" contemporary oil plein-air painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by Marc Dalessio. Painted en plein air at night. The setting appears to be a vast plaza lined with trees, and benches. A figurative statue centers the plaza. An illum...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Wailing Wall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Youri Yehuda Broitman, Russian (1956 - )
Title: Wailing Wall
Year: circa 2000
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed
Canvas Size: 30 x 30 inches
Frame Siz...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady in a Garden
Located in Houston, TX
Francois Gall ( 1912-1987)
François Gall was a Hungarian-born French painter best known for his Impressionistic style. Primarily focused on the figure, his brushy oil paintings are largely inspired by the Impressionist masters, Edgar Degas in particular. Gall often painted women engrossed in traditionally feminine activities—ballet, fixing their hair, sewing—rendered in loose, expressive marks and bright pastel colors. In addition to his figurative work, the artist also captured the French landscape, most notably the beach. In A Day at the Beach (c. 1948), loosely sketches bathers frolic under striped umbrellas in a picturesque rendering of French summer vacation. Born in 1912 in Transylvania, Romania, Gall received his formal training at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Workshop Coromaldi in Rome, Italy. He would later settle in Paris in 1936, where he befriended prominent artists of the day—including Pablo Picasso—and became a naturalized French citizen in 1942. As his work grew in esteem, Gall was granted the Francis Smith...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dancer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dobroslav Halata, Czech (1943 - )
Title: Dancer
Year: 1989
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 36 x 25 inches; 91.44 x 63.5 cm
Frame Size: 37 x 26 inches; 93.9 x 66.04 cm
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Portrait of a Baby
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a calm resting baby by a Japanese/American San Jose, California artist circa 1920's in the style of Mary DeNeale Morgan (Carmel, 1868 - 1948). Presented in a rustic woode...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Imre Goth, 1893-1982, Hungary, "Little lady with doll" Oil on canvas circa 1931
By Imre Goth
Located in Berlin, DE
Large, enticing and very decorative painting.
Oil on canvas. Signed Imre Goth 1931.
1931. Motif of an elgant, young girl with her doll.
Beautiful painting in impressionist style.
...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Model, Astone Studio" Contemporary impressionist oil painting, female nude
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
After studying anatomy and academic painting at the Florence Academy of Art, Ben Fenske took the skills he learned and stepped back, putting his own hand into an academically proport...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Girl in Blue Dress
By Jan Hanson Travis
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful portrait of a young girl in blue dress by Jan Hanson Travis (American, 20th century). Circa 1970. Signed "Jan Hanson Travis" lower left an...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bea, Sunset Road Sketch
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein air in Chianti, Italy, Beatrice walks down a a shrub-lined path. A yellow sky indicates the sun has just set beneath the horizon. The horizon is blue, depicting dist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Woman with Child in Crib, Oil Painting by Chaim Goldberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chaim Goldberg, Israeli (1917-2004)
Title: Woman with Child in Crib
Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed on Bottom Right and Left
Size: 24 x 18 inches...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mother and Child 1920s - with Newcomb Macklin Giltwood Frame
By H. Willard Ortlip
Located in Soquel, CA
Excellent figurative painting of a mother and child by H. Willard Ortlip (American, 20th Century), 1927. Signature and date lower left "H. Willard Ortlip 1927." Presented in a giltwo...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Scissor Grinder, Late 19th Century Impressionist Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frederick Carl Gottwald (1858-1941)
Scissor Grinder, c. 1897
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
24 x 18 inches
28.5 x 22.5 inches, framed
Exhibited: Boston, Massachusetts Art Exhibit, ...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le Bonaparte, original French impressionist landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Reminiscent of Hemingway's cafe hopping days, Le Bonaparte has you lingering in a cafe in the elegant Saint Germaine des Pres section of Paris for a chat and a glass of wine! Combine French sophistication and the French impressionist brush strokes of artist Leonard Mizerek, and the result is this French impressionist landscape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Summer Afternoon
Located in New York, NY
Summer Afternoon was featured during our exhibition at The Palm Beach Art & Antiques Show
February 17th-22nd. 20223
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A summer afternoon
Located in New York, NY
Price includes wood crating, shipping via Fed Ex Express service and full insured while in transit.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Black Suit - Crowds City oil Painting Street Views Cityscapes People Figures
Located in London, GB
The study of human crowds and moving figures is the main focus of Julia’s paintings. Using a variety of photographic reference material and her own imagination, Julia captures the sp...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Opium Smoker; The Opium Eater
Located in Greenville, DE
The Opium Smoker; The Opium Eater by N.C. Wyeth was created in 1913. The painting is signed upper right. Dedication lower left that reads "To Swayne / Fro...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 1890's French Impressionist Oil Painting Elegant Belle Epoque Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1890, circle of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French 1864-1901)
Title: Elegant Figures dressed for an evening out, typical of the Belle Epoque Styl...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
In Safety - Figurative Painting Colors Red Blue White Green Brown Pale Pink Grey
Located in Sofia, BG
Dear clients,
Thank you so much for your interest to the art of Maestro Alina Khrapchynska.
The artist Maestro Khrapchynska has escaped the war in Ukraine and she is safe with her f...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Barcelona Street
Located in Denver, CO
Urban cityscape
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Dream - Oil Painting Colors Brown Blue White Grey
Located in Sofia, BG
"Dream" is an oil painting by the impressionist Maestro Volodymyr Nosan.
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting
STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary
Edition : Unique, signed
Wei...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Holiday Evening , Birthday - Oil Painting Colors Brown Blue White Grey
Located in Sofia, BG
"Holiday Evening, Birthday" is an oil painting by the impressionist Maestro Volodymyr Nosan.
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting
STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary
Edition ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beautiful Spanish Signed Oil - The Pot Seller. Portrait of a Lady, greens & teal
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Pottery Seller
by Francisco Ruiz Ferrandis (1909-1992) Spanish
signed lower right
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 21.25 x 17.25 inches
condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Church Paris Oil Painting by Emil Kosa Jr.
Located in Pasadena, CA
Emil Kosa, Jr., N.A. (1903-1968) Born: Paris, France; Studied: Academy of Fine Arts (Prague), Ecole des Beaux Arts (Paris), Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles); Member: National Academy of Design, American Watercolor Society, California Water Color Society, Philadelphia Water Color Club, New York Water Color Club. Emil Kosa, Jr. received art instruction and music lessons at a very early age. When he was in his late teens, he had to decide between being a professional musician or artist. He chose art, but his family and instructors believed he could have been a famous musician had he chosen that occupation.
In the 1920s, he moved to California, but returned to France several times to continue his art education. He received traditional painting instruction from Pierre Laurens and studied non-objective painting with Frank Kupka. After settling in California in 1928, he worked as a mural artist and operated a business with his father that produced decorative art for churches and auditoriums. When that line of work was slow, he took on portrait commissions and sold fine art paintings through local galleries.
In the early 1930s, Kosa became friends with Millard Sheets and with Sheet’s encouragement, began aggressively pursuing a national reputation as a California watercolor artist...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Logan and Colfax" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Shingler's (NC based) "Logan and Colfax" is an oil painting that depicts the view of Colfax Avenue and Logan Street in Denver, Colorado. This busy intersection is lined with bu...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Public Aid" Oil Painting, Figurative, Regionalism, Poverty, Wealth
Located in Detroit, MI
“Public Aid” is an oil painting by Lionel Walker, a 20th century African-American artist known for his oil paintings. Three figures dressed for the outdo...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Along the River, Overcast Day" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ulrich Gleiter's (Europe based) "Along the River, Overcast Day" is an impasto oil painting that depicts a river lined with heavy green and growing thicket, with the overcast sky
Bi...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mother and Child
Located in New York, NY
This is a breath-taking piece of Mother and Child over looking the view. This impressionistic work is from the early 20th Century. A wisteria tree blankets the composition as the mountains are seen in the distance. The canvas measures 22" x 26" with frame measures 26" x 29.5"
Westchiloff was born in Russia in 1877. He Americanized his name to Constantin A. Westchiloff when he emigrated to the United States in 1935. He studied under Ilya Repin at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg from 1898. He won an award in 1904 for the painting, "Ivan the Terrible After the Triumph of Kazan." He held a foreign study fellowship from the Royal Academy in 1905-06. He exhibited in the Royal Academy's Fall Exhibit of 1906, showing "Breakthrough of the Cruiser Askold in 1904 in the Yellow Sea," which documented the Russo-Japanese War. In that Academy exhibit he also showed portraits of Count...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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