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
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A Path Through the Woods (Impressionist Oil on Canvas)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A gentle Impressionist scene of a pretty young woman on a trail in the forest in dappled light. Written on the back is "M. Graves 48" but the canvas and stretcher seem a lot older th...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
City Street Scene, Damascus, Syria /// Orientalist Oil Painting Middle East
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Unknown (European, Active Early - Mid 20th Century) (Orientalist School)
Title: "City Street Scene, Damascus, Syria"
*Signed illegibly lower left
Circa: 1950
Medium: Original...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil, Wood Panel, Board, Panel
19 cent or earlier Signed Antique Original Oil Painting on canvas, Genre Scene
Located in Framingham, MA
Up for sale is a fabulous antique 19th-century or even earlier original oil painting on canvas depicting an interior scene with a seated female nude queen w...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique 19th century Oil Painting on board, Spanish Dancing Woman, Signed
Located in Framingham, MA
Up for sale is an original approximately 19th century oil painting on wood, depicting a dancing Spanish woman and a musician. Very impressive.
Dimensions (frame): 25.5” x 18.5”
D...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Christmas is a Coming', French Oil on Canvas Painting of Toys and Decorations.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French oil on canvas painting of Holiday preparations, toys and other delights of Christmas. The painting is signed bottom left (as yet undeciphered).
A very charming painting of ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian Painting of Vecchio Cortile, Signed 'Saggin'
Located in Larchmont, NY
Saggin
Veccio Cortile, 1978
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right: Saggin
Inscribed verso: Vecchio Cortile, Nov 1978
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Rare Antique American School Bustling New York Beach Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist seascape beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. No signature found. Framed. Image size, 12L x 9H.
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spanish School (XX) Fishermen's Beach oil on board painting seascape Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Signed J. Sureda Lloveras - Fishermen's beach - Oil on board
Oil measures 33x41 cm.
Frameless.
Signed J. Sureda Lloveras.
Category
1940s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique Dutch School original oil painting on canvas, Genre scene
Located in Framingham, MA
Up for sale is a phenomenal Antique “Dutch School” original oil painting on canvas, depicting a genre scene. "By A. Van Ostade" - written on the back of the canvas (Ostade was a Du...
Category
Early 1700s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fishing Village at Sunset by Ramos Philippines
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant coastal village scene by Ramoz (Ramos) (20th Century). The setting sun casts an orange glow across a coastal village. Two people carry baskets on their heads as they unload a...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1707 Antique 18 cent. original oil painting on canvas, Portrait Maria Adelaida
Located in Framingham, MA
Up for sale is a beautiful Antique 18-century original oil painting on canvas depicting a portrait of a beautiful woman In a dress of dark gold brocade trimmed with lace. A bright bl...
Category
Early 1700s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Walking the Path Under the Trees - Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Walking the Path Under the Trees - Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Bright and colorful landscape by an unknown artist (20th Century). Two large trees are the central focus of this pi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Spanish school (XX) women on the beach oil on canvas painting seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil measures 27x22 cm.
Frame measures 38x33 cm.
Signed Domenech.
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist Original Oil On Canvas "Ballerina"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Ballerina
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 28 x 28 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2000 Circa
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ship and Boathouse with seagulls - Coastal Landscape Oil on Masonite by Jensen
Located in Soquel, CA
Ship and Boathouse - Coastal Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Dramatic depiction of a ship and house by unknown artist "Jensen" (20th Century). A white and blue boat is tied up to a pos...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"In the Brush" Mid Century Oil Painting of Figures & Flowers Landscape
Located in New York, NY
A modernist depiction of figures in a landscape with a woman balancing a basket top her head. This native oil painting is reminiscent of post impressionistic artist Henri Rousseau. With colors of cobalts...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large Art Deco Signed Nocturnal Cityscape Street Scene Trolley Car Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Antique modernist street scene painting. Oil and gouache on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 21L x 19H.
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Scholars and Rabbis, Judaica Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Beautiful Mid 20th century oil painting in the manner of Judaic masters Huvi, Tully Filmus and Isaac Holtz, signed in hebrew l.r. artist unidentified.
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pouring Down in the Streets - Rainy Cityscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic cityscape of a crowded street in the rain by an unknown artist (20th Century). A crowd of people navigate the streets in the rain, some holding umbrellas. The rain is depict...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Modern Impressionist Still Life Vegetable Oil Painting Eggplant Celery 1934
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modern impressionist still life with vegetables signed Michelle.
Charming composition depicting eggplant, celery, peppers, tomatoes and more.
Original period frame.
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Impressionist Cherry Blossom Pointillist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape painting. Very finely painted with an impressive palette. Oil on board. No signature found. Image size, 24L x 20H.
Category
1940s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, Homage to Édouard Manet
Located in Cotignac, FR
French oil on board painting of a bucolic picnic in the countryside. Presented in period chip carved wood frame.
The artist has been inspired by the painting Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe by Édouard Manet. They have created an intimate scene of four friends sharing a picnic in the countryside. The central character is naked whereas the others are in various stages of undress. The picnic is spread out on a fine white cloth, the wicker picnic basket to one side. A dog looks on from the side-lines hoping for something from the picnic. A very charming and intimate scene colourfully rendered.
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (The Luncheon...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Day Flying Kites" British Country Side Impressionist Oil Painting with Figures
Located in New York, NY
A masterful oil painting depicting a view of the British Country Side with figures flying kites on a spectacular day. A rich landscape depicting a typi...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
A Night out at the Cinema. Italian Mid-Century Oil on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-century impressionist oil on board of a cinema forecourt. The artist is unknown but the painting is signed bottom right. Quite likely an Italian artist as the oil painting was fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Flood Rushes In - Disaster Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic depiction of a flood by an unknown artist (20th Century). Flood waters have risen and are rushing through a town, with rain still falling. One house is still standing, but another red one is completely upended and being caried away. Power lines...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Country Manor with Geese Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming landscape of a house along a lake with a flock of geese in the foreground by K. Smith (American, 20th Century). Signed and dated "K. Smith '83" lower right. Displayed in a r...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Village Road Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Idyllic scene of people and chickens on a road at the edge of a village. Beyond the village, a vast mountain blocks most of the sky, with a few clouds visible to the left. Soft, patc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Cardboard
Antique American Impressionist Oil Painting Fall Landscape Original Carved Frame
Located in Buffalo, NY
An antique American Woodstock school landscape painting in an original hand carved period wood frame.
Unsigned but clearly done by a very masterful hand.
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Model in the Studio - Figurative in Gouache and Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative figurative painting of a woman seated in a studio by an unknown artist (20th Century). A woman dressed in red is sitting in a chair atop a platform. There are studio lights...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper, Gouache
Large-Scale Baltic Figurative Courtyard Genre Scene
Located in Soquel, CA
A substantial mid-century Baltic figurative courtyard genre painting by an unknown Eastern European artist (latvia or Lithuania possible) (20t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Drying Salmon Native American Smoke Tent - Figurative Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored depiction of a Native American Smoking Salmon a West Coast river by an unknown artist (20th Century). A man in a white shirt and hat sits and sorts his Salmon on the...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Waterlilies" Oil Painting by Incognito Artist
Located in Pasadena, CA
This striking oil painting seems to take on the depth, serene colors, and reflection of the pure white, spiritual lotus flowers. Floating on a reflective water surface, the artist ca...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist Portrait Painting of Circus Clown 1950
Located in Rochester, NY
Bold portrait of an introspective circus clown. Rich colors. Detailed circus background. Oil on masonite. Signed Klotz. Dated 1950. Unfarmed.
american Emmett Kelly...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Mid Century Slovakian Village by the Lake
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful impressionist oil painting of a small Slovakian lakeside village with vibrant green mountains and red-roofed homes in the foreground. Unsigned. Unframed. Image, 30"H x 24"L.
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board
Early 20th Century Dutch Impressionist Summer Cottage with Chickens
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming early 20th Century impressionistic summer landscape of Dutch cottage with chickens. Signed illegibly lower right corner. Stamped "Rotterdam" on ...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
French Impressionist Garden Scene Painting
Located in Rochester, NY
French impressionist style painting. Oil on canvas. Signed illegibly. In the original frame.
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Figures in Busy Park Cafe Scene, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures in Busy Park Cafe
By artist H.Hartung, 20th Century
Oil painting on canvas, framed
Signed on the lower right hand corner
Framed size: 33 x 29 inches
Wonderful multi coloured...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Oil Painting Two Girls Playing
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Oil Painting Two Girls Playing
Original oil on canvas housed in a custom made oak frame.
Canvas dimensions 16" wide x 10" high. The frame measures 24" wide x 18" high....
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Confidences - Painting After Pierre Auguste Renoir. - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Confidences is an modern artwork realized by a mid-20th century Artist after Pierre Auguste Renoir.
Mixed colore oil painting.
Includes frame: 70 x 7 x 57 cm
The artwork is from o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Washerwoman Doing the Laundry
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative painting by an unknown artist (20th Century). A woman is leaning over a washing barrel, holding a pole-agitator. She is looking back over her shoulder at something outside...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Running from the Storm - Dutch Landscape with Horse and Cart - signed
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive figural landscape by an unknown Dutch artist. A horse is pulling a cart along a dirt road, away from a threatening storm. A woman in a dar...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
1920's French Charcoal Sketch of Seated Nude Lady The Artists Model
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Artists Model"
French School, circa 1920's
charcoal drawing on paper, unframed
paper: 24.5 x 17.5 inches
Condition report:
The painting is in good and sound condition
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
"Pierrot and the Butterfly, " Early 20th Century Impressionist Oil Portrait
Located in Wiscasset, ME
"Pierrot and the Butterfly" is an early 20th century Impressionist oil portrait. The painting is indistinctly signed lower right and m...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Running Horses Abstract Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Rochester, NY
"Horses Running", a bold abstract impressionist oil painting with heavy impasto. By Sheila Hedricks. Oil on board. In a period hand...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
SIGNED VINTAGE ENGLISH OIL PAINTING - CHILDREN PLAYING BY WOODLAND STREAM
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, circa 1970's, indistinctly signed lower corner.
Title: Playing by the Woodland Stream.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed.
Size: canvas: 20 x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage French Impressionist Signed Oil Sailing Boats in Marseilles Harbour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed lower corner, circa 1940's
Title: Fishing and Sailing Boats in Marseilles Harbour
Medium: signed oil painting on board, framed .
Size:
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impressionist, Hamburg Harbour Scene, Warehouse District, Signed, German Art
Located in Greven, DE
Small format, well preserved, oil painting , which shows Hamburg Harbour, the so-called Warehouse Distrcit. The painting is in the Impressionist Style and is signed. So far the signa...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Portrait of African Woman Tanzania - Signed Oil Painting circa 1970's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: The work is signed and dates to the 1970's period.
Title: Portrait of an Africa Woman, believed to be from Tanzania (according to previous owner).
Medium: oil paint...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Mills in Montmartre, Paris, 1907, oil on panel signed and dated
Located in Paris, FR
The Mills in Montmartre, Paris, 1907
Oil on wood panel
signed (illegible) and dated "07" on the lower left
18 x 20 cm
in good condition : a small inpainting visible on the left borde...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
New York 1911, Fine Portrait of a Lady oval format, signed & dated oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated 1911
Title: A Belle Maman, New York
Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed.
framed: 27.5 x 18.5 inches
canvas: 25.75 x 16.7...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Artist at the Easel
Located in Soquel, CA
Sketchy and expressive depiction of an artist painting at an easel by an unknown artist (20th Century). Dresses in a white smock, an artist works at an easel. The background is parti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Elegant Lady by French River, Large Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Elegant Lady by French River, Large Oil
French School, 20th Century,
Oil painting on canvas, framed
Canvas size: 24 x 37 inches
Typical French impressionist oil, influenced by the earlier well known artist, Berthe Morisot - a painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists. She was described by Gustave Geffroy in 1894 as one of "les trois grandes dames" of Impressionism alongside Marie Bracquemond...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman in Black Dress Pulp Art Portrait/Couple Dancing Figurative, 2 sided
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful two-sided mid century pulp art figurative painting of a woman at party in black evening gown and formal gloves, and on verso couple dancing by unkno...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic, Cardboard
Santa Maria della Salute, Venice - Italian Landscape with Gondola
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful figurative landscape of Basilica Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, Italy with a gondola in the foreground by an unknown artist (Italian, 20th Century). Signed indistinctl...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Foam Board, Oil, Fabric
ANTIQUE FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING - PORTRAIT OF SEATED MAN IN HAT
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1900.
Title: Portrait of a seated man wearing a hat, with a mustache. The work is painted 'en grissaille' deliberately by the artist.
Medium: o...
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19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Trastevere Fountain
Located in Milford, NH
A nice impressionist oil on masonite city scene with a young crowd in Rome, Italy, probably the Fontana del Prigione, illegibly signed lower right, title inscribed on verso “Trastev...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
River Sunrise - Mid Century Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene mid century landscape of a golden sun rising over a wooded forest stream with a small figure in a canoe by an unknown artist. Unsigned. Displayed in a giltwood frame. Image si...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Mid 19th Century Interior of Stable with Horses, Dogs, and Stable Hand
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid 19th Century painting of a stable's interior with two horses, stable hand, two spaniels, a rooster and ducks from a follower of John Frederick Herring, Sr. (British, 17...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Masonite, Oil
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