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
Melancholy in White
Located in Denver, CO
Reclining figure with flowers
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mid Century Figure Study, Standing Woman with Plants
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful mid century nude figure study of a red haired woman standing with plants by California artist Genevieve Rogers (American, 1904-1984). Unsigned, but acquired with a collec...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
"046 - Plein Air-Star K Ranch, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "046 - Plein Air-Star K Ranch, CO" is a gouache painting depicting a forest.
Artist bio/statement
Judd Mercer is a contemporary landscape painter and Color...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"End of Autumn" (2023) By Sandra Pratt, Landscape Oil Painting
By Sandra Pratt
Located in Denver, CO
"End of Autumn" by Sandra Pratt
Artist Statement:
My work is inspired by my emotional response to places I've seen and experienced. In particular, the contrasts of light and dark. ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
View of Paris from Montmartre. 1955, oil on canvas, 38x46 cm
Located in Riga, LV
View of Paris from Montmartre. 1955, oil on canvas, 38x46 cm
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Basket Weaver with his Baskets for the Market 1950s figurative oil
Located in Soquel, CA
Basket Weaver with his Baskets for the Market 1950s figurative oil
Expressive and detail portrait of a weaver and his baskets, heading to market by California impressionist nna Oley...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Painting en plein air - Impressionist Figure in Landscape Oil by Charles Angrand
By Charles Angrand
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas by French impressionist painter Charles Theophile Angrand. This wonderful and good-sized piece depicts an artist painting "en plain air" in a beautiful...
Category
1880s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Clown with Birthday Bouquet - Oil and Ink on Cardstock
Located in Soquel, CA
Clown with Bouquet - Acrylic and Ink on Cardstock
Colorful portrait of a clown holding a bouquet of flowers by Jassen Marek (20th Century). A sad clown in a suit with a straw hat ho...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pen, Illustration Board, Oil
Dahlia and Daisies by Millie Gosch, Framed Flowers Oil Still-Life Painting
By Millie Gosch
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unframed this piece is 8 x 8
Millie Gosch is an avid plein air painter who paints studies from real life and from these studies she creates her beautiful landscape pieces. An exper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
MAURICE MAZEILIE-FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST Watercolour - Autumnal Parisian Bridge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Landscape"
by Maurice Mazeilie (French)
watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
stamped verso
painting: 5 x 7 inches
A delightful original oil painting by the 20th century ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Blue Lake in the Rockies and Hunter - Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Blue Lake in the Rockies and Hunter - Oil on Linen
Cascades and snow capped mountains over look a blue lake with a successful hunter carrying his trophy deer by Vern Byers (American...
Category
1940s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Two Sisters by the Water
Located in THOMERY, FR
This captivating oil painting by Linda Clerget evokes the serenity of childhood moments spent in nature. Bathed in warm, golden light, the scene captures two sisters walking hand in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid Century Portrait of a Woman with Pearls
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century portrait of a woman with pearls and a blue shirt by California artist Genevieve Rogers (American, 1904-1984). Unsigned, but acquired with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"071 - Plein Air-Englewood, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "071 - Plein Air-Englewood, CO" is a gouache painting depicting a landscape.
Artist bio/statement
Judd Mercer is a contemporary landscape painter and Color...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Merc Power" (2019) by Sheri Farabaugh, Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Merc Power" (2019) by Sheri Farabaugh (United States Based) is a handmade still life oil painting that depicts a scene on a lake, with a closeup of a boat engine in deep blue waters...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
English School Swans in Park - Turn of the Century Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful turn of century English School landscape with swans in park setting, by an unknown artist, c.1900. Signed with initials "L. G" lower left corner. Presented in rustic gilt t...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Autumn River Bank
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Autumn River Bank" c.1955 is an oil painting on canvas by American artist Richard Ellis Wagner 1923-2009 It is signed at the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Children in the Sunlight, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero paints three little girls splashing in the surf. His execution gives evidence of the influence of Sorolla's paintings of similar subject...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Pantry Variations" (2022) by Clyde Steadman, Original Still-Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Pantry Variations" by Clyde Steadman (United States) is a handmade still-life painting that is unframed, but ready to hang.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
New York. Canvas, oil, 70x97 cm
Located in Riga, LV
New York. Canvas, oil, 70x97 cm
Rolands Krishjans (1966)
In 1984 I finished J. Rozenthals art school in Riga.
In 1993 I graduated from Latvian Art Academy with degree in monumenta...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"013 - Plein Air-Morrison, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "013 - Plein Air-Morrison, CO" is a gouache painting depicting a snowy mountainscape.
Artist bio/statement
Judd Mercer is a contemporary landscape painter a...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Mid Century Cornish Impressionist Fishing boats off the Cornish Coast
Located in Woodbury, CT
Born in Whitchurch, Oxfordshire, Law was the son of an architect but his parents separated when he was quite young and he lived for a while, probably in the 1920s, with his mother an...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Peonies", pink and white cm. 68 x 68
Located in Torino, IT
Peonies, pink and white
Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015)
1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina.
1949-56: he began artistic studies in Dn...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yellow Jar by Millie Gosch, Framed Flowers Oil Still-Life Painting
By Millie Gosch
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unframed this piece is 8 x 8
"Yellow Jar" by Millie Gosch is a charming 8x8-inch oil on linen board that radiates warmth and simplicity. With expressive brushstrokes and a rich, sun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Just Married", 1930s Original Painted Figurative Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative 1930's illustration of a just married couple in a classic car by Charles Kinghan (American, 1895-1984). Signed "Kinghan" in the lower left c...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Portrait of a Woman with Green Eyes
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a woman with green eyes that are highlighted by the light green background by Monterey California-area artist Patricia Gillfillan (American, 192...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"041 - Plein Air-Boulder Falls, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "041 - Plein Air-Boulder Falls, CO" is a gouache painting depicting a stream by a cliffside.
Artist bio/statement
Judd Mercer is a contemporary landscape p...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
At the Louvre, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This painting puts the viewer inside one of the main hallways at the Louvre Museum in Paris. The depth draws attention from one figu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Portrait of a Lady (Study for Harriet Blake)" Lilian Westcott Hale, Painting
By Lilian Westcott Hale
Located in New York, NY
Lilian Westcott Hale
Portrait of a Lady (Study for Harriet Blake)
Oil on canvas
40 ¼ x 30 ¼ inches
A leading American Impressionist working at t...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"GULLWING MERCEDES 300 SL COUPE". PAINTING OF RALPH LAUREN'S ALUMINUM GULLWING
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Austin Hanna
Born 1942
Fredericksburg Artist
Image Size: 24 x 48
Frame Size: 28 x 52
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Mercedes Benz 300SL "Gullwing" Coupe Ralph Lauren's personal vehicle
Biography
John Austin Hanna Born 1942
John Austin Hanna - Fredericksburg, Texas John graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in Advertising Art & Design. As a 20-year illustrator in New York and Dallas he has been published in several magazines such as Automotive Quarterly, Car and Driver, Saga, Town & Country, Flying, Popular Boating, and Popular Science. He has also done work for several large corporations such as Mercedes, Volkswagen, Bell Helicopter, Lockheed Martin, Borden’s, Pearl Beer...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French School Frieze me Impressionist th century Original Cat painting Indian XL
Located in Zofingen, AG
Animal Frieze me
Large Portrait - Closeup of cat
Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on canvas F30 92x73cm ■■ 36,2x28,7 inch
》》R E A D Y -- T O -- H A N G《《 - F A S T D E L I V E ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Old House at Capistrano, Laguna Beach Figurative Landscape, CA Pioneer Artist
By Daisy A. Newell Kearns
Located in Soquel, CA
Old House at Capistrano, Laguna Beach Figurative Landscape by California Pioneer Artist Daisy A. Newell Kearns
Substantial and historic mid-1930's period...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"009 - Plein Air-Morrison, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "009 - Plein Air-Morrison, CO" is a gouache painting depicting a mountainous valley with melting snow.
Artist bio/statement
Judd Mercer is a contemporary la...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Rebuttal
By Ryan Morse
Located in Denver, CO
Portrait in profile with blue
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Fantasy, Classic Art, Figurative, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Litvinov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Style: Classic Figurative
Year: 2001
Title: Fantasy
Size: 27.5" x 20" x...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chateau de Sceaux in Parkland, Fine French Impressionist Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 2007, indistinctly signed and dated
Title: Chateau de Sceaux
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed, signed
canvas: 19.75 x 24 inches
Prove...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Rockport, Massachusetts" Pastoral Summer Seaside Town Landscape Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
The painting depicts a vibrant, sunlit coastal village in Rockport Massachusetts, set in the 20th Century, exuding a cheerful and nostalgic mood...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large French Impressionist Oil after Manet Figures Sitting by Boats on River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French Impressionist, after the earlier work by Manet (see verso).
Title: Figures by boats on the river
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 19.7...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
It's Tea Time, Original Painting
By Nava Lundy
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A woman pours tea from a shiny metal teapot into a delicate cup. The rich, warm liquid cascades smoothly. The composition reflects a routine that demands slow...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
White Whisper by Stephanie Amato, Floral Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stephanie Amato – White Whisper – Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Experience the serene elegance of White Whisper, a stunning 40 x 30-inch oil on canv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pegasus, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Litvinov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Cardboard
Style: Classic Figurative
Year: 2002
Title: Pegasus
Size: 17" x 25" ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Le Marche de Fleurs Very Large French Impressionist Signed Oil Figures at Market
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Le Marche de Fleurs
by Paul Pellaro (French, 20th century)
signed lower right
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed size: 41 x 34 inches
provenance: private collection, South of Fra...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Elegant Portrait of Young Lady Paris School Mid 20th Century Listed Artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
original pencil drawing on paper
by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below
piece of paper is 8.5 x 6 inches
In good condition, though with minor o...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Pencil
Figures In White Dancing In The Summer's Light Forest 1930's French Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
signed by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
measures: 11.75 high by 8 inc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fallen Leaf Summer (Lake Tahoe)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Fallen Leaf Summer (Lake Tahoe)" 2015, is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Andrew (Andy) Skaff, b.1945. It is signed at the lower right corner ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Heaven's Blossom" - Oil Landscape Painting with Pink Cloudscape
By Warren Neary
Located in Denver, CO
"Heaven's Blossom" by Warren Neary is a captivating original oil painting that exemplifies the quiet majesty of contemporary landscape art. Crafted meticulously by hand, this substan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Exploring the Meadow
By Dan Schultz
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
UNFRAMED: 8" x 8" FRAMED: 13.875" x 1313.875" x 1.125"
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Cupids and Pegasus, Classic Art, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Litvinov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Cardboard
Style: Classic Figurative
Year: 2001
Title: Cupids and Pegasus
Size:...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
1930's French Impressionist Oil Signed Bell Tower and Figure Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vintage French Oil Painting
signed by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting on artist paper, unframed
measures: 14.5 inches high...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"026 - Plein Air-Golden, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "026 - Plein Air-Golden, CO" is a gouache painting depicting valley full of vibrant plants and bright green grass.
Artist bio/statement
Judd Mercer is a c...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Mid Century Portrait of an African American Man
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century figure study of an African American man by American Impressionist artist Genevieve Rogers. Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of her...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
"081 - Plein Air-Clear Creek Canyon, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "081 - Plein Air-Clear Creek Canyon, CO" is a gouache painting depicting calm stream and a car parked on a hill above.
Artist bio/statement
Judd Mercer is ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Rockport Harbor" Kathryn E. Cherry, Female American Impressionist Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Kathryn E. Cherry
Rockport Harbor
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas board
10 1/2 x 12 inches
Kathryn Cherry was an influential St. Louis painter, ceramicist, designer, and art educa...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Impressionist Painting "Ballerina" by Andre Gisson
By André Gisson
Located in Rochester, NY
"Ballerinas" impressionist painting by Andre Gisson (1921-2003). Soft colors and bright light are hallmarks of Gisson's work. This is rare subject manor for the artist. Although Am...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Wood, Oil
La Seine à Paris by Armand Guillaumin - Cityscape of Paris
Located in London, GB
La Seine à Paris by Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927)
Oil on canvas
45.3 x 61 cm (17 ⁷/₈ x 24 inches)
Signed lower right, A Guillaumin
Executed circa 1874
Literature: G. Serret & D. Fab...
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1870s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Blazing Trail" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Original Oil Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Blazing Trail" (2022) is an original handmade oil painting depicting a creek leading up to a house during sunset.
Artist bio/statement
Judd Mercer is a co...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1940s English Country Cottage Landscape
By Henry T. Harvey
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful 1940s genre landscape of traditional English cottage painted in the European style by Henry T. Harvey (English/American, 1908-2000). Signed lower right corner. Presented in...
Category
1940s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil painting on panel portrait of a lady by Harry Humphrey MOORE
Located in Gavere, BE
Oil painting on panel portrait of a lady by Harry Humphrey MOORE
Harry Humphrey Moore ( 1844, New York City - 1926, Paris) was an American painter; best known for his works depicti...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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