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
Pair of French Character Portraits, Purple and Green Backgrounds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pair of French Character Portraits
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache on unframed paper
Both stamped and named on the backs, with the artists initials written on both right hand...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Friday Feb 19th, NY City" Impressionist Bustling City Snow Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist New York City winter landscape scene depicting the City in Snow in a most intimate, yet energetic way. Christopher is known for capturing the beauty and simplicity of an earlier time of the 20th Century; old New York, families working together, villages and farms and friends taking walks together. Many are depicted in recognizable historical settings and this piece is an excellent example of this as he captures a snow-filled historic setting of New York with the calm, endearing charm of American Flags and buildings with snow. Christopher engages his audience with the quick use of brushwork and great attention to picking up the energy passionately of his subjects. The piece comes housed in a dark tone wood frame and it is ready to be displayed with hanging hardware on verso.
Art measures 7 x 5 inches
Framed measures 8.75 x 6.75 inches
Christopher Willett...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Cahro Di Gnano
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Cahro Di Gnano" c. 1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Italian artist Lido Bettarini, 1927-2019. It is signed at the lower l...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pacific Sunset
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Pacific Sunset" 2015, is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Andrew (Andy) Skaff, b.1945. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist, al...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impressionist: 'By the Beach watching Fishermen' oil circa 1950's
Located in Frome, Somerset
A fine Impressionist oil, ' Young Friends by the Beach Watching Fishermen' circa 1950's.
oil on canvas 43cm x 53cm
Good quality gallery frame 52cmx62cm
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1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Resigned" (2024) Original Oil Portrait Painting by Michael Carson
Located in Denver, CO
Michael Carson's (US based) "Resigned" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting.
About the Artist:
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis College ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Afternoon Tea
Located in Dallas, TX
Including the frame, the overall dimensions are 31 x 38 inches
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Voge...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Tbilisi's Armenian Quarter, Vagharshak Elibekyan art of everyday life on Tbilisi
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
This evocative oil painting by Vagharshak Elibekyan, signed on the lower right and dated 1982, offers a window into the everyday life of Armenians on a bustling street in Tbilisi. Wi...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Feeding Time" Gouache Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Feeding Time" is an gouache painting that depicts a lone cow feeding in a small fenced pasture, framed with a white barn and towering trees
Bio/artist stat...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Hold On, Original Painting
By Nava Lundy
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Nava Lundy paints a young girl flying a bright yellow kite on a cloudy day. The impasto texture of the ethereal sky builds atmospheric depth. Nava aptl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Crow Skull
By John McLeod
Located in Denver, CO
Crow Skull with bright colors
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Gaucho on a Criollo', Argentine Sunset, Pampas, Equestrian Study, Horse, Pony
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Morando Luque' (Argentinian, born 1915) and painted circa 1965.
An animated study of a laughing Gaucho, shown seated aside his Crio...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
"Rue St. Marguerite" Montreal Street in Watercolor, Colored Pencil and India Ink
Located in Soquel, CA
"Rue St. Marguerite" Montreal Street Scene in Watercolor, Pastel, and India Ink
Vibrant drawing of Montreal, Canada, by Richard D. Wilson (Canadian, 1920-1994). A street scene of 1960s Montreal, complete with cars, people walking and crisscrossing telephone and power lines...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, India Ink, Watercolor, Paper
"Pink Bear" Oil Painting
By Jim Beckner
Located in Denver, CO
Jim Beckner's (US based) "Pink Bear" is an oil painting that depicts a small pink bear toy with a light blue background
Artist statement:
Jim Beckner’s art...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Stepping Out in Paris" Figure wearing Chanel Wedding Dress Oil Painting Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Compulsive Shopping" Abstract Painting 60 x 72 inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Compulsive Shopping" Abstract Painting 60 x 72 inch by Yoram Katz
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Born in Israel.
Graduated from the Bazelel Art Academy in Jerusalem.
Resides in Los Angeles, Cal...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary look Paris, Scene du Marche, Paris.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The oil painting size is 14"x11", on board.
The artist signed lower right. Gallery certificate is included.
Scene du Marché, Paris" sounds like another captivating painting by Areg...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Autumn Day" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Seth Winegar's (US based) "Autumn Day" is an oil painting that depicts a cloudy sky with a wide open yellow plain, with the occasional river and orange tree
Bio/artist statement:
Se...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Retirement" Gouache Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Retirement" is an gouache painting that depicts a rusted old tow truck among other cars in a lonely junkyard car lot
Bio/artist ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Stepping Out with Chloe" NYC Fashion in Chanel Impressionistic Oil Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical depiction of a woman stepping in NYC in lavish Chanel. This piece captures the essence of fashion in New York. Done in a very modern and impressionistic style, the colors...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Tugboat Up for Repairs
By John Terelak
Located in Greenwich, CT
John Terelak Biography
American, b. 1942
John Charles Terelak is recognized as one of America's finest living impressionists. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he received formal art i...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Veranda" window, summer, Russia, cm. 82 x 86 1983
By Gleb Savinov
Located in Torino, IT
Veranda, window, summer,flowers
GLEB SAVINOV (Charkev, 1915 – St. Petersburg, 2000)
Works by Gleb Savinov can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United States and in the following museums:
Moscow, Tret’jakov Gallery
Moscow, The Ministry of Culture Collection
Moscow, Central Museum of the Revolution
St. Petersburg, Russian State Museum
St. Petersburg, History Museum
Tblisi, Fine Arts Museum
Tambov, Fine Arts Museum
Irkutsk, Fine Arts Museum
London, National Gallery
Manchester, Fine Arts Museum
Dresden, National Gallery
Bratislava, National Gallery
Tokyo, Contemporary Art Gallery
Osaka, Soviet Art...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunflowers and Fruit by Millie Gosch, Framed Flowers Oil Still-Life Painting
By Millie Gosch
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unframed this piece is 8 x 8
"Sunflowers and Fruit" by Millie Gosch is a vibrant 8x8-inch oil on linen board that brings the warmth of a sunny day indoors. With bold, expressive bru...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
David P. Curtis Figure Landscape Painting Woman in the Garden Scene
Located in Rockport, MA
Bask in the charm of a sunlit garden filled with vibrant blooms. A woman in a soft hat sits quietly, perfectly at ease among the lush greenery and flowers. The interplay of light and...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude
By Jan De Ruth
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Nude" is an oil painting on canvas by noted Czech/American artist Jan De Ruth, 1922-1991. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 16 x 13 inches, framed size is 24 x 21 inches. Framed in the original wooden gold and black antique style frame, with fabric liner and gold bevel. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Born Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia
Studied: Rotter Art School, Prague; Ruskin Art School, Oxford University, England; ASL New York; New School, NY; also with Frederic Taubes.
Exhibited: 38 National Juried Exhibitions, 14 Museum Solo Shows and 51 Gallery Solo Exhibitions.
Author: Portrait Painting, 1964; Painting the Nude, 1968.
De Ruth, a native of Czechoslovakia and an American citizen, spent the years of World War II being shunted through five different concentration camps, including the infamous Auschwitz. He made four escape attempts and finally made good on his fifth try.
De Ruth constantly sought materials with which to draw, but "The only things we had were the few pieces of cloth we wore," he recalls. By chance, he was transferred to Germany as part of a labor detail and managed to sneak a pencil away from the camp supervisor. "I became a perfect thief during those years," he says. De Ruth drew a mother and child on a scrap of paper he scrounged from the factory where he worked and filled it in with shadings of coffee in various strengths-his finger was his brush. He exchanged the sketch for a piece of bread from a camp guard, and in effect, sold his first painting.
In March of 1945, after being transferred to his native Czechoslovakia, he made his successful escape "knowing every step of the way." After the war, De Ruth became the commissar in a small Czech town and remained in the post for one year, just long enough to forge some documents that allowed him to flee to England. He took up residence in London and enrolled at the Ruskin Art School in Oxford University. He arrived in the USA in 1948.
There are times in the life of a painter when his dedication to his art is overshadowed by the immediate requirements of self-preservation. This was one of those times! From '48 to 1955 he supported himself by working at night, earning his way painting designs on neckties and bathroom cups...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Little girl in the garden" Flowers, garden, children, 80 x 90
By Gleb Savinov
Located in Torino, IT
Flowers, garden, children, turquoise,green, spring
No frame 80 x 90 cm
Framed cm. 94 x 100
GLEB SAVINOV (Charkev, 1915 – St. Petersburg, 2000)
Works by Gleb Savinov can be found...
Category
1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Flower Basket
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil on canvas representing a flower basket in the style of the Impressionnisme school of the 19th century signed
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rajasthani Horseman 20" x 24" American Impressionism India Colors Horse
Located in Houston, TX
Rajasthani Horseman is a 20" x 24" oil painting completed in December 2024. . Raj Chaudhuri describes himself as one of the New Orientalists a traveling painter in the modern worl...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Georg Koch 1857-1936, "At the horse market" Oil on canvas circa 1900
By Georg Koch
Located in Berlin, DE
Large, enticing and very decorative painting.
Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. G. Koch. (Georg Koch)
Motive of a lively horse market.
Beautiful paintin...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Evening out, oil painting, American Expressionism style, Framed, Texas Artist
Located in Houston, TX
Evening out is an oil painting done in the American Expressionism style . The list price of $2600 hs been reduced from $3000.
The artist said : Painting l...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lovers-original impressionism cityscape floral oil painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Lovers" by Juan del Pozo is a captivating original floral fig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French impressionist landscape, Barbizon forest, Paris with river and cows
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century English impressionist scene of the Barbizon forest, near Paris France, with a river, cows, and trees.
Boyle was a pioneering 19th-century British artist inspired by E...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pier on the lake Oil on wood cm. 70 x 47 1967
Located in Torino, IT
woman on boat,lake,1967,russian art
LEONID VAICHLIA (St. Petersburg, 1922)
Works by Leonid Vaichlia can be found in various private collections in Eur...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Hidden Falls" Gouache Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Hidden Falls" is an gouache painting that depicts a water fall cascading to the rugged reddish rocks below flanked with colorful green moss.
Bio/artist sta...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
20th Century Oil painting, a View of Chinese Junks at sea.
By Ken Moroney
Located in Woodbury, CT
20th Century Oil painting of an Impressionist scene of Chinese Junks at sea.
Moroney was born on the 14th of February 1949 in South London. Of Anglo Irish parentage, his father was typical of his generation and worried about Ken’s artistic temperament which he viewed as effeminate. As a result, Ken took up boxing and won a gold medal for South London in his teens. His art continued to flourish with his trademark striking use of color. His main medium oils and he favors romantic subjects of Edwardian times. Ken has traveled extensively and spent 2 years working for major galleries in New York. The Royal Academy nominated him in 1976 as being one of the few promising young artists to emerge this century: "Ken Moroney has considerable talent, any painting purchased now can only be seen as a sound long term investment."
Ken Moroney's work now hangs in many important collections and has had paintings exhibited at The Royal Academy (London), and the Kline Galleries (Canada).
The painting came from a private collection and previously came from Duncan Miller...
Category
1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Die Jugend. 1970. Oil on plywood, 78x52 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Act in pink. 1970. Oil on plywood, 78x52 cm
Composition with woman act in pink color
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
Winter Scene, Lake Tahoe
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork " Winter Scene, Lake Tahoe" c.1970 is a oil painting on canvas by Russian artist Irina Belotelkin Roublon 1913-2009. It is signed lower right by the artist. The canvas size is 16 x 20 inches. It is in very good condition.
About the artist.
Irina Belotelkin Roublon, née Roudakoff, was born in Elisavetgrad, Ukraine to the Russian noblesse ancienne, descendant of Catherine the Great, she was a student at the Mariinsky Noble Ladies' Institute , Novocherkassk, Russia. She was orphaned at the time of the Russian Civil War after her father, General Paul Roudakoff, was fatally wounded in battle; 5 days later her mother died of typhus.
Still unaware of her parents' death, and after witnessing her two sisters' deaths from starvation, the young Irina, then 8 years old, made her way over 1,000 kilometers, alone and through many privations to Moscow and the Estonian embassy there, with whom her Estonian uncle Volodya Blonsky had made arrangements.
After a year in Moscow, and appeals to the Estonian consul, Irina was aided in a dramatic escape from the Soviet Union, to her aunt Anna Blonsky Lassburg (1882–1940) and her husband Doctor Genrick Lassburg in Tallinn, Estonia. Eventually, after in 1929, traveling through Ellis Island and admitted as a student, of voice studies, she joined her brother who had settled, in 1923, in the United States.
Irina came to San Francisco during the Second World War, Among Irina's devotions were ballet and opera. She often entertained friends Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Sergei Leiferkus when they were in town. Natalia Makarova and Yuri Possokhov were often guests at Irina's Russian Christmas and Easter parties.
From the early 1960s through the late 1980s, Irina studied and prolifically created still life and portrait paintings in oil and water color, excelling in flower compositions. She held studio and feature exhibitions; she competed and won prizes. Her work is in holdings throughout the San Francisco Bay area, Europe and Russia.
In 1965 she undertook private study with two prominent Russian painters, including Serge Ivanoff; she executed a portrait of her two masters. She cherished her portrait as executed by Serge Ivanoff.
Among her most accomplished pieces are those of iris and the large white Matilija poppy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Olympians. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Penny Rumble
Located in Brecon, Powys
Taken from a classical Greek fresco, Penny has put her own stamp on this exciting scene which is a representation of one of the first Olympic Games. She ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Turn of Century American Figurative Maine Lobster Fisherman - Grandfather's Joy
Located in Soquel, CA
Turn of Century American Figurative Maine Lobster Fisherman - Grandfather's Joy
A Old Lobster Fisherman ponders the future and the joy of grandchildren. Wonderful turn of century Ame...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
New Orleans Sounds Egg Tempera 9 x 12 Portraiture Finalist PSA Jazz Music
Located in Houston, TX
While walking in Jackson Square in New Orleans, you can't help but hear the trumpets and trombones of the Jackson Street band that spends their time entertaining the tourists and locals alike. Setting up on the square to paint, Melinda captured the sounds and sights of New Orleans. She depicted the talented Jackson Street NOLA musicians as they walked through the street. This painting is dedicated to all the working artists making their way through life doing what they love and are called to do.
NEW ORLEANS SOUNDS by E. Melinda Morrison...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel
Tea Time Figurative in Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Tea Time Figurative in Original Oil on Canvas
Charming portrait of a young woman enjoying tea time by Patricia Gillfillan (American, 1924-2016). From a collection of her works. Unsig...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Stepping Out in London" Figure wearing Chanel in London Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Le chemin du retour - Impressionist Figure in Landscape Oil by Victor Vignon
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figure in landscape circa 1890 by French impressionist painter Victor Alfred Paul Vignon. The piece depicts a lone woman walking along a rural track on a warm su...
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Twilight, oil on canvas, cm. 80 x 60 1985
Located in Torino, IT
Twilight on purple and blue colors
Russian countryside
Dacia
This work is Published on the book "Zabelin -Master of colours"
Vjacheslav ZABELIN (Moscow, 1935 – 2001)
MUSEUMS
Mosc...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Friendly Visitor
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Girl with a jug
Located in Edinburgh, GB
"The jug is so simple, any potter blinds it without difficulty, And everything in you inspires me with awe, Everything is full of subtle feminine charms."
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In the yard. Cardboard, oil. 6.2x8 cm
Located in Riga, LV
In the yard. Cardboard, oil. 6.2x8 cm
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Rue de Paris Sous la Pluie II
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Rue de Paris Sous la Pluie II" c.1970 is a palette knife oil painting on canvas by French artist Marc Selva, 1919-1992. It is signed at...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"View of Arizona Desert near Wickenberg" Will Foote, Impressionist Western Scene
Located in New York, NY
Will Foote
View of Arizona Desert near Wickenberg, circa 1927
Signed lower center; titled and dated on the reverse
Oil on artist's board
12 x 16 inches
Foote was born on June 29, 1874 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and died on January 27, 1965, in Sarasota, Florida. He was in Old Lyme, 1901-65; and in Cos Cob, 1903.
Will Howe Foote was one of the earliest artists at Old Lyme and one who adopted the town as home. He first went there the summer of 1901 with his uncle, William H. Howe, a painter of cattle, who had been told about the beauties of the countryside by Henry Ward Ranger. Foote had himself heard of Old Lyme when he had met Clark Voorhees in France. He and his uncle were both from Grand Rapids, Michigan, where Foote's father was an executive in the furniture industry that made the city famous. Encouraged to be an artist by his father, he began his professional training at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1894. He became friends there with a fellow Michigan student, Frederick Frieseke, who would study with him again at the Art Students League in New York, where Foote worked in 1895-96 under H. Siddons Mowbray and Kenyon Cox.
In 1897 he and Frieseke went to the Academic Julian in Paris, where Foote studied under Jean-Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. He was at Julian's until 1900, except for an Italian trip, summers at Laren, Holland, or Etaples, France, and a short period at Whistler's school in Paris. He exhibited twice at the Old Salon, and when he returned to the United States in 1900, he had a one-man exhibition in his hometown.
Will Howe Foote's paintings were well received on his return from abroad. He exhibited frequently at the National Academy of Design and became an associate member in 1910. His awards included a bronze medal at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904 and a silver medal at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915.
Once he visited Old Lyme, Foote returned every summer. In 1902 he was hired as assistant to Frank DuMond at the Lyme Summer School of Art, which was sponsored by the Art Students League of New York. Sometime in 1903 he also taught a session in Cos Cob. After 1906, when the League moved its Lyme classes to Woodstock, New York, Foote continued in Old Lyme as a private instructor.
In 1907 he was married to Helen Kirtland Freeman, whom he had met a year or two earlier when she had come to the Lyme art colony as a student of Henry Rankin Poore. Fellow artist William Chadwick was best man at the wedding. The Footes began building a house on Sill Lane in Old Lyme and upon its completion in 1909 spent every spring, summer and fall there, where Foote devoted full time to painting. The Gregory Smiths, old friends from Grand Rapids, arrived in Old Lyme in 1910 and became neighbors. Foote's early works in Connecticut, such as A Summer's Night reflect the artist's interest in soft, atmospheric scenes dominated by a single, overriding tone. The arrival of Childe Hassam and Walter Griffin...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Spanish Tavern
Located in Miami, FL
There is no one alive that can paint and draw like Dean Cornwell. How can that be? They do not train artist the way they did. He was Normal Rockwell's ...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Henry Benson Children Playing in the Waves
By Henry Benson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Henry Benson: 1930-1998. Listed American Impressionist artist. His technique involved applying a rough texture to his canvas before starting his works. After he would apply his beaut...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Danseuse By Pierre Carrier-Belleuse
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pierre Carrier-Belleuse
1851-1932 French
Danseuse
Signed “Pierre Carrier-Belleuse” (lower right)
Pastel on canvas
Strikingly elegant, this extraordinary pastel by French impressi...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
"I See a Robin" - Portrait of a Boy in Winter
By Veon Zentner
Located in Soquel, CA
"I See a Robin," a figurative oil painting of a boy in a window by Veon Zentner (American, 20th Century). Presented in a rustic wooden frame. Signed "Zentner" lower left. Titled "I S...
Category
1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Resplendence" (2024) By Gregory Block, Original Oil Floral Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Resplendence" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a vibrant pink flower in front of a blurred green background.
About the Artist:
G...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Barn in Autumn - Small Country Landscape with Tree
By M. Lemieux
Located in Soquel, CA
Miniature farm landscape of a white barn with two trees and a flock of birds by an unknown Quebec, Canada artist, M. Lemieux (20th Century). Signed and dated "M. Lemieux 81 QUEBEC" i...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Glaze, Oil
"Reaching Higher" (2024) By Dianne L Massey Dunbar, Oil on Board
Located in Denver, CO
"Reaching Higher" (2024) by Dianne L Massey Dunbar is a mesmerizing oil painting on board that depicts a field of sunflowers. This piece measures 30 x 30 inches.
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Edwardian Plein-Air Painters', Summer Landscape with Artists Working
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A bright and breezy oil landscape showing a group of plein-air painters in Edwardian costume working at their easels beneath clouded blue skies. Signed lower right, 'M. Kane' for Mel Kane...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
California Landscape #I
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape" c.1980, is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Bill Shaddix, b.1930. It is signed at the lower left corner. The ...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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