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
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 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Market Day, Greenwich Village, New York City, Impressionist, Oil on Board
By Rachel Hartley
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Rachel Hartley's maternal grandfather was the acclaimed Tonalist landscape painter George Inness, and her father was sculptor Jonathan Scott Hartley, the primary founder of the Salma...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Fall in the Canyon (Lake Tahoe)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Fall in the Canyon (Lake Tahoe)" 2014, 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
Antique French Oil Painting Army Cavarly Soldier Horse Military Despatch Bearer
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique oil painting by Wilfred Constant Beauquesne (1847-1913), of a French cavalry soldier on horseback, 1883.
The painting titled "The Despatch Bearer", depicts a French cavalry soldier riding his horse frantically to deliver despatches to the front. The soldier in full uniform with his cavalry trooper's sword hanging from his sadle & the horse hair from his Cuirassier helmet...
Category
1880s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Porte Saint Denis, Paris
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Porte Saint Denis, Paris" c.1935 in an oil painting on canvas by noted French artist Francois Gerome, born 1895 (The year of his death...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The French Dancer, Martin Yeoman, British
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Martin Yeoman is a figurative oil painter and a member of the New English Art Club. His work is founded upon the traditional values he believes firmly in...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"Other Than" Oil Painting
By Ron Hicks
Located in Denver, CO
Ron Hick's (US based) "Other Than" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto rendering of two figures with dark hair and an abstracted background.
Ron Hick's wor...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Perched" oil painting of California coastline, large rock on beach, figures
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of figures interacting with a large rock formation on a beach in California. A lone figure has climbed atop to sit perched up on the rock, and through the alcove, we see...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Little house for robins in the woods" Oil cm. 96 x 76, Snow, winter
Located in Torino, IT
Winter, Robins, Woods
Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ukraine, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015)
MUSEUMS
Moscow, Tret’jakov Gallery
Moscow, USSR Artists Collection
Moscow, The Ministry of...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Green Between" Encaustic painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dale O Roberts' "Green Between" is an original, hand made encaustic painting that depicts a metal overpass bridge creating deep shadows.
About the artist:
Born 1959 in Waterville NY...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Encaustic
"Maritime Maternal" Oil painting 68" x 86" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Maritime Maternal" Oil painting 68" x 86" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has been painting for three decades and has n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bathing by the Big Rock, American Impressionist Landscape and Beach Scene
Located in Doylestown, PA
This Impressionist beach scene and landscape was painted by American artist Martha Walter. The 15 x 18 oil on board is framed in a 22K gold reproduction frame and is signed "Martha W...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Butterfly Kisses for You #4" - Oil on Linen Animal Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Brian Keith Stephens' "Butterfly Kisses for You #4," created in 2018, is an evocative, original oil painting that beautifully captures the powerful presence of a bison. Executed on l...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Take Me Home
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
"Take me Home" by Lu Haskew
Oil 19x16" framed, 12x8" image size
Signed lower left
A young child very apparently ready to go home from their intense yet cute look. The child is weari...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Winter stream" Oil cm. 88 x 84, Snow, winter 2005
Located in Torino, IT
Snow, ,white, winter
Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015)
1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina.
1949-56: he began artistic studies in Dnepr...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grazing Cows Landscape
By Jack Lynn
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful landscape of cows grazing in green pastures surrounded by tall evergreens and a stream, by Monterey area painter Jack Lynn (American, 20th century). Signed "Jack Lynn" lowe...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century European Gypsy Caravan Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful small-scale mid 19th Century European landscape with gypsy figures and caravan by Pal Paul Bohm (Hungarian, 1839-1906), circa 1870. Signed lower right with "Munchen" locati...
Category
1870s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"HUNTING DOG" TEXAS BLACK FOLK ART FRAMED 24 X 36
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leon Collins
(Born 1930)
Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist
Image Size: 23 x 35
Frame Size: 24 x 36
Medium: Oil on Board
"Hunting Dog"
Leon Collins
Birthdate Unknown
Galveston / Navas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Canvas, Oil
Still life with peonies. 1969, plywood, oil, 68x59 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with peonies
1969, plywood, oil, 68x59 cm
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Plywood
Saint Germain-des-Prés under the snow. Oil on canvas, 60x92 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Saint Germain-des-Prés under the snow. Oil on canvas, 60x92 cm
Constantin Kluge was a Russian-born French painter best known for his naturalistic scenes of Paris and French countrys...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
MAY BANK HOLIDAY at the BEACH
By Yuri Krotov
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Yuri Krotov
Yuri Krotov was born 1964 in Grivenskaya Cossack Settlement, Krasnodar Territory, located close to the Azov Sea. At the age of 8 he met a local painter G.A. Polugaev who...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 20th Century French Signed Oil Painting Female Artist Painting at Easel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Female Artist at her Easel
French School, early 1900's
indistinctly signed
oil on board, framed
framed: 21 x 17.5 inches
board: 16 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, En...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Flowery lilac"Country house, garden cm. 50 x 40 oil 1980 Shipping free
Located in Torino, IT
Garden,Green,Flowers,Impressionist
Framed 61 x 73 cm.
No frame cm.40 x 50
Boris Lavrenko (Rostov, 1920 – St. Petersburg, 2001)
Works by Boris Lavrenko can be found in various priva...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Linen, Oil
Women of the Beach-original impressionism figurative landscape painting-Artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
"Women of the Beach" by Ayline Olukman is a striking portrayal of leisure and relaxation amidst the coastal landscape, captured through the artist's abstract impressionistic lens. Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Pair of English Impressionist Horse and Buggy scenes with drivers
Located in Woodbury, CT
When Johnny left school, there were many interests which ran alongside his career at the time in the City of London as an Aviation Insurance Broker at Lloyds – writing music, playing with a band, tinkering with Vintage cars, marketing various inventions and making painting trips when possible – it wasn’t long before the Arts beckoned and at twenty six he won a place at the Fine Arts Academy in Florence where he moved in 1972.
A year later, moving near Lake Trasimeno, he continued his studies at the Fine Arts Academy in Perugia. Again on the move, he travelled to Pietrasanta near Carrara with some sculptors and stayed on this coast for nearly a year before moving eventually to Grimaldi, just inside Italy – a small medieval village about three hundred yards from the Italian /French frontier close to Monte Carlo.
Here he began a series of backstage paintings – at the Opera and Orchestra rehearsals, fashion shows, at the Circus, Jazz and Cabaret – exhibiting regularly along the coast in Monaco, Nice, Cannes and Antibes.
In 1984, circumstances changed and it was necessary to return to England – where a chance invitation to the races triggered a whole new series ‘At the Races’ which in time produced a wider series entitled ‘The British Sporting Year’ of Polo, The Henley Regatta, Derby Day, Wimbledon, Bowls, Cricket, Golf – even Jousting at Hever Castle...
Category
1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Santa Maria de Jesus Market Guatemala Oil on Canvas Huipil
Located in Houston, TX
Santa Maria de Jesus Market in Guatemala by artist William Kalwick depicts a typical market in one of the local towns that are held throughout Guatemala. This market takes place ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Saturday Evening Post Cover, Evening Gown May 21st, 1938
By Neysa McMein
Located in Miami, FL
Pastel on board - Saturday Evening Post Cover, Evening Gown May 21st, 1938 - Reproduced version looks better because the Saturday Evening Post Art Director retouched the plates before printing and strengthened the colors to give it more newsstand appeal -
Signed and inscribed lower left. Housed in an inexpensive period frame
From Wiki : as an American illustrator and portrait painter who studied at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and Art Students League of New York. She began her career as an illustrator and during World War I, she traveled across France entertaining military troops with Anita P...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Provincetown, American Impressionist Townscape by "Philadelphia Ten" Painter
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Provincetown" is a 12 x 11 3/4 inches, oil on board impressionist street scene by American impressionist painter and member of the Women's Artists Group "The Philadelphia Ten", Nancy Maybin Ferguson...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Self Portrait with Flowers" oil painting, a woman thinking with floral bouquet
By Amy Florence
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Self Portrait with Flowers" is an impressionist, oil on canvas painting. It depicts Amy Florence at a table inside of a house with flowers on a table.
A composition filled with li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sailboat Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautifully rendered seascape of a sailboat full of small figures out at sea on glassy water with colorful reflections by Jacquelyn Kammerer (American, b-1944). Signed "J. Krammerer"...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tender Family Portrait - Mother and Child, Student of Robert Henri
By Margery Austen Ryerson
Located in Miami, FL
Rendered with an alla prima paint application and quick gestural brushstrokes, "Tender Family Portrait - Mother and Child" reflects Margery Ryerson's deep knowledge of academic training. Reyerson studied with Robert Henri at The Art Students League. This painting is aesthetically pleasing and communicates a sense of maternal tenderness from a female artist. Margery Ryerson did a book on her former teacher. Henri's philosophical and practical musings were collected by former pupil Margery Ryerson and published as The Art Spirit (1923), a book that remained in print for several decades. Signed. Lower Left
Margery Austen Ryerson (September 15, 1886 - 1989) was an American artist, painter, etcher, lithographer and watercolorist.Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Biography
Ryerson earned her Bachelor's of Fine Arts in English from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, after attending private schools in Morristown. She went on to study under Charles Hawthorne at the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and with Robert Henri at the Art Students League in New York.
During the years 1920 through 1940 Ryerson taught in New York settlement houses. There she got the privilege to paint and draw the children in their care. The subjects of these paintings were often the children of the underclass and immigrants. Her artistic technique and subjects gained universal recognition and appealed to many people. Miss Ryerson is most known for her portraits...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Preparing the Boat
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Preparing the Boat" by Clara Belle Owen is a luminous impressionist depiction of a young boy approaching a grand sailboat, ready to prepare it for an impending journey. The painting ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Old town on the Bay in Baja Mexico Original Oil painting on Linen by Palavicini
Located in Soquel, CA
Old town on the Bay in Baja Mexico Original Oil painting on Linen by Palavicini
Old Village in Baja Mexico by unknown Mexico artist Palavicini. (Mexico 20...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Flowers in a Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " Flowers in a Vase" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963.Signed at the lower...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Flowerpot" Oil cm. 60 x 80 1988 Framed cm. 80 x 97
By Gleb Savinov
Located in Torino, IT
Flowers,Red,Pink,white,Jasmine ,Russian post Impressionism
GLEB SAVINOV (Charkev, 1915 – St. Petersburg, 2000)
Works by Gleb Savinov can be found in various private collections in...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Crashing Waves at Sunset" William Formby Halsall, Dramatic Pink Sunset Seascape
Located in New York, NY
William Formby Halsall
Crashing Waves at Sunset
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
18 x 30 inches
Marine painter William Formby Halsall was born in Kirkdale, England, in 1841. He was...
Category
1880s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Caulking the Seams', American Impressionist School Oil, Sailing Boat, Schooner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An early twentieth-century, American School oil showing a view of a sailor caulking the seams of a substantial wooden sailing ship with a view beyond towards red-tiled houses beneath...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boats Approaching the Coast, Fritz Kohler, Moritzberg, 1887 – 1972 Düsseldorf
Located in Knokke, BE
Boats Approaching the Coast
Kohler Fritz
Moritzberg, Germany 1887 – 1972 Düsseldorf, Germany
German Painter
Signature: Signed bottom right and placed
Medium: Oil on board
Dimension...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Bouquet of orange flowers"Flowers, Orange Oil cm. 40 x 50 1981
Located in Torino, IT
Bouquet ,Flowers,Orange,Russian
MAYA KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia, 1924 - 2005)
Maya Kopitzeva’s works have been acquired by the Russian Ministry of Culture, by the Foundation for the...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sierra Foothills
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Sierra Foothills" c.1980, is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Bill Shaddix, b.1930. It is signed at the lower left corne...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rue de Paris Sous la Pluie
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Rue de Paris Sous la Pluie" c.1970 is a palette knife oil painting on canvas by French artist Marc Selva, 1919-1992. It is signed at th...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moret-sur-Loing - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Antoine Guillemet
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1890 by French impressionist painter Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemet. The work depicts a view of Moret-sur-Loing in North Eastern France from the...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Governor’s Mansion - Countryside Couple - Original Watercolor on Paper 1860s
Located in Soquel, CA
A Governor’s Mansion - Countryside Couple - Original Watercolor on Paper 1860s
Governor’s Mansion during the Civil Water. A watercolor painting depicting horse carriages and disting...
Category
1860s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Le Rouge Cloitre sous la neige" oil painting on canvas by Louis Clesse 20Th c.
By Louis Clesse
Located in Gavere, BE
"Le Rouge Cloitre sous la neige" oil painting on canvas by Louis Clesse 20Th c.
Wonderfull oil on canvas by Louis Clesse , Belgian School (1889 -1961 ).
Clesse was a Belgian figurat...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Mt. Evans and Bierstadt, Colorado" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Shingler's (NC based) "Mt. Evans and Bierstadt, Colorado" is an oil painting that depicts a green grassy plain dotted with Pine trees leading to the snow capped mountains in th...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
NJ Beach & Boardwark, Possibly Atlantic City
By Gilbert Gaul
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist view of a New Jersey Beach, possibly Atlantic City, at the turn of the 20th century by American artist William Gilbert Gaul (1855–191...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Paris Boulevard. 20th century, canvas, oil, 60x90 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Paris Boulevard. 20th century, canvas, oil, 60x90 cm
Work exhibited and published:
Zwolle, Museum de Fundatie, "Van Gogh to Cremer - Dutch artists in...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Women in a Cafe - British 1930's art oil portrait painting Spain jugs pink
By Darsie Japp
Located in London, GB
An original oil on canvas by the British listed artist Darsie Japp. It was painted circa 1930 and depicts two woman at a table having a drink. A very evocative inter war oil painting.
Provenance. James Bourlet Framers. Sotheby 12.11.86.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 28 inches by 22 inches unframed and in excellent condition.
Housed in a gallery frame, 36 inches by 30 inches framed in good condition.
Darsie Japp (1888-1973) was born in Liverpool and attended St John's College of the University of Oxford. After he graduated he worked in the offices of his father's shipping company in the City of London between 1904 and 1907. Whilst working in the City Japp studied at the night school of the Lambeth School of Art under Philip Connard. Japp studied at the Slade School of Art between 1908 and 1909, where he became friends with his fellow student Stanley Spencer and would often visit him in his home at Cookham in Berkshire. Japp specialised in landscape and figure paintings and exhibited with the New English Art Club of which he became a member in 1919. At the start of the First World War Japp joined the British Army and, eventually, became a Major in the Royal Field Artillery commanding an artillery battery in Macedonia, for which he was awarded the Military Cross...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Flowers and Pitcher
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Still Life with Flowers and Pitcher" c.1970 is an oil painting on canvas by German/American artist Eva Sikorski, 1917-1990. It is signed at the lower left corner by the...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bullfighting Scene oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Bullfighting Scene
Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez (1919-1986)
Technique: Oil on board
Dimensions: 25.6 x 21.3 in (65 x 54 cm) Frameless
Period: Second half of the 20th century
Art Movement: Figurative Expressionism with Impressionist influences
Condition: Good, with visible signs of aging on the surface
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK
This painting captures a crucial moment in a bullfight, where the matador, dressed in a dazzling traje de luces (suit of lights), elegantly holds the red cape (muleta) while facing a wounded bull. The scene conveys tension and drama through energetic and loose brushwork, with strong contrasts of light and color that enhance its expressiveness.
The abstract background, built with gestural brushstrokes in warm, earthy tones, reinforces the dynamism and immediacy of the moment. The thick texture of the paint and the vibrant colors in the matador's attire and cape are characteristic of Figurative Expressionism, giving the work a strong emotional impact.
Tuser masterfully captures the essence of movement and the intensity of the bullfight through a painterly approach reminiscent of Impressionism, but with a greater emphasis on gesture and expressive color, making his work stand out for its raw energy and dramatic depth.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
José María Tuser Vázquez (Barcelona, 1919 - 1986) was a Spanish painter specialized in bullfighting themes, gaining recognition in the 20th-century art scene for his expressive depictions of the corrida (bullfight). He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Barcelona, where he developed a strong mastery of color and composition.
From 1947 onwards, his work focused almost entirely on bullfighting, creating posters, illustrations, and paintings that capture the emotion and spectacle of the arena. He was a frequent collaborator with El Ruedo magazine, where his illustrations and covers solidified his reputation. Additionally, in the 1940s, he designed series of postcards featuring traditional Spanish costumes for the Artigas Publishing House.
His work has been auctioned in several art houses and is highly valued among collectors of bullfighting paintings. His influence and legacy in tauromaquia (bullfighting art...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid Century Figurative Seascape, Shanghai Floating Market
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century figurative landscape of two small boats on blue-green water with three figures in a bustling harbor, by C.C. Chan (20th Century). One of the small boats its being used to sell red fruits, as the vendor weighs them for the customer who is shopping by boat, like in the floating...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"070 - Plein Air-Lafayette, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "070 - Plein Air-Lafayette, 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
American Impressionist sketch of Aspen, Nantucket, Venice, Sconset, Norfolk
Located in Woodbury, CT
American Impressionist sketch of a group of landscapes and landmarks.
These include Sconset in Nantucket, Venice, Italy, Norfolk UK, Aspen Colorado
Charle...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Firenze
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Firenze" c. 1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Italian artist Lido Bettarini, 1927-2019. It is signed at the lower left cor...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"All the Wild Ones Act 4" - Oil on Panel Contemporary Flamingo Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Brian Keith Stephens' painting "All the Wild Ones Act 4" (2018) is a delightful exploration of wildlife through the lens of contemporary artistry. Rendered in oil on panel, this orig...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Seascape at Dawn
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork depicting a coastal scene at dawn, c.1965 is a oil painting on canvas by Russian artist Irina Belotelkin Roublon 1913-2009. It is signed lower right by the artist. The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impressionist figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Impressionist figurative paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Cindy Shaoul, Henri Duhem, Judd Mercer, and Georgij Moroz. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Impressionist figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $985,000, while the average work sells for $1,874.