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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It’s time for walking, mom
Located in Sempach, LU
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"It's Time for Walking, Mom" speaks to the comfor...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ghislaine et ses amis
By Ferdinand-Joseph Gueldry
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Joseph Ferdinand GUELDRY (1858-1945)
Garden scene : Ghislaine et ses mais
Oil on canvas
Size : 50 x 73 cm
Signed lower right
Provenance: Private collection in Normandy.
Oil on ca...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spanish pyrenean town oil on canvas painting landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frameless.
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Man with an umbrella by Sean Durkin, man, contemporary art, walking
By Sean Durkin
Located in Deddington, GB
original painting of "Man with an umbrella" by Sean Durkin. Sean uses very toned colours but draws attention to his bag and trousers, as well as uses white tones in his socks and shi...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
" Mother " Child, Mother, Mother's Day oil cm 67 x 100
By Gleb Savinov
Located in Torino, IT
Child,Baby,Maternity,child,Mother,Green,Window,spring,russian art
GLEB SAVINOV (Charkev, 1915 – St. Petersburg, 2000)
Works by Gleb Savinov can be found in various private collect...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Let’s eat, honey
Located in Sempach, LU
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
'Let's Eat, Honey' is a celebration of the shared...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1930's French Impressionist Tall Orange Bell Tower In Busy Figure Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Town Bell Tower
by Louise Alix, French 1950's Impressionist
gouache on artist paper, unframed
painting: 10.5 x 7.5 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of this artists...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
La rue du village
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Léopold SURVAGE (1879-1968)
La rue du village
Oil on canvas
Size: 50 x 61 cm
Signed lower right
Provenance: Private collection in Normandy.
Oil on canvas in good condition.
Small...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Good morning, honey
Located in Sempach, LU
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"Good morning, honey" captures the tranquility an...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
La Tour Saint-Jacques, Paris - Impressionist Cityscape Oil by Konstantin Korovin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled landscape oil on board by Russian-born impressionist painter Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin. The work depicts a nighttime view of the ...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Beverly Hills
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ingeborg Åkerman, Woman Sitting in a Garden Arbor Sewing
Located in Stockholm, SE
A beautifully painted motif by the female artist Ingeborg Åkerman (1881-1960) of a woman sitting in her garden shaded from the sun by the arbor where she is sewing. It is probably pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
New Hat
Located in Sempach, LU
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"New Hat" symbolizes the fresh embrace of identit...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
New York Railway - original cityscape impressionism oil painting-modern art
Located in London, Chelsea
"New York Railway" by Juan Del Pozo captures the bustling energy and iconic skyline of the city that never sleeps with a masterful stroke of impressionistic flair. At the heart of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
New York Morning
Located in Sempach, LU
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"New York Morning" is an ode to the vibrant energ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique French Impressionist Oil Signed & Dated 1919 Portrait of Young Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady
French Impressionist artist
signed oil on board, unframed
dated 1919
board: 9.5 x 6.5 inches
double sided work
provenance: private collection
condition: seve...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
English River landscape, with Swans on the Thames at Temple Lock near London UK
Located in Woodbury, CT
English River landscape, with Church and River at Sunset, Abingdon on the Thames. England
Wonderful scene of Abingdon on the Thames by one of Englands best known landscape painters....
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"NYC in 20th Century" Figures in New York City Ashcan School Style Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts an impressionistic scene of figures filling up the NYC streets below the Empire State. The thick brush strokes and fun marks creates an atmosphere reminiscent o...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Joggers at Battersea Park-original impressionism cityscape oil painting-Artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
"Morning Joggers at Battersea Park" invites viewers into a serene moment along the banks of the River Thames, captured with exquisite detail in this original cityscape painting. Exec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Oregon Trail, Vintage 1970s Western Figural Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative oil painting of pioneers traveling by wagon train across the vast western plains by California artist Harry Roerade (American 1908-1987), circa 1...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Tea Party with the Artist's Daughter Lois
Located in Washington, DC
Following two decades of successful impressionistic landscape painting, Wilson Henry Irvine became known for a new experimental style in the 1930s. In 1930, Irvine began making pris...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Village - Auvers-sur-Oise - Impressionist Landscape Painting - Victor Vignon
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figures in landscape circa 1875 by French impressionist painter Victor Alfred Paul Vignon. The piece depicts a woman and girl pushing a cart filled with flowers on a track between walled gardens on a bright summer's day.
Signature:
Signed and lower left
Dimensions:
Framed: 15"x19"
Unframed: 10"x14"
Provenance:
Private French collection
Victor Vignon's mother has been incorrectly identified as the writer Claude Vignon...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fishing on the Seine - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Alexandre Jacob
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel landscape circa 1940 by popular French impressionist painter Alexandre Louis Jacob. The work depicts a man fishing on the bank of the River Seine in France on a c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
1950s French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Young Lady in Green Reading Book
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape, Original Oil on Panel, Impressionist Émile Louis Thivier (1858-1922)
Located in PARIS, FR
*Dimensions include the frame
This small work by Émile Louis Thivier (1858-1922) offers a verdant vignette of nature, characterized by a lively touch and a rich palette, bringing to...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mid Century Modern Portrait of Woman in Green Dress Original Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Portrait of Woman in Green Dress Original Oil Painting
Evocative mid century modern portrait of woman in green dress by California artist Genevieve Rogers (America...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
French School PS 240 Van Gogh Starry night Girl Summer in La Baule Impressionist
Located in Sempach, LU
PS 240 Van Gogh Starry night Girl Summer in La Baule
Portrait of a woman with Van Gogh (The Starry night) swim dress.
Structural analysis:
Such as Impressionist painting, the su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Nuages sur la Seine - Fevrier - Impressionist Riverscape Oil by Alexandre Jacob
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A good sized signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1930 by popular French impressionist painter Alexandre Louis Jacob. The piece depicts a view of the River Seine. The cold scene is s...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
It's time to save the world with magic
Located in Sempach, LU
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
In "It's Time to Save the World with Magic" from ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Empire State Colors- original cityscape oil painting-modern impressionism art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Empire State Colors" by Juan Del Pozo captures the dynamic beauty of the New York City skyline, with a focus on the iconic Empire State Building. From a bird's eye view, the viewer ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunset, Original Oil on Canvas, Impressionist Émile Louis Thivier (1858-1922)
Located in PARIS, FR
*Dimensions include the frame
In this small, evocative painting by Émile Louis Thivier (1858-1922), the soft gradations of color and light across the sky create a gentle, atmospheri...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Le bac a sable - Impressionist Figurative Oil Painting by Jules Rene Herve
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figures in landscape circa 1950 by French impressionist painter Jules Rene Herve. The work depicts several children dressed in summer clothes playing in a sandpit on a park. There is a bucket and ball in the foreground and beyond the sandpit two older girls in which summer dresses sit on a green park bench in the shade of the bushes.
Signature:
Signed lower left & again verso
Dimensions:
Framed: 42"x35"
Unframed: 36"x29"
Provenance:
Private collection - United States.
Jules René Hervé (French, 1887-1981) was an Academic painter, born in Langres. Known for his paintings of cityscapes and landscapes, Hervé painted in an impressionistic style that captured the shimmering texture of the city and the softer light of the countryside. Hervé was trained at the Ecole nationale supérieure d'arts decoratifs of Paris, and studied with Fernand Cormon (French 1845-1924) and Jules Adler...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1900's French Impressionist Portrait of an Elderly Lady Beautifully Painted Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
French School, early 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 18 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: some wear, scuffing and signs of age but...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Buee Matinale - Impressionist Riverscape Oil Painting by Alexandre Jacob
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1930 by popular French impressionist painter Alexandre Louis Jacob. The piece depicts a fisherman in a small boat by the bank of the River Seine ...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Spring" Oil cm. 60 x 44 1968 flowers, spring, green purple
Located in Torino, IT
flowers, spring, green purple
Boris Lavrenko (Rostov, 1920 – St. Petersburg, 2001)
Works by Boris Lavrenko can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United Stat...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Awakening, Figurative Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art,
Subject: Awakening,
Size: 36" x 15" x 0.8'' inch...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1970's French Impressionist Oil Etretat Cliffs Coastline with Fisherfolk Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Etretat
signed by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary)
dated 1970
oil painting on canvas, unframed
unframed: 20 x 24 inches
condition: very good
p...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A boy with a violin
Located in Sempach, LU
In this oil painting, I captured the profound connection between a young violinist and his music. The blend of figurative art, fine art, impressionism, and realism reflects the emoti...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
English River landscape, with Church and River at Sunset, Abingdon on the Thames
Located in Woodbury, CT
English River landscape, with Church and River at Sunset, Abingdon on the Thames. England
Wonderful scene of Abingdon on the Thames by one of Englands best known landscape painters....
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Morning Fowles
Located in Sempach, LU
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
In 'Morning Fowles', I immerse the viewer into a ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Original 1920's/ 30's Portrait of Elegant Young Society Lady Exquisite Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
original pencil drawing on paper
by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below
signed
piece of paper is 12 x 9.5 inches
In good condition, though with ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Pencil
Sunset - Venice 1902 - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Joseph Clavel
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed, dated and inscribed oil on canvas landscape by French pre-impressionist painter Marie Joseph Leon Clavel Iwill. The work depicts a sil...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Avon River - Christ Church, New Zealand" - Mid Century Figurative Landscape
By Leon Worley
Located in Soquel, CA
"Avon River", a beautiful mid century figurative landscape of Christ Church, New Zealand by Leon Worley (American, 1909-2003). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Leon Worley" lower...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Quai des bouquinistes- Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil - Jules Rene Herve
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in cityscape oil on original canvas circa 1950 by French impressionist painter Jules Rene Herve. The piece depicts a view of a bookseller's stall beside the River Seine in Paris, France, with blossom trees overhead.
Signature:
Signed lower left & again verso
Dimensions:
Framed: 21"x24"
Unframed: 13"x16"
Provenance:
The Dominion Gallery - Montreal - Canada
Jules Rene Hervé began his formal art studies in an evening school in Langres, France. Hervé was trained at the Ecole nationale supérieure d’arts decoratifs of Paris, and studied with Fernand Cormon and Jules Adler...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lumier et neige fondante - Impressionist Landscape Oil by William Samuel Horton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape by American impressionist painter William Samuel Horton. The piece depicts a nighttime view of Pontarlier, a commune in eastern France near the Swiss b...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th century Scottish beach landscape with waves on the shore and fishing boats
Located in Woodbury, CT
Peter Macgregor Wilson RSA RSW (1856-1928) was born in Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art as well as in London and Antwerp. He travelled widely, working in America, Ind...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Before Storm Vivid Landscape by Swedish Master 19th century
Located in Stockholm, SE
Attributed by Wilhelm von Gegerfelt (1844—1920). The disheveled crowns of the trees indicate to us the raging wind, and the evening sky in the background...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Cardboard
Rest, Women Portrait, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2024
Style: Impressionism,
Subject: Rest,
Size: 35.5" x 21" x 0.8'' inch,...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Three Young Girls and a Small Dog, Paddling with Toy Yachts in the Surf
Located in West Sussex, GB
Alexander Averin
(Born 1952) Russian
Three Young Girls and a Small Dog, Paddling with Toy Yachts in the Surf
Oil on Canvas.24 x 36 in. Frame: 30 x 43 in. Signed, and Inscribe...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
European urbanscape and river original oil on cardboard painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frameless.
Josep Marfa Guarro (1928-2014)
Josep Marfa Guarro was a Catalan painter specialized in landscape painting.
Among Josep Marfa Guarro's work are numerous watercolors and ...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Green Glass with Summer Flowers, " Still life Oil Painting
By Daniel Keys
Located in Denver, CO
Daniel Key's "Green Glass with Summer Flowers" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an assortment of flower blooms with delicate yellow, red, purple, pink and white pet...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Countryside of France, Original Oil on cardboard, Impressionist style, signed
Located in PARIS, FR
*Dimensions include the frame
This oil on cardboard by Robert Hofer (1885-1942), created in 1942, exudes the characteristic vibrancy and textural depth that is reminiscent of Impres...
Category
1940s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Mid Century Garden Pink Roses Original Oil Still Life Painting
By Louise Grossett Cunningham
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Garden Pink Roses Original Oil Painting by Louise Cunningham
Brilliantly colored closeup of Roses by Santa Cruz, California artist Louise H. Grosset Cunningham (American...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board, Canvas
In Softness, Oil Painting
By Mary Pratt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Nestled within an explosion of pink blooms, a woman becomes one with her surroundings. Soft hues form an ethereal refuge, providing a tranquil space for her rep...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Halcyon Hues, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Hadley Rampton's (US based) "Halcyon Hues" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a forest of trees casting long shadows.
Born in Salt Lake City, UT in 1975, Hadley Ram...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Soleil de Novembre - Impressionist Riverscape Oil by Alexandre Jacob
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on board landscape circa 1950 by popular French impressionist painter Alexandre Louis Jacob. The piece depicts a view of a marsh water mill. The yellow glow of the low Nov...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Buona Sera
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Buona Sera" c.2020, is an oil painting on panel by American artist Teresa Saia. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist, also titled and signed on t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Spaarne te Haarlem" Impressionistic Oil Painting on Canvas of Netherlands Canal
Located in New York, NY
A wonderfully rich beach scene done along the Spaarne Canal, in the city of Haarlem located outside of Amsterdam in the northwest Netherlands. Once a major North Sea trading port sur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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