Skip to main content

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.

Find a collection of authentic Impressionist art on 1stDibs.

to
756
1,865
1,028
1,071
717
509
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
6
255
2,547
2,382
75
69
89
65
58
94
108
109
130
102
4
14,561
3,321
3,097
1,394
1,340
1,323
1,151
491
484
354
185
98
83
2,746
1,929
500
3,060
1,771
774
751
733
664
654
604
366
299
275
261
206
185
180
172
168
166
164
116
4,999
4,289
1,966
1,846
546
323
138
111
42
37
2,167
387
2,946
2,056
Style: Impressionist
Woman reading after Henri Matisse by Claire Ragueneau
Located in Soquel, CA
Woman reading after Henri Matisse by Claire Ragueneau Impressionist seated woman reading a book after Henri Matisse by San Francisco artist Claire Ragueneau (American, 1901-1971). Cl...
Category

1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Watermelons & Fruit Large Modernist Still Life Painting Spanish Artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fruit by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018) signed lower corner dated 1993 oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 24 x 33 inches canvas: 20 x 29 inches Very good condition. Provenance: private collection Maria Tort Xirau ( Figueres , 26 May 1924 – 6 June 2018) was a painter and photographic and cinematographic editor from Emporda. She developed a long professional career in leading photographic studios, in films for The Walt Disney Company and also in advertising claims for companies such as Educa Borràs . The second half of her life was dedicated to painting, exercising a luminous, varied and nostalgic chromatic style in the techniques of oil and watercolor and with exhibitions of her work in Barcelona and Figueres. The Biographical Dictionary of Art Empordà defined Tort Xirau's work as "a painting that is characterized by the strength of the strokes, the vividness and brightness of the chromatic range and exudes mastery of the photographic technique. A mixture of nostalgia and tenderness is evident.". Tort Xirau's paintings were exhibited in the two towns where she spent her life: in 1992 she exhibited his work at the Caixa de Figueres Exhibition Hall. Two years later, she did it at Sala Conex in Barcelona and in 2007 and 2013 the Consortium of Sant Ferran Castle and the Figueres Town Council organized tribute exhibitions. In 2013, she ceded to the council of the city of Figueres her work Mercat de la plaça de l'Ajuntament , watercolored on paper around 1991, which is exhibited in the rest room of the building. On June 6, 2018, she died in Figueres at the age of 94, receiving the apostolic blessing . Two years after her death, part of her paintings were included in the exhibition Paint, create, live. Women artists in the Alt...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Piazza San Marco II
Located in Greenwich, CT
Impressionist piece depicting the famous and ancient Carnivale in the Piazza di San Marco di Venezia. The scene is set before the iconic Basilica di San Marco, the chief basilica of ...
Category

1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold

Still Life w/ Flowers, Bust & Parisian Scene, American Impressionist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962) Still Life Oil on canvas Signed upper right 32 x 25.5 inches Provenance: From the Alexander Warshawsky Estate Impressionist painter A.G. Wars...
Category

1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Beautiful Maidens Nude Women Harem, Playboy Cartoon African American Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
E. Simms Campbel was the first major African American Illustrator. He did covers for Esquire Magazine starting in the 1930s. He created the famous bulging-eyed Esquire Mascot “Esky.” He also worked for The Chicagoan, Cosmopolitan, Ebony, The New Yorker, Playboy, Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life, Pictorial Review, and Redbook. This work, "What do you mean your wife doesn't understand you ---- I'm your wife!" is from Cuties Daily Comic Strip, June 18, 1950 He was inducted into the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame in 2002. His work demonstrates a deep and masterfully understanding of drawing figures and faces in an academic but stylized style. "My pleasure, boys. Always glad to see a delegation from the States." From the Playboy Collection...
Category

1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

"Looking For Shade" oil painting of beach-goers huddling behind lifeguard stand
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of beachgoers literally looking for shade from the sun on a beach in Laguna, California. Painted by award-winning plein air painter Carl Bretzke. Framed in a tradition...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

French Watercolour of Moored Fishing Boats and Lighthouses by Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolour of Moored Fishing Boats and Lighthouses by Fanch Lel by Fanche Lel Signed: Yes Size: 9.5 inches (height) x 12.5 inches (width) Watercolor painting on card, ...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

French Gouache Coastal Townscape with Boats and Church by Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Coastal Townscape with Boats and Church by Fanch Lel by Fanche Lel Signed: Yes Size: 9.5 inches (height) x 11.75 inches (width) Gouache painting on card, unfram...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

French Impressionist Gouache of Beached Fishing Boats and Lighthouse
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Gouache of Beached Fishing Boats and Lighthouse by Fanche Lel Signed: Yes Size: 8.75 inches (height) x 12.75 inches (width) Gouache painting on card, unfr...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

French Coastal Landscape with Moored Boat and Cliffside Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Coastal Landscape with Moored Boat and Cliffside Trees By F.T. Roussel Signed: yes Size: 8.75 x 10.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on cardboard, unframed Condit...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Oil Painting of Seaside Castle with Fishing Boat and Seagull
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Oil Painting of Seaside Castle with Fishing Boat and Seagull by Fanche Lel Signed: Yes Size: 9.75 inches (height) x 7.5 inches (width) Oil painting on cardboard, unfram...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Oil Sketch From Rome Called Ruins of Ancient Rome, c. 1870-72
Located in Stockholm, SE
This beautiful oil sketch, painted en plein air, was created by Swedish artist Olof Arborelius during his stay in Italy from the fall of 1870 until January 1872. The painting features a charming depiction of ancient Roman ruins—either a city wall or an aqueduct—surrounded by lush trees under the clear Italian sky. With loose brushstrokes and a soft, atmospheric touch, the artist captures the natural light and Mediterranean ambiance, demonstrating his profound understanding of plein air painting. Arborelius was heavily influenced by French artistic trends of the time, particularly in his color sensitivity and study of light and air. His time in Italy was critical for his artistic development, marking the height of his mastery in capturing the delicate interplay of light, color, and atmosphere. Several of Arborelius’ Italian oil studies, including similar small-format plein air works, were later exhibited at various prestigious exhibitions. These include the Svenska konstnärernas förening memorial exhibition in 1910, the Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet in Stockholm in 1931, and a memorial exhibition at the Nationalmuseum in 1943. Viggo Loos praised Arborelius' Italian studies for their "sensitivity to color" and "intense exploration of light and atmosphere," highlighting these works as a high point in the artist's career. Loos emphasized how Arborelius skillfully captured the essence of the Mediterranean landscape, using vibrant tones and delicate brushwork to convey the interplay of light and air. Moreover, Folke Holmér, the curator of Arborelius’ 1943 memorial exhibition, described his Italian sketches as some of the most painterly pieces of his early production, worthy of comparison with the best works Swedish artists had produced in Italy. Among his notable works in major collections are three of his Italian oil studies held at the Nationalmuseum: View from Rome Towards the Arch of Septimius Severus...
Category

1870s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Cardboard

French Impressionist Seaside View with Boats and Cliffside Chapel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Seaside View with Boats and Cliffside Chapel By F.T. Roussel Signed: yes Size: 7.25 x 9.75 inches (height x width) Oil painting on cardboard, unframed Con...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Coastal Seascape with Lighthouse Markers and Crashing Waves
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Coastal Seascape with Lighthouse Markers and Crashing Waves by Fanche Lel Size: 7 inches (height) x 9.25 inches (width) Oil painting on card, unframed Condition: The pa...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Village Harbour Scene with Boat and Tower by Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Village Harbour Scene with Boat and Tower by Fanch Lel by Fanche Lel Size: 10.5 inches (height) x 7.25 inches (width) Gouache painting on card, unframed Condition: The ...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

French Impressionist Painting of Beached Fishing Boats on Dark Card
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Painting of Beached Fishing Boats on Dark Card by Fanche Lel Size: 8.25 inches (height) x 10.5 inches (width) Oil painting on card, unframed Condition: Th...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Post-Impressionist Landscape with Blossoming Trees and Hillside Path
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Post-Impressionist Landscape with Blossoming Trees and Hillside Path by Fanche Lel Size: 8.75 inches (height) x 10.75 inches (width) Oil painting on cardboard, unframed...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Contemplative Figure in Deep Purple Modern Expressionist Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Contemplative Figure by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century) gouache painting on artist paper, unframed artist paper: 25.5 x 15 inches condition: overall very good provenance: al...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Jane in Profile" By Suchitra Bhosle, Original Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Jane in Profile" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a young woman in deep contemplation. About the Artist: Suchitra Bhosle is an India-born artis...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Huge Antique French Signed Oil Painting Roman Soldier with Nude Shepherdess
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pausing for Conversation French School, early 1900's indistinctly signed oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 46 x 29 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good ...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

All You Need Is a Puddle, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"When you are a child, sometimes all you need is a puddle," says artist Onelio Marrero. He paints two young kids joyfully playing in a puddle after a day of being confined indoors due to the rain. He captures the fun and excitement of splashing around. The little girl frolics in full motion while her brother stares transfixed at his reflection.


About the Artist
Artist Onelio Marrero paints impressionist city scenes of everyday life. He captures the romanticism of New York City, from the picturesque fountains in Central Park to a glistening city street on a rainy afternoon. He creates a sense of nostalgia and intimacy with his work, offering the feeling that you have visited this particular scene before. “Each play of light, each texture, and each movement of a figure can have a captivating effect on me,” says Onelio. He studied at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art where he mastered discerning color and values, giving his work a more spontaneous appearance. Onelio’s work is an appreciation for beauty in all of its greatest forms; nature, art, and people.


Words that describe this painting: rain, street, puddle, splash, toddler...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Young girl in an interior with a Canary
Located in West Sussex, GB
Konstantin Razumov (Born 1974) Russian Pretty young girl in an interior with a Canary Oil...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"A Hillside Picnic", Greg Harris, Original Oil, Figurative, Landscape, 24x30 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
"A Hillside Picnic" By Greg Harris is a perfect example of his most sought after paintings. Measuring 24x30 in., this painting has three woman in white and pink walking in fields of ...
Category

1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Crowd Entering Churchill Downs For the Kentucky Derby
By John Potter Wheat
Located in Milford, NH
A colorful oil painting of the crowd entering Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby horse race by American artist John Potter Wheat (1920-1980). Wheat...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

"Irving's" (2014) By Stephanie Hartshorn, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stephanie Hartshorn's beautiful original impressionist oil painting "Irving's" (2014) depicts a sign for a used car dealership, with a large red sphere at the top and a yellow arrow ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Saint Sebastian, 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 Canvas Style: Classic Figurative Year: 1991 Title: Saint Sebastian Size: 20" x...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Act. Double sided. cardboard, oil, 71x45 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Act. Double sided. cardboard, oil, 71x45 cm
Category

1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Large Spanish Expressive Oil Painting Ballerina Dancers Stretching
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Ballerinas by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018) signed lower corner oil painting on board, framed framed: 23.5 x 29.5 inches board: 21.5 x 28 inche...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lobster Fishermen
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Lobster Fishermen" c.1945, is an oil painting on canvas by renown American impressionist artist Claude Curry Bohm, 1894-1971. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 20 x 24 inches, framed size is 26.25 x 30.25 inches. Framed in a new wooden gold leaf plein air style frame. It is in excellent condition, it has been recently revarnish and new keys have been added to the canvas stretcher. Please note the the dark line on the top and left side of the painting are only the shadow, it is not a part of this artwork. About the artist: Claude Curry Bohm, a photographer, painter, and printmaker whose artistic career spanned five decades, was an integral part of the Chicago art scene in the 1920s and a very prominent part of the second generation of the Brown County...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Contemporary figurative oil painting canvas "I will always stand by your side"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary figurative oil painting depicting two women was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot. The artwork, titled I Will Always Stand by Your Side, presents a poignant and emotionally charged scene, capturing the intimate embrace of two women. The painting reflects the artist's roots and cultural background, establishing a profound spiritual connection with the women she portrays. The bond between the two women—whether sisters, friends, or a mother and daughter—is undeniably one of mutual reliance. They are each other’s rock and shelter, supporting one another in times of difficulty and challenge. The piece speaks to the strength one person offers another, particularly during challenging moments. Central to the work is the theme of womanhood, femininity, and the powerful spiritual connection between the artist and the women featured in her art. The piece also explores emotional transparency—qualities like strength, courage, determination, sensitivity, kindness, and authenticity—allowing for an intimate portrayal of the vulnerability and resilience shared between the figures. The two women are depicted with minimalistic detail, their connection highlighted through form and color rather than facial features. One woman is adorned in red, while the other is painted in blue, symbolizing contrasting yet complementary forces. The bold, expressive brushstrokes create a sense of immediacy, while the serene, muted teal background offers a calming atmosphere that envelops the embrace. The absence of discernible features on the figures directs the viewer’s focus to the embrace itself, making it the central emotional element of the painting. This anonymity invites viewers to project their own experiences and emotions onto the scene, creating a universal appeal. The harmonious interplay of warm and cool tones enhances the themes of connection and compassion, as the figures merge to form a unified whole. I Will Always Stand by Your Side is a powerful exploration of human connection, presented with a captivating simplicity that speaks volumes. The artist’s unique approach to color and form invites a deep emotional engagement, offering both beauty and meaning. The piece is created with oil paints on stretched linen canvas and is ready to hang. It is sold unframed, giving the buyer the freedom to frame it according to personal taste and interior style. The artwork will be carefully packed and shipped internationally from France, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Created in the artist’s Lyon...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) Original 1951 French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) French artist, indistinctly signed signed and dated 1951 oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 26 x 21.5 inches Provenance: private collection...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Woman on Street, Oil Painting by Raphael Soyer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raphael Soyer, American (1899 - 1987) Title: Woman on Street Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 20 in. x 16 in. (50.8 cm...
Category

1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Monte-Carlo, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Architectural Landscape of Monte-Carlo Oil Painting, European City, Signed French School, late Century Signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner Oil painting on canvas, fram...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Contemplative Park Retreat-original impressionism figurative oil painting- Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Contemplative Park Retreat" by Richard Gower is a captivating...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shoreline
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Shoreline" c.2000, is an oil painting on canvas by noted Irish artist Anne Tallentire, b.1949. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"063 - Plein Air- Lair o the Bear, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "063 - Plein Air- Lair o the Bear, CO" is a gouache painting depicting a landscape. Artist bio/statement Judd Mercer is a contemporary landscape painter an...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Golden Light Over Westminister- original impressionism cityscape oil painting
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Golden Light Over Westminster" by Richard Gower is a captivat...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Judaica Oil Painting, Polish Jewish Wedding in the Shtetl Chaim Goldberg
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Judaica Subject: Architecture Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States Dimensions: 40X60 inches Temple Chaim Goldberg has worked in nearly every medium available...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Carmel Valley Figurative Landscape -- The Roadside Grocer
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous figurative landscape of a Carmel roadside grocer by Edda Maxwell Heath (American, 1874 - 1972). Signed and dated lower left corner. Presented in giltwood frame. Image, 20"H ...
Category

1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wellies II- contemporary art - Impressionist figurative oil painting
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Wellies II" by Richard Gower extends the enchanting narrative...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Park Life, The Dog Walkers II- Original Impressionism figurative oil painting
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Park Life, The Dog Walkers II" unveils the enchanting tapestr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Huge 1900's Italian Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Shepherd Talking to Nude
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Shepherd with Flock and Nude Lady by Fountain Italian School, circa 1900's indistinctly signed, 'R. Bertholio'? signed oil on canvas, unframed canv...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Corner Colossus" by Josh George, Mixed Media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Josh George's (US based) "Corner Colossus" is an original, handmade mixed media painting that depicts an urban cityscape featuring an imposing red and blue building with a colorful s...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Wood Panel

"Bales In Fields" (2024) by Samantha Buller, Oil Landscape Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Bales In Fields" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting by Samantha Buller, that depicts two bales of hay in a large grassy field. Samantha Buller currently lives in Sonoma C...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still life with Gwun Yam
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Still Life with Gwun Yam" c.1980 is an oil painting on canvas by Hungarian artist Zsuzsanna Suger, b.1939. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canv...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Participle, Portraits, 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: 2009 Title: Participle Size: 20" x 31.5...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A. Maurer "Ready for the rendezvous" Large Oil painting Oil on canvas circa 1907
Located in Berlin, DE
Large imposing and very decorative painting. Oil on canvas. Signed A. Maurer (under the dressing table). Around 1907. Motif of an elegant lady dressing up. Beautiful painting in im...
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Red Dress"
By Joseph Newman
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Joseph Newman (1890 - 1979) Joseph Newman was born in New York City in 1890. He attended the Pratt Institute and the Adelphi College Art School, and served in the U.S. Army during WWW1. After the war, he married and traveled to Europe. He returned to New York in the mid 1920's, and with a group of contemporaries formed The Fifteen Gallery in Manhattan. Newman painted a broad variety of subjects including genre scenes, landscapes, figurative works, and equestrian subjects. He worked in various styles ranging from academic realism to a looser, post-impressionist approach, and is best known for colorful, animated genre scenes painted in and around Rockport Harbor and as far west as Taos, New Mexico. He exhibited frequently at the Brooklyn Museum, The National Academy, The Carnegie Institute, The Whitney and The Society of Independent Artists. He was a member of the L.C. Tiffany Foundation, The Salmagundi Club, Rockport Art Association, and the American Watercolor Society. His work is represented in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, The Newark Museum, the Boston Library...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Winter" (2024) By Quang Ho, Original Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Quang Ho's "Winter" (2024) is a beautiful impressionist portrait of a woman with a yellow circle around her head on an abstract winter background. About the artist: Quang Ho was bo...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Female Bather (Nude Women)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Ann Brockman (1895–1943) was an American artist who achieved success as a figurative painter following a successful career as an illustrator. Born in California, she spent her childhood in the American Far West and, upon marrying the artist William C. McNulty, relocated to Manhattan at the age of 18 in 1914. She took classes at the Art Students League where her teachers included two realist artists of the Ashcan School, George Luks and John Sloan. Her career as an illustrator began in 1919 with cover art for four issues of a fiction monthly called Live Stories. She continued providing cover art and illustrations for popular magazines and books until 1930 when she transitioned from illustrator to professional artist. From that year until her death in 1943, she took part regularly in group and solo exhibitions, receiving a growing amount of critical recognition and praise. In 1939 she told an interviewer that making money as an illustrator was so easy that it "almost spoiled [her] chances of ever being an artist."[1] In reviewing a solo exhibition of her work in 1939, the artist and critic A.Z Kruse wrote: "She paints and composes with a thorough understanding of form and without the slightest hesitancy about anatomical structure. Add to this a magnificent sense of proportion, and impeccable feeling for color and an unmistakable knowledge of what it takes to balance the elements of good pictorial composition and you have a typical Ann Brockman canvas."[2] Early life and training Brockman was born in Northern California in 1895 and spent much of her youth in nearby Oregon, Washington, and Utah.[1][3] She met the artist William C. McNulty in Seattle where he was employed as an editorial cartoonist. They married in March 1914 and promptly moved to Manhattan where he worked as a freelance illustrator.[4][5] At the time of their marriage, Brockman was 18 years old.[6] Over the next few years, her career generally followed that path that her husband had previously taken. His art training had been at the Art Students League beginning in 1908; she began her training there after moving to New York in 1914.[1] After an early career as an editorial cartoonist, he freelanced as a magazine and book illustrator beginning in 1914; she began her career as a magazine and book illustrator in 1919.[7] He embarked on a teaching career in the early 1930s and not long after, she began giving art instruction.[8][9] While they both adhered to the realist tradition in art, their usual subjects were different. His prominently depicted urban cityscapes in the social realist whereas hers generally focused on rural landscapes. He was best known for his etchings and she for her oils and watercolors.[8][10] Brockman returned to the Art Students League in 1926 to take individual instruction for a month at a time from George Luks and John Sloan.[1] Despite their help, one critic said McNulty's "sympathetic encouragement and guidance" was more important to her development as a professional artist.[11] Career in art In the course of her career as illustrator, Brockman would sometimes paint portraits of celebrities before drawing them, as for example in 1923 when she painted the French actress Andrée Lafayette who had traveled to New York to play title role in a film called Trilby.[12] She would also sometimes accept commissions to make portrait paintings and in 1929 painted two Scottish terriers on one such commission.[13] During this time, she also produced landscapes. In 1924 she displayed a New England village street scene painting in the Second Annual Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings in the J. Wanamaker Gallery of Modern Decorative Art.[14] Available sources show no further exhibitions until in 1930 a critic for the Boston Globe described one of her portraits as "well done" in a review of a Rockport Art Association exhibition held that summer.[15] Between 1931 and her death in 1943, Brockman participated in over thirty group exhibitions and five solos.[note 1] Her paintings appeared in shows of the artists' associations to which she belonged, including the Rockport Art Association, Salons of America, Society of Independent Artists, and National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors.[17][19]Between 1932 and 1935, her paintings appeared frequently in New York's Macbeth Gallery.[20][23][25][27] She won an award for a painting she showed at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1940.[41] In 1942, the Whitney Museum bought one of the paintings she showed in its Biennial of that year.[10] Critical praise for her work steadily increased during the decade that ended with her untimely death in 1943. In 1932, her painting called "The Camera Man" was called "a clever piece of illustration."[21] Three years later, a painting called "Small Town" gave a critic "the impression of freshness, honesty, and skill".[29] In 1938, a critic described her "Folly Cove" as "masterful" and said "Pigeon Hill Picnic" was "sustained by excellence of execution".[48] At that time, Howard Devree of the New York Times saw "evidence of gathering powers" in her work and wrote "she imparts a dramatic feeling to landscape. She even manages this time to do trees touched by Autumn tints without calendar effect, which is no small praise."[51] Three years later, a Times critic reported Brockman had "set herself a new high" in the watercolors she presented,[52] and another critic said the gallery where she was showing had not "for some time" shown "so outstanding a solo exhibitor as Ann Brockman."[2] Shortly before her death, a critic for Art News maintained that she was "one of America's most talented women painters".[46] After she had died, a critic said Brockman's paintings "displayed real power", adding that she was "highly rated among the nation's professional artists" and was known to give "aid and encouragement, always with a smile," both artists and to her students.[10] in reviewing the memorial exhibition at the Kraushaar Galleries held in 1945, reviewers wrote about the strength and vibrancy of her personality, the quality of her painting ("every bit as good, possibly better than people had thought"),[53] called her "one of the best of our twentieth century women painters", and credited "her sense of the vividness of life" as a contributor to "the unusual breadth that is so characteristic of her work.[11] One noted that her work was "widely recognized throughout the country" and could be found in the collections of prominent museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago.[54] Writing in the Times, Devree wrote, "even those who had followed the steady growth of this artist for more than a decade, each successive show being at once an evidence of new achievement and an augury of still better work to come, may well be surprised at the combined impact of the selected paintings in the present showing,"[55] and writing in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, A.Z Kruse said she had made "extraorginary accomplishments", painted with "inordinate distinction" showing a "lyrical majesty," and possessed "a keen esthetic sense which did not deviate from truth."[54] Artistic style (1) Ann Brockman, undated drawing, black chalk on paper, 18 x 22 inches (2) Ann Brockman, High School Picnic, about 1935, oil on canvas, 34 1/4 x 44 1/4 inches (3) Ann Brockman, untitled landscape, about 1943, watercolor and pencil on paper, 15 1/4 x 22 1/2 inches (4) Ann Brockman, North Coast, undated watercolor, 21 1/2 x 30 inches (5) Ann Brockman, On the Beach, 1942, watercolor on paper, 16 1/2 x 20 inches (6) Ann Brockman, Lot's Wife, 1942, oil on canvas, 46 x 35 inches (7) Ann Brockman, New York Harbor, 1934, watercolor on paper, 13 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches (8) Ann Brockman, Youth, 1942, oil on board, 13 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches Brockman was a figurative painter whose main subjects were rural landscapes and small-town and coastal scenes. She worked in oils and watercolors, becoming better known for the latter late in her career. Most of her paintings were relatively small. Although she made figure pieces infrequently, the nudes and circus and Biblical scenes she painted were seen to be among her best works. In 1938, Howard Devree wrote: "Her gray-day marines and coast scenes are familiar to gallery goers and are favorites with her fellow artists. Her figure pieces have attained a sculptural quality without losing warmth or taking on stiffness. One spirited circus incident of equestriennes about to enter the big tent compares not unfavorably with many of the similar pictures by a long line of painters who have been fascinated by the theme. She imparts a dramatic feeling to landscape. She even manages this time to do trees touched by Autumn tints without calendar effect, which is no small praise."[51] Similarly, a critic for Art Digest wrote that year: "Fluently and virilely painted, [her] canvases suggest a close affinity between nature and humans. The artist takes her subjects out in the open where they may picnic or bathe with space and air about them. A fast tempo is felt in the compositions of restless horses and nimble entertainers busily alert for the coming performance. Miss Brockman is also interested in portraying frightened groups of people, hurrying to safety or standing half-clad in the lowering storm light."[56] Her palette ranged from vivid colors in bright sunlight to somber ones in the overcast skies of stormy weather. Of the former, one critic spoke of the rich colors and "sun-drenched rocks" of her coastal scenes and another of her "summery landscapes of coves and picnics."[11][50] Of the latter, Howard Devree said she "painted so many moody Maine coast vignettes of lowering skies and uneasy seas that artists have been heard to refer to an effect as 'an Ann Brockman day'".[57] Brockman's handling of Biblical subjects can be seen in the oil called "Lot's Wife", shown above, Image No. 6. Her watercolor called "On the Beach" and her oil portrait called "Youth" may both indicate the "sculptural quality" that Devree said was typical of her figure pieces (Image No. 8, above). An example of Brockman's bright palette in a typical summer theme is the oil painting called "High School Picnic" shown above, Image No. 2. Next to it is a painting, an untitled landscape of about 1943 whose medium, watercolor on paper, shows off the sunny palette she often used (Image No. 3). Among the darkest of her works was an untitled 1942 drawing she made in black chalk (shown above, Image No. 1). In a book called Drawings by American Artists (1947), the artist and art editor Norman Kent noted that this study influenced her painting through its use of "forms" that were "elastic" and suggested "color". He said its "massing of dark and light" created "a definite mood" that was "impressionistic" and had "the strength of a man's work".[58] Brockman's undated watercolor called "North Coast" (shown above, Image No. 4) is an example of the paintings to which Kent referred. Illustrator (9) Ann Brockman, cover, March 12, 1917, Every Week magazine (10) Illustration of an article, "The Taking of a Salient" by Henry Russell...
Category

1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Farming Girl Dappled Light Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Farmers Daughter French Impressionist, early 1900's signed oil painting on board, unframed board: 8.75 x 5.5 inches condition: very good provenance: from a private collection in ...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Girl in stockings
Located in Edinburgh, GB
"You can teach a girl femininity for a long time, but stockings will do it instantly."
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Stillness
Located in Wenham, MA
This is a beautiful original oil on linen panel painting by master painter, Donald Jurney. Donald Jurney (b. 1945) was educated at Columbia University, the Pratt Institute, and the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Spring Shadows and Straw Hat, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This contemporary figurative painting captures the tranquil beauty of a gardener strolling down a garden path, viewed from above. The focal point is the garde...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Paris, le Sacre Coeur, Rue du Chevalier de la Barre
By Robert Giovani
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Giovani (French, 1900-1977 Title: Paris, le Sacre Coeur, Rue du Chevalier de la Barre Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Oil on hardboard Board siz...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Two Girls, Cubism, Figurative, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Peter Tovpev Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2021 Style: Cubism Title: Two Girls Size: ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1950s French Post Impressionist Painting Nude Model in Parisian Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Rocks and Surf, Monhegan" Leon Kroll, Surf Seascape American Realist Artist
Located in New York, NY
Leon Kroll Rocks and Surf, Monhegan, 1913 Signed and dated lower right Oil on canvas 30 x 25 inches Leon Kroll remained a painter of realism at a time when the American art world w...
Category

1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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.

Recently Viewed

View All