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
"Grandfather and grandson" Oil cm.140 x 122 , 1996
Located in Torino, IT
Grandfather, Grandson, Countryside, summer, child, dog,impressionist
Published in a monographic catalogue
Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015)
193...
Category
1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Street Violinist Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
The street violinist figurative painting by Rafael DeSota (American, 1904-1992), 1979. Giltwood frame. Signed "Rafael DeSota 1979" lower right. 18"H x 24"L.
In 1930 he began to draw interior story illustrations for Street & Smith's western pulp magazines...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Hot Summer - Nude Oil Painting Colors Blue Yellow Brown Grey
By Ivan Roussev
Located in Sofia, BG
"Hot Summer" is a painting by the impressionist Ivan Roussev.
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting
STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary
Edition : Unique, signed
Weight: Approxi...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Standard Bearer 2 - Figurative Painting Canvas Yellow Blue Red Grey Pink Black
Located in Sofia, BG
"Standard bearer 2" is a painting by Maestro Christos Antonaropoulos
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting on canvas
STYLE: Impression...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Ohlone Mother and Child Walking Through the Santa Cruz Redwoods - Landscape 1930
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene depiction of an Ohlone Mother and Child walking a forest path by Anton Dahl (Swedish-American). Ohlone Mother and child are walking through the North...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Le port de la Chaume. Oil on canvas, 33x41 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Le port de la Chaume. Oil on canvas, 33x41 cm
Category
1940s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Toned Impressionist Seascape with Fishermen Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Impressionist landscape by Houston, Texas artist and illustrator Charles Dixon Snowden. Blue toned seascape depicting dark ocean waves and three fishermen o...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Rise and Grind
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
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST SIGNED OIL - EXOTIC COLOURFUL LANDSCAPE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Exotic Landscape"
by Maurice Mazeilie (French)
oil painting on board, unframed
inscribed verso, 2013
painting: 5 x 7 inches
A delightful original oil painting by the 20th century ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Autumns Riverbank
By Adele Riley
Located in Deddington, GB
Autumns Riverbank [2022]
original
Acrylic and acrylic inks
Image size: H:61 cm x W:61 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:61 cm x W:61 cm x D:4cm
Frame Size: H:65 cm x W:65 cm x D:...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Ballet School
Located in ludlow, GB
Rene Jerome Legrand (British, Born 1953)
The Ballet School - oil on Canvas 24 by 20 inches, Signed and Framed (30 by 26 inches)
This was painted when the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figurative Impressionist Painting, "Free Fall"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original oil on canvas impressionist figurative painting by San Diego artist, Fiona Phillips. Its dimensions are 37"x37"x2". It ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Red roses on blue tablecloth" Oil cm. 100 x 75 1970
Located in Torino, IT
Rose,Red,Blu Flowers,
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MAYA KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia, 1924 - 2005)
Maya kopitzeva’s works have been acquired by the Russian Ministry of Culture, by the Foundation f...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Running from the Storm - Dutch Landscape with Horse and Cart - signed
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive figural landscape by an unknown Dutch artist. A horse is pulling a cart along a dirt road, away from a threatening storm. A woman in a dar...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Sunday Ride in the Winton"
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed, romantic depiction of four people out for a drive in an early 1900s Winton by Phoebe Healey (American, 1919-2001). A man and three women are dr...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Game of Checkers" Jules Herve, French Impressionism, Family Playing in a Garden
Located in New York, NY
Jules Herve (French, 1887 - 1981)
Game of Checkers, circa 1960
Oil on canvas
10 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches
Signed lower right; signed on the reverse
Jules Rene Herve, an impressionist of ou...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist, Hamburg Harbour Scene, Warehouse District, Signed, German Art
Located in Greven, DE
Small format, well preserved, oil painting , which shows Hamburg Harbour, the so-called Warehouse Distrcit. The painting is in the Impressionist Style and is signed. So far the signa...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Vintage Original Old Hollywood Portrait -- Peter Lorre with Yellow Scarf
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful old Hollywood portrait of a middle aged Peter Lorre (1904-1964) by Charles Kingham (American, 1895-1984), circa 1955. Unsigned. Acquired with oth...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Impressionist English 20th century, cottage landscape near Winterton, Norfolk
Located in Woodbury, CT
English Impressionist landscape with cottages, set in the Norfolk countryside, Winterton, England
Keith Arthur Johnson was born at South Pickenham, Swaffham, Norfolk in 1931, son o...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Contemporary Art by Jean Duquoc - Un Temps d'Automne
By Jean Duquoc
Located in Paris, IDF
Signed at the bottom left
Jean Duquoc is a French artist born in 1937 who lives & works in Belz, Brittany in France. In his work, we can see the skill with which he uses color, movi...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Under the Crescent Moon - Impressionist Oil, Children in Landscape - Henri Duhem
By Henri Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated impressionist oil on panel by French painter Henri Duhem. The piece depicts two children playing beside a red-bricked cottage as the crescent moon...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
"The Elders" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Leigh Ann Van Fossan's "The Elders" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a grouping of sailboats on the horizon of an ocean as the sun brightly shines across the pastel...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
"Le Cafe Boheme de Paris", Gerard Valtier, Oil on Canvas, French, 29x36 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
"Le Cafe Boheme De Paris" by Gerard Valtier is an original oil on canvas that measures 29x36 inches. This impressionistic painting has an array of bright c...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Auray, Jorunn Mulen, Original Acrylic Painting On Wood, Figurative Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Auray by Jorunn Mulen [2021]
original
Acrylic paint on wood
Image size: H:40 cm x W:40 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:40 cm x D:1cm
So...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"Harmon - Queens Gambit" Parisian Chess Scene from Queens Gambit Oil Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts a scene from "Queens Gambit" of Anya Taylor Joy during an intense game of Chess with her opponent. An impressionistic take on Parisian...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Goldfish Bowl
By Richard Edward Miller
Located in New York, NY
The Goldfish Bowl by Richard Miller (1875-1943)
Oil on canvas
37 ½ x 29 ¾ inches unframed (95.25 x 75.565 cm)
46 ⅝ x 36 ¼ inches framed (118.428 x 97.155...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French North African early 20th century Impressionist, Fishermen coming ashore
Located in Woodbury, CT
French North African early 20th-century Impressionist, Fishermen coming ashore with their daily catch.
André Humbert was born in Paris on the 27th of November. He was a student of t...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In the Village - Impressionist Oil, Figures in Landscape by Henri Duhem
By Henri Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated impressionist oil on panel of figures in a landscape by French painter Henri Duhem. This beautiful piece depicts a view of a village on a summer's day. A mother and ...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Spiritual paintings, oriental idols painting by Hovsep Pushman.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Title: Little God (La Petite Dieu).
This painting was displayed March 27th - April 7th , 1928 artist exhibition at Grand Central Art Gallery, New York. Also published exhibition ca...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Standard Bearer 15 - Figurative Painting Canvas Yellow Blue Red Grey Pink Black
Located in Sofia, BG
"Standard bearer 15" is a painting by Maestro Christos Antonaropoulos
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting on canvas
STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary
Edition : Unique, si...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
MAURICE MAZEILIE-FRENCH Watercolour - Down By The River Seine Bridge Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Landscape"
by Maurice Mazeilie (French)
watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
stamped verso
painting: 6.25 x 8.5 inches
A delightful original oil painting by the 20th cen...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Spring Landscape near Broughton
By Andrea Bates
Located in Deddington, GB
Andrea Bates
18 x 24″, oil £750, Spring Landscape near Broughton
Size: H:18 cm x W:24 cm
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape with Tree
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Tree" c.1950 is an oil painting on hardboard by British/American artist Julius Maximilian Delbos, 1879-1970. It is signed at the lower left corner. The hardboard size is 12 x 10 inches, framed size is 22.25 x 20.25 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with fabric liner. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Julius M. Delbos, born in 1879 in London, England, was a landscape painter, teacher, and lecturer. He was elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design, New York City, in 1945, an Academician in 1948. He was also a member of the American Watercolor Society; the New York Watercolor Club; the Society of Graphic Art; Old Dudley Art Society, London; American Artists Professional League; National Arts Club; and the Century Club...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mickle Water Goes by the Miller When One Sleeps
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Diane Desmarais, an artist and contemporary painter
Contemporary painter Diane Desmarais was born in Hull in 1946. She graduated from the École des Bea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Kozak Hat, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Kozak Hat" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a male model with a fur hat and white coat.
About the Artist:
Suchit...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Floating Love in a Pink Sky
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
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Solfrid in 2 Poses
Located in Deddington, GB
Solfrid in 2 Poses by Judith Brenner [2022]
original
mixed media on paper
Image size: H:84.1 cm x W:59.4 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:84.1 cm x W:59.4 cm x D:0.2cm
Sold U...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper
Madonna with baby. Paper, watercolor, 85, 5x62, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Madonna with baby. Paper, watercolor, 85,5x62,5 cm
Dzemma Lia Skulme (born 1925 20 IX - 2019)
Skulme graduated from the Academy of Arts of Latvia, Department of Monumental Painting ...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
My Name , Oil Painting, Cuban Artist, Museums and International Collectors
Located in Houston, TX
My Name is a 6 x 8" oil painting by Cuban-American artist Reynier Llanes who lives in Miami. It is framed and It is oil painted on a wood panel . My Name floats in the frame. His b...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
El Vall
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "El Vall" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canva...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sur le Bosphone, On the Bosphorus, Orientalist Beautiful Girl in Boat
Located in Miami, FL
The key to this painting's charm is that the subject is a beautiful young woman who is showing her face. We see her with her charming smile. She lounges comfortably in a carpeted bo...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Along the Path - Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Along the path on a walk, a vivid impressionist oil painting by Carol H. Kelly (American, 20th Century). Signed "C.H. Kelly" and dated "70" lower right. Unframed. Image size, 18.5"H ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Cardboard
Vintage Sunrise Landscape - Sandpipers on the Shore
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous landscape of a coastline in warm sunrise colors by San Diego artist Richard Keith (American, 1937-2003). Signed "KEITH" in the lower right corner. Presented in a simple wood...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Auburn, Firehouse
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Auburn Firehouse" c.1940 is an oil painting on hardboard by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 30 x 24 inches. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Clifford Holmes, noted California artist. The artist is a descendent of early California pioneer families and is a former member of the Art League. Among the founders of the Oakland Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"View From Above" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Terrie Lombardi's "View From Above" is an original, handmade oil painting.
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
FINE MODERN BRITISH SIGNED OIL PAINTING - CHILDREN PLAYING IN SURF ON BEACH
By M. Clark
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: M. Clark, British late 20th century
Title: Playing in the Surf
Medium: oil painting on board, framed.
Size: painting: 15.75 x 19.75 inches, frame: 19.75 x 23.5 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
On the Streets of Paris
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
On the Streets of Paris by Lu Haskew
Watercolor 30x22" image size, archivally matted and framed behind glass.
A young musician plays their violin wi...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Red Houses
By Judson Reynolds Briggs
Located in San Francisco, CA
This colorful artwork "Red Houses" 1936 is an oil painting on canvas by American impressionist artist Judson Reynolds Briggs, b.1906. It is signed and dated ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Belgian Landscape II
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Belgian Landscape" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas board by Belgian artist Gustav Pynaert, 1900-1968. It is signed at the lower lef...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century French Oil Painting Landscape of a French Lake, Signed Oil Painting
By Abel LeBalle
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape of a French Lake, Signed Oil Painting
By French artist, Abel LeBalle, Mid 20th Century
Signed and titled by the artist on the lower right hand corner, however it's indecip...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Over the Bridge, Armenia - Mid Century Figurative Landscape
By Hovanessian
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century landscape painting of an arched bridge over a glassy lake with tiny figures by unknown artist Hovanessi...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Evening Gown, American Impressionistic, Oil Painters of America, FREE SHIPPING
Located in Houston, TX
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The Evening Gown is an American Impressionistic painting by Stuart Fullerton. T...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
BARBARA DOYLE (B.1917) 1970's MODERN BRITISH OIL PAINTING - Pink Sunset
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Barbara Doyle, British b. 1917
Barbara Doyle (British b.1917, born in Halifax Yorkshire, lived most of her life on the South Coast of England. She was an extremely a...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Winter - Fontainbleau Forest - Impressionist Oil, Landscape by Victor Vignon
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in a landscape oil on canvas circa 1870 by French impressionist painter Victor Alfred Paul Vignon. The work depicts a woman carrying a basket with a young child beside her walking along a snowy path in a Fontainebleau Forest. This early work by Vignon was painted whilst he was under the tutelage of Camille Corot in the period between 1869 and 1870 . The work shows a mother and child in the forest at Fontainebleau in winter. Many painters in Vignon's circle such as Monet, Renoir, Sisley and Bazille visited this area to paint in the late 1860's and the early 1870's.
Signature:
Signed lower left
Dimensions:
Framed: 23"x25.5"
Unframed: 13.5"x16"
Provenance:
Galerie Commeter - Hamburg c. 1920
French exhibition customs stamps verso
His mother has been incorrectly identified as the writer Claude Vignon...
Category
1870s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Country Lane Figurative Landscape with Autumn Trees
Located in Soquel, CA
Quaint pastoral landscape of a figure and dog walking down a country lane amongst tall autumn trees with beautiful fall foliage by Cal Donna Zell (American, 20th Century). Signed "Ca...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
"The Gentleman"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Ashley John is proud to offer this artwork by:
Carle Blenner (1862 - 1952)
Carle Blenner was born in Richmond, Virginia, and received his education in Marburg, Germany. Blenner re...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
Wood Panel, Oil
"Complete Thought" Oil Painting
By John McLeod
Located in Denver, CO
John McLeod's "Complete Thought" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts two cardinal birds facing each other as they perch on a tree branch.
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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