Impressionist Portrait 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
Gary Zack, "Classic Orange", Woman Portrait with Orange Hat Oil Painting 36x36
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This neutral piece "Classic Orange" is a 36x36 oil painting on canvas by artist Gary Zack featuring a woman wearing a large brimmed orange and strapless yellow dress. The hat covers ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Child and Baby Dogs on the Beach by Nicolas-Saleem Macsoud
Located in Pasadena, CA
Nicholas Saleem Macsoud (1884-1972)
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) 5 July, 1936
B'klyn Artist's Work Featured At Pocono Show
Nicholas S. Macsoud's Work Part of Mano...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,500 Sale Price
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Parisian Lady with Tea
Located in Sheffield, MA
Francois Gerome
French, 1895
Parisian Lady with Tea
Oil on canvas
9 by 12 in, w/ frame 15 by 18 in
Signed lower right
Francois Gerome was born in Budapest in 1895. He attended the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Date for One" Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 47" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Date for One" Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 47" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has bee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coral Color - Portrait Oil Painting Colors Red Blue White Pale Brown Lilac
By Ivan Roussev
Located in Sofia, BG
"Coral Color" is a painting by the impressionist Ivan Roussev.
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting
STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary
Edition : Unique, signed
Weight: Approx...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Children's Dreams Flight Portrait Oil Painting Black Pale Brown White Green Red
By Ivan Roussev
Located in Sofia, BG
"Children's Dreams Flight" is a painting by the impressionist Maestro Ivan Roussev.
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting
STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary
Edition : Unique, signed
Weight: Approximately 2 kg.
The painting is unframed.
Frame: Optional
Snow Pearl...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
My First Love - Portrait Oil Painting Colors White Pink Grey Blue Pink Black
By Ivan Roussev
Located in Sofia, BG
"My First Love" is a painting by the impressionist Ivan Roussev.
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting
STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary
Edition : Unique, signed
Weight: Appr...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Parisian Lady with Flowers
Located in Sheffield, MA
Francois Gerome
French, 1895
Parisian Lady with Flowers
Oil on canvas
20 by 23 in, w/ frame 25 ½ by 28 ½ in
Signed lower right
Francois Gerome was born in Budapest in 1895. He atte...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Portrait of Ben" oil painting of contemporary painter FENSKE seated in corner
By Amy Florence
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted at night, a portrait of contemporary painter, Ben Fenske. Lit from above, Fenske sits in a chair, comfortably extending one leg, holding a green beverage bottle. A coat hangs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
In The Bride's Shop, Lord & Taylor - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Signed lower right
Printer's and designer's marks in margins
"Tool pearls in bodice, train & headband & ribbon under bosom."
Ex-collection photographer Frank Paulin...
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Last Light, Rattvik" contemporary plein air oil painting of red barn in Sweden
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein air in Rattvik, Sweden, a red barn stands amidst a dirt road. This shaded dirt road is depicted not with many shades or brown, rather many shades of blue. A bright g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Profile of Omda's Wife" (FRAMED) Drawing 14" x 10" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Profile of Omda's Wife" (FRAMED) Drawing 14" x 10" 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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
"Hummas Merchant" (FRAMED) Figuraive Oil Painting 35 x 35 in by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Hummas Merchant" (FRAMED) Figuraive Oil Painting 35 x 35 in by Omar Abdel Zaher
Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has been painting for three dec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist Idyllic Madonna
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
B. Gianni's impressionist Madonna is an exquisite painting that radiates with a divine presence and ethereal beauty. This remarkable artwork depicts the Madonna seated gracefully on ...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pear Blossom" oil painting Impressionist wildflower still life by female artist
By Amy Florence
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A still life oil painting of branches of pear blossoms, freshly cut and arranged in a glass pitcher of water. These spring blossoms flourish in small white petals, against curved brown branches. The flowers are set atop a wooden table, and in front of a painted canvas, depicting a landscape. The artist is thinking in abstract compositions, yet creating a naturalistic painting.
Painting Dimensions: 31.5 in x 25.6 in
Framed Dimensions: 35.5 x 29.5 in
Framed in a handmade Italian gold leaf frame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Maitreya. Spring. Suzhou, China
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Painting "MATTER. The spring of Suzhou, China" takes us to the depths of Chinese culture, opening to the viewer a scene that connects spirituality and nature. Created in 2009, this w...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Trainee
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The picture was painted in China_ during an internship in China in 2009
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Family Regalia, 14x11" oil on board
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Family Regalia by Lu Haskew
Oil 14x11" image size
Portrait Painting
This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed.
Shipping price include...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jennifer, 16x12" oil on board
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Jennifer by Lu Haskew
Oil 16x12" image size
Portrait Painting
This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed.
Shipping price includes the ...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flower in my Hair, 16x12" oil on board
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Flower in my Hair by Lu Haskew
Oil 16x12" image size
Portrait Painting
This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed.
Shipping price incl...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Glasses and Goatee, 14x11" oil on board
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Glasses and Goatee by Lu Haskew
Oil 14x11" image size
Portrait Painting
This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed.
Shipping price inc...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Earrings , 17x14" oil on board
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
The Earrings by Lu Haskew
Oil Painting Portrait
17x14" image size
20x17" framed
Shipping price includes the custom packing necessary for safe transport of fine art.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu Haskew 1921-2009
"Life is good to me. Being able to go to my studio five days weekly and paint for several hours, living in a supportive community, having family and friends who encourage me--all have contributed to helping me become an artist. Being fortunate to study with some of the artists I admire has kept me painting from the garden, people and my favorite things. With the support of galleries, teaching and doing demos, how could I do anything else? My goal is to try to be the best I can be by always being a student, looking for new ideas and stretching my horizons."
Upon retirement from a 33-year teaching career, Lu rented a studio in Loveland and began concentrating on her oil and watercolor painting. Learning from artists she had followed and admired throughout the years her painting became a full time career that lasted 17-years. Beginning in 1992, she studied with renowned painters Richard Schmid, Clyde Aspevig, Joyce Pike...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Woman Reading", An He, Impressionistic Portrait, Original Oil on Canvas, 40x30
By An He
Located in Dallas, TX
"Woman Reading" by An He is an original impressionistic oil on canvas portrait painting measuring 40x30 in. A modern day brunette woman sitting in a red chair reads a book in the light of a summers day.
Chinese-American artist An He, also known as Hans Amis, is known for his magnificent portrait paintings of...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Woman lost in Thought
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated 1924 upper right
Simplified forms, geometricized volumes and restricted color palette characterizes this work.
Zabriskie Gallery Label on verso
Original period frame
Kenneth Hayes Miller taught at the Art Students League from 1911 until 1951. Some of his students were: Reginald Marsh, George Bellows, George Tooker, Rockwell Kent, Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Patrick Henry Bruce
Category
1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fillette à la pomme
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Fillette à la pomme" is an Impressionist portrait oil on canvas painting by María Blanchard. The artwork is 28 1/4 x 23 5/8 inches and is 32 1/2 x 28 x 2 inches with the frame, weig...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Behind Stage", Zhiwei Tu, Impressionist, Figurative, 48x36 in, Oil on Canvas
By Zhiwei Tu
Located in Dallas, TX
"Behind Stage" by Zhiwei Tu is an Impressionistic Figurative original oil on canvas painting that measures 48x36 in. This painting has a class of beautiful b...
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Spring Reflection", An He, Impressionistic Figurative Original Oil, 40x30 in.
By An He
Located in Dallas, TX
"Spring Reflection" by An He is an original oil on canvas portrait painting measuring 40x30 in. in a brown simple frame. A timid victorian lady in a white gown looks over her shoulder standing beneath a blooming cherry blossom tree with a basket full of red and pink flowers freshly picked in the spring.
Chinese-American artist An He, also known as Hans Amis, is known for his magnificent portrait paintings of women...
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study Portrait of Little Girl with Big Pink Bow
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"Little Girl with Big Pink Bow" is a charming 19th-century painting by the lesser-known artist Henry LaFant. This piece captures the innocence and simplicity of childhood, featuring a young girl adorned in a delicate white bonnet and a large pink bow...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sexy French Cabaret Dancers - Folies Bergere Pulp Paperback Book Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Campy and sexy illustration of two French chorus girls for the mid-century Avon paperback Les Girls.
Story of the Folies Bergere Unsigned and unframed.
George Ziel...
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Board
20th Century Oil Painting Impressionist Portrait of Mother and Daughter
Located in London, GB
A beautiful french salon double portrait. We adore the wallpaper in the background and the whole in its frame superchic.
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
My Father in Aer Lingus Uniform, Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a beautiful one-of-a-kind original impressionist painting. The piece ships ready to hang and is signed by the artist on the bottom right.
This item ships from Ireland.
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Gentle Gesture", John Cook, Oil on Canvas, Impressionism, Native American
By John Cook
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Gentle Gesture" is an original oil on canvas and measures 72x48 inches. This impressionistic painting is of a young Indian woman handing a small flower to a little girl while a ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Beauty
Located in Sheffield, MA
Walter Blackman
American, 1847-1928
Young Beauty
Oil on canvas
20 by 16 in. W/frame 32 by 28 in.
Studied under Gerome, Paris
Exhibited:
Society of America...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Tarte aux fraises by Jean-Pierre Cassigneul - Oil painting
Located in London, GB
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La Tarte aux fraises by Jean-Pierre Cassigneul (b. 1935)
Oil on canvas
130 x 97 cm (51 ¹/₈ x 38 ¹/₄ inches)
Signed lowe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman in Red and Green, Impressionist Oil Painting by Lisa Martin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lisa Martin - Woman in Red and Green, Year: circa 1996, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 42 x 50.25 in. (106.68 x 127.64 cm)
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Man, Impressionist Oil on Board by Lisa Martin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lisa Martin - Portrait of Man, Year: circa 1995, Medium: Oil on Board, Size: 18 x 14 in. (45.72 x 35.56 cm)
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fillette a l’orange (Little Girl with Orange)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Fillette a l'orange (Little Girl with Orange)" is a figurative portrait Impressionist oil on canvas painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1911. The artwork is 25 3/4 x 21 3/8 inches ...
Category
1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Donna con Ventilatore
Located in Missouri, MO
Arnaldo de Lisio (Italian, 1869-1949)
Donna con Ventilatore
Oil on Canvas
Signed Lower Right
34 x 24 inches
41 x 31.5 inches
Arnaldo De Lisio (9 December 1869 – 5 March 1949) was an...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
"Sonatina" (2024) By Vincent Xeus, Original Oil Painting on Linen
Located in Denver, CO
"Sonatina" by Vincent Xues is an original, handmade oil painting on linen that depicts a portrait of a woman looking to the side, with her hair in a loose bun, in front of a pale gre...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
William Blake, Oil Painting by Duncan Hannah
Located in Long Island City, NY
William Blake
Duncan Hannah
American (1952–2022)
Date: 1981
Oil on Canvas, initialed, titled and dated lower right
Size: 30 x 20 in. (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
Category
1980s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
Man Playing Guitar, Oil Painting by Duncan Hannah
Located in Long Island City, NY
Man Playing Guitar
Duncan Hannah, American (1952–2022)
Date: 1981
Oil on Canvas, initialed lower right, signed and dated on verso
Size: 44 x 40 in. (111.76 x 101.6 cm)
Frame Size: 45...
Category
1980s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
Madonna
Located in Missouri, MO
Madonna by Louis Carl Hvasta (1913-1993)
Unframed: 37" x 24"
Framed: 47.75" x 34"
Signed and Dated Lower Left
Frame was Hand Made by the artist himself.
A local Californian Artist, ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Price Upon Request
Abe Lincoln
Located in Missouri, MO
Abe Lincoln by Louis Carl Hvasta (1913-1993)
Unframed: 24" x 18"
Framed: 30.5" x 24.5"
Signed and Dated Top Right
Frame was Hand Made by the artist himself...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Price Upon Request
Pope John 23rd in Cardinal Robe
Located in Missouri, MO
Pope John 23rd in Cardinal Robe by Louis Carl Hvasta (1913-1993)
Unframed: 35" x 23"
Framed: 43" x 31"
Signed and Dated Lower Left
Frame was Hand Made by the...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Price Upon Request
The Gray Kimono
Located in New York, NY
The Gray Kimono, 1901, by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916)
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches unframed (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
28 x 24 1/16 inches framed (71.12 x 61.11875 cm)
Paper (Alice Wil...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
Young Boy with Hat
Located in Long Island City, NY
An impressionist portrait of a young boy in winter wear.
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010)
Title: Young Boy with Hat
Medium: Oil on C...
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Young British Woman, the Ellis Island Series, Laurent Marcel Salinas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010)
Title: Young British Woman from the Ellis island Series, 1005
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated
Image Size: 23 x 17.5 inche...
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian Man from the Ellis Island Series by Laurent Marcel Salinas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010)
Title: Italian Man from the Ellis island Series, 985
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed
Size: 24 x 18 inches
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Vincent
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A portrait of the artist long before his fractured life ended. Here we see the freshness & purity of the young van Gogh. An elemental lightness suffuses the piece in symbolic represe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
Auto Portrait
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a lovely self portrait by Swiss artist Juliette Calame’. “Auto-Portrait” is an original vintage oil on panel, signed, c.1925, with an image dimension of 29 x 19.5 inches.
Category
1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Price Upon Request
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Find a wide variety of authentic Impressionist portrait 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 portrait 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, orange, purple, yellow and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Suchitra Bhosle, Christopher Clark, Claude Benard, and Michael Alford. 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 portrait paintings, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait 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 $1,450.