Impressionist 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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Size: Miniature
Style: Impressionist
British Impressionist Watercolor of Wildflowers, Fields, and Rolling Hills
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of Wildflowers, Fields, and Rolling Hills
By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023)
Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed
Dimensions: 11 x...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Watercolour of Bridge and Church in a Tranquil Village Scene
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolour of Bridge and Church in a Tranquil Village Scene
by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Signed: Yes
Size: 9.25 inches (height) x 12.5 inches (width)
Watercolor paint...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Welcome in New England
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
I started a series of paintings of places in the town I live in: Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. In many New England small towns, the most important buildings are the white protestant churches in the commons. In Shrewsbury, this church is called “the First Congregational Church”. So it made sense to start my painting collection with this church. My fellow painters told me that New England churches have been painted millions of times, and that it could be a boring subject. However, I was struck by the beauty in these churches. Coming from the French Loire Valley where winters are grey and rainy, I loved the crisp, blue sky of New England in winter and the way the church and the snow shared the same pearly white color. Compared to where I come from, churches are instead made of yellow ochre stone and snow is very rare. Overall, I just started to paint what was different for me. Even though my paintings of New England...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Petals on the Breeze, Oil Painting
By Lisa Elley
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Bathed in soft golden light, this dreamy painting captures the serene beauty of Lake Como. Gentle reflections ripple across the water as distant villas nestle i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Boats and Lighthouse on a Rocky Shore
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Boats and Lighthouse on a Rocky Shore
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 9.5 x 7 inches (height x widt...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pastel Sailing Boats Docked In The Town Shore French Oil Landscape Painting
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Boat Harbour
dated 96'
Signed by Fanch Lel ( French School)
Framed: 10 x 12 inches
Board: 8.5 x 10.5 inches
Inscribed verso
Oil painting on board, framed
Condition: The painti...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Santa Barbara California Coastal Ocean Scene Plein Air Waves Impressionist #0-90
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Estate signed verso. Painted between the years 1916 and 1926.
In a genuine gold leaf, had carved frame.
This painting is identified in the Francis Draper Jr. archives as #0-90........
Category
1920s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
French Vivid Coastal Oil Painting of Sailboats and Stone Tower
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Vivid Coastal Oil Painting of Sailboats and Stone Tower
By F.T. Roussel
Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on cardboard, unframed
Condi...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern Seascape Watercolor with Rock and Vibrant Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modern Seascape Watercolor with Rock and Vibrant Sky
By Lucy M. Turner
Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed
Signed: Verso
Dimensions: 15 x 11.25 inches (Height x Wid...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Vertical Night, Original Cityscape Painting, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Cities glow in the night. The vertical services contrast against the dark skies. Many modern buildings are lit as sculpture. A fine art collection of art outside f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tonalist Landscape painting by Robert Cairns Dobson, American
Located in Rochester, NY
Tonalist landscape oil painting by Robert Cairns Dobson, American oil painting on academy board. In a well matched original frame. Signed and monogrammed lower left, early 20th centu...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Wayne's World" (2021) by Clyde Steadman, Original Still-Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Wayne's World" by Clyde Steadman (United States) is a handmade still-life painting that is unframed, but ready to hang.
I learned by combining years of working from life in figure,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
French Coastal Watercolour of Seaside Cottages and Sailboats
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Coastal Watercolour of Seaside Cottages and Sailboats
by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Signed: Yes
Size: 9.5 inches (height) x 12.5 inches (width)
Watercolor painting on p...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Watercolour of Basilica and Canal Street in Pastel Tones with Mount
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolour of Basilica and Canal Street in Pastel Tones with Mount
by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 12.25 inches (height) x 9.5 inches (width)
Watercolor painting o...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century Palm Springs Desert Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Palm Springs Desert Landscape
Wonderful mid century bright and vibrant landscape of a classic Palm Springs desert scene by K. Neidlinger (American 20th Century), circa 1...
Category
1950s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Water Lilies Heat of Day, Oil PaintingWater Lilies Heat of Day, Oil PaintingWate
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Water lilies float serenely on a pond, their pink blossoms contrasting with the green foliage. Sunlight dances across the scene, reflecting in shimmering patc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"End of the Road / Helper" - Original Impressionist Oil Landscape Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"End of the Road / Helper" is a beautiful original impressionist painting by Michael Workman, depicting a service station resting at the end of a road, between powerlines and infrast...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Green escape, oil on canvas, framed, landscape, impressionistic, interior
Located in Oslo, NO
Green Escape offers a serene retreat into nature, painted from life in 2024. This plein air landscape, created in the expressive alla prima technique, reflects the freshness and vita...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tropic Town Sky, Original Cityscape Painting, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The night. The quiet. Swaying palm trees in the cool breeze of this tropical town is calming and relaxing.
Keywords: Cityscape, palm tree, city, upward view
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL - PASTORAL LANDSCAPE LUSH GREEN FIELDS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Summer Fields"
by Maurice Mazeilie (French)
oil painting on board, unframed
stamped verso
inscribed verso
painting: 5.5 x 8 inches
A delightful original oil painting by the French...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Sun Went Down Like Honey, Original Impressionist Landscape Pastel Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
The Sun Went Down Like Honey, Original Impressionist Landscape Painting
8" x 10" Pastel on Board
A gorgeous turquoise-blue water gleams with hints of green and purple beneath a glowing orange sky. The sunset gives clouds on the horizon line a radiant color, which slowly fades into pink, then purple and blue, beckoning in the night.
Artist Commentary:
The ocean is my happy place...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
Dance Interlude, c. 1910-20
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Oil on board
Provenance
Estate of Marjorie MacMonnies Wysong (the artist's granddaughter); Hap Moore Auctions; Martin Ferrick Antiques
Exhibitions
Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, American Women Artists: 1860–1960, October 13–November 10, 2017.
Description
During her expatriate career, between the mid-1880s and return to the United States in 1920, painter and muralist Mary Fairchild MacMonnies (later Low) was one of the most successful American women artists of her generation. Mary Fairchild was born in Connecticut, but was raised largely in St. Louis, Missouri. Inspired by her mother's work as a painter of miniatures and dissatisfied as a school teacher, she enrolled in the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, where she led a movement for women to be permitted to draw model posed in the nude, an important component of artistic training then considered improper for well-bred young women. Impressed by her talent and drive, the school's director, Halsey Ives...
Category
1910s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mautene Court Sky, Original Oil on Canvas (Abstract)
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
As night approaches, the street takes on shade and muted colors. Quiet and placid among buildings of brick.
Keywords: Cityscape upward view
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"What Are You Having, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "What Are You Having" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the interior of a bar with a bartender at the counter.
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage French Impressionist Oil Flowers in Teal Color Vase signed original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vintage French Oil Painting
signed by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back/ titled verso
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 17 high by 13...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flower Stand
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original piece signed by the Artist lower right.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape at Twilight by American Artist George Renouard Dated 1916
Located in Rochester, NY
Impressionist landscape by George Renouard. Beautiful blues and mauves. Oil on academy board. Unsigned. Dated on back Oct 18 '16.
George Renouard, was born in Rochester, New York an...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bougainvillea in Evora
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A plein air painting of a quiet street in a Portuguese city. Bougainvillea spills over the rooftop of one of the buildings, adding color and vibrancy to an otherwise tranquil scene. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
"Rocky Mountain Cabin" Rustic Rocky Mountain Landscape Impasto Oil Painting
By Sandra Pratt
Located in Denver, CO
This exquisite oil on panel, titled "Rocky Mountain Cabin" by Sandra Pratt, crafted in 2023, features a vibrant and textured portrayal of a rustic cabin nestled in the Rocky Mountain...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Morning light, oil painting, winter landscape, fine art, nature, square
Located in Oslo, NO
“Morning Light” is a stunning oil painting on an MDF board measuring 30x30 cm. The artist has beautifully captured the tranquility of a winter morning, bathed in soft light and delic...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Long Beach, Sag Harbor
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein air.
Artist Bio:
Nelson H. White was born in New London, Connecticut in 1932. White has been surrounded by art and artists from the time he was born. He received h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nature Landscape Painting by Gloucester Painter Charles Movalli
Located in Rockport, MA
Charles Movalli paints a peaceful forest scene filled with sunlight shining through the leaves. Movalli was a well-known American painter from Cape Ann, Massachusetts. He followed th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Intermezzo
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Rocky Coastline Beach Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Coastline
by Charles Martin-Sauvaigo (French 1881-1970) * see notes below
French Impressionist painter
oil painting on wooden panel
unframed
size: 8.25 x 10.5 inches
condition: v...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Resting Boats on a Tranquil Shoreline
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Resting Boats on a Tranquil Shoreline
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 7.5 x 10.5 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on b...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saint Sebastian, Figurative, 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: 16" x...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paddle Wheeler and Schooner on the River
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right: Irving R. Wiles; on verso: To Arthur H. Clark Eq. / From Irving R. Wiles April 1920 / New London CONN / Aug - 1916
Category
20th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red field. Mordovia
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
When the harvesting is actively going on in the fields, I painted sketches in packs collecting them. There are such long blue shadows. Shadows run swiftly and the field is bright red...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Friday Night, Frith Street, Soho-original impressionism cityscape painting-Art
By David Farren
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Friday Night, Frith Street, Soho" by David Farren is a captiv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
"Canal House, Lumberville"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right.
Evelyn Faherty (1919-2015)
Evelyn Faherty was born in the early 20th century and made her home in Yardley, Pennsylvania. She is a Bucks County Impressionist...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Field Notes, oil on canvas, small painting, impressionistic, landscape, summer
Located in Oslo, NO
Painted in 2024, "Field Notes" captures a warm summer moment beyond the city’s edge. Created in the alla prima technique, directly from life, the work conveys a sense of lightness an...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Muted Morning, Original Landscape Painting, 2021
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Everyone loves a sunny morning but sometimes an overcast morning just feels right and that's how things felt on this particular morning. I knew the sun would even...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
Split Sky
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Diptych of an upward view Chicagoesque sky.
Keywords: abstract, layer, line, building, city, shape, sky, time, moment, energy, painting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Savoring The Day
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
We’ve all had those days that we just didn’t want to end. This particular day began with several hikes followed by late afternoon at the beach and ending with a b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
Misty Morning On The Loch, Natalie Bird, Original Landscape Mixed Media Work
Located in Deddington, GB
Misty morning on the loch by Natalie Bird [2021]
original
Mixed media
Image size: H:20 cm x W:25 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:28 cm x W:36 cm x D:1cm
Sold Unframed
Please no...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Mini Seasons Quadtych
By Nicky Chubb
Located in Deddington, GB
Mini Seasons Quadtych by Nicky Chubb [2021]
original
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Image size: H:30 cm x W:30 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:30 cm x D:4cm
Sold Unframed
Pl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Self Portrait of Addison Thomas Millar at Desk
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"Self Portrait of Addison Thomas Millar at Desk" is a captivating painting by the American Impressionist artist Addison Thomas Millar. This self-portrait offers a glimpse into the in...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Voznesensky garden. Apple trees in bloom. Kolomenskoe
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
I love this garden in the park. Walking there, you forget about the flow of time, and in the spring, at the time of flowering, when the apple trees try on a white wedding dress, your...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunset. February. Tower of the Bratsk prison. Kolomenskoye
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
This tower in Kolomenskoye Park appeared in 1959 after the flooding of the Bratsk Reservoir. The Bratsk fort was founded in the 1630s on the banks of the Angara River - not far from ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Beth Dacey, "Little Blue Coat", 12x12 Vintage Woman Oil Painting on Canvas
By Beth Dacey
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Beth Dacey's "Little Blue Coat" is a 12x12 oil painting on canvas of a woman with short dark hair laughing. This vintage inspired piece is unique as it crops the face of the woman to...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary impressionist landscape nature watercolor painting on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork "Magic place from my childhood" is a compelling landscape painting that captures the dynamic essence of nature through vigorous brushstrokes and a vivid color palette.
...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Beth Dacey, "Little Yellow Coat", 12x12 Vintage Woman Oil Painting on Canvas
By Beth Dacey
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Beth Dacey's "Little Yellow Coat" is a 12x12 oil painting on canvas of a woman leaning while wearing a yellow coat. This vintage inspired piece is unique as it crops the face of the ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lisa David, "Hot Chocolate", 12x12 Cozy Still life Oil Painting on Board
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This painting "Hot Chocolate" is a 12x12 oil painting on board by artist Lisa David. Depicted is a homey still life painting of a cup of hot chocolate in a ceramic mug resting on a t...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
San Frediano, White Flags
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A plein air painting of a street in Florence.
Artist Bio
Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. Even in his earliest years, it was evident that his passion was a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
Santa Barbara California Ocean Waves Coastal Scene Impressionist Plein Air #0-99
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Estate signed verso. Painted between the years 1916 and 1926. This painting is identified in the Francis Draper Jr. archives as #0-99........... PROVENANCE: The Francis Draper Jr. Estate........ PLEASE INQUIRE ABOUT THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF THESE WONDERFUL CALIFORNIA PLEIN AIR IMPRESSIONIST...
Category
1910s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
The Yellow Rose
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted by Nelson H. White, in his studio. A single yellow rose stands as the focal point in a small 6 x 4 inch panel. Poking out of a glass bottle, against a dark background, shades...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Le Marché" Market Scene
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Le Marché" Market Scene
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 8.25 x 6 inches (height x width)
Signed: Bottom left
Oil painting on cardboard...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
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Find a wide variety of authentic Impressionist 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 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, green, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Vahe Yeremyan, Richard Szkutnik, Iryna Kastsova, and Michael Budden. 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 paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available.