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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Antique American Impressionist Masterful Rhododendron Flower Still Life Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist flower still life landscape oil painting by Frank Convers Mathewson (1862 - 1941). Oil on board. Framed. Signed and dated. Measuring: 31 by 37 inche...
Oil, Board
British Original Impressionist Watercolor Orange Sunrise Over The Country Track
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunrise by Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) * see notes below original watercolor on artists paper, unframed double sided paper dimensions: 11 x 15 inch...
Watercolor
$3,960Sale Price|20% Off
American Impressionist Interior of the artists studio
By Marion Huse
Located in Woodbury, CT
A printmaker, painter, and commercial artist, Marion Huse created work that ranged from realism to abstraction and included portraits, figure subjects, landscapes, and floral still l...
Oil, Canvas
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolours Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Flowers" by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century) set of 2 watercolour on paper, unframed top painting : 6 x 4.5 inches, signed bottom right bottom painting: 5 ...
Watercolor
$4,500Sale Price|54% Off
Willow
Located in Atlanta, GA
Eva Makk has been called “the world’s foremost living impressionist painter”. She is celebrated for graceful, light-infused compositions executed with shimmer...
Canvas, Oil
$440Sale Price|20% Off
Lucile White Vintage Oil painting on canvas, European Castle view, framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an original vintage oil painting on canvas by Lucile White. The central subject of the artwork is a castle or church, with a grand dome and an elaborate bell tower that pun...
Oil
Fanasy with Flowers 159
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 300+ pictures) paper 59x42cm On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media. Flowers are a smile of ...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Signed Antique American Impressionist Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charles Sutton, “April Afternoon,” Oil on Board, Framed Landscape Painting Warmly toned impressionist oil painting by Charles Sutton, titled April Afternoon. The work captures a tra...
Canvas, Oil
It's lilac time. Realistic Flower Still Life
Located in Zofingen, AG
The coming of lilac season always heralds the world’s transformation into its most enchanting self. When the tender green on the trees has grown bold, and the evenings and early dawn...
Oil, Cardboard
19th British Impressionist River landscape, with trees, in the Summer time
Located in Woodbury, CT
Robert Fowler (British, active late 19th–early 20th century) River Landscape, circa 1900 Oil on canvas, signed lower right This atmospheric river landscape is a fine example of Robe...
Canvas, Oil
$960Sale Price|20% Off
Winter Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Budden Winter Woodland Interior IV
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Winter Woodland Interior IV oil/canvas panel 12 x 9 image unframed, 18.5 x 15.5 framed. A beautiful little winter study of light and shadow falling across this scene of trees and sno...
Oil
$476Sale Price|20% Off
Monterey Cypress - Carmel by the Sea California Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Monterey Cypress - California Seascape in Oil on Canvas Vibrant California coastal seascape by California artist E. Holton. Several cypress trees grow at the top of a rocky outcropp...
Canvas, Oil
Harbor, Coastal Impressionism Boats, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2023 Style: Impressionism Subject: Harbor, Size: 29.5" x 55.5" x 1....
Canvas, Oil
Vicious Black-end Bull Symbol
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I've poured my passion into depicting the raw intensity and elegance of a timeless struggle. The blend of acrylic and oil mediums allowed me to capture both the sof...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Antique English Panoramic Sunset Fall River Classical Landscape Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique English landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and...
Oil, Board
Impressionist Oil Painting 'The Touch of Green', 50x70 cm, Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
The tropical series continues in parallel. I had been thinking about painting this picture since we lived in Thailand, a view of our garden, where I realized the charms of getting ...
Canvas, Oil
1930's French Impressionist Oil Group Of Figures Gathered In Forest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vintage French Oil Painting by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on artist paper stuck on board, unframed measures: 10 high...
Oil
Sunset at Cape Kuron Painting, Coastal Landscape, Oil on Canvas, New
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
This plain air painting captures a serene coastal Crimean landscape bathed in the warm hues of a setting sun. The painting presents a harmonious blend of colors, with the sky radiati...
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Water Lilies
Located in Zofingen, AG
Imagine yourself on the shore of a lake surrounded by water lilies, where the mirrored surface reflects the bright blue sky of a summer day. This painting captures a unique atmospher...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Snow-capped Mountains) – Grand Teton National Park, c. 1930s
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Consigned to the gallery by private collectors Signed "Marion Kavanagh Wachtel" lower right Description Marion Kavanagh was a pupil of William Keith in San Francisco who, upon learning of her move to Southern California, urged her to contact Pasadena artist Elmer Wachtel. A romance blossomed and the two were married in 1904. During their marriage, out of respect for her husband, Marion Wachtel painted in watercolor, giving Elmer Wachtel the honor of painting in the more “serious” medium of oil. After the untimely passing of her husband and a period of grieving, Marion took up oil painting in 1930, working both en plein air and in the studio. This masterful plein air painting is a poetic interpretation of the snow-capped mountains in Grand Teton National Park...
Oil, Panel
Resting In Your Garden. Large Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Francesca Owen has pulled out a triumph of a painting in Resting in Your Garden, Full of colour and light this is a sublime piece that will bring a bold, beautiful focus to the wall....
Oil
$760Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionistic Winter Snow Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Evening Light
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Evening Light 8 x 10 unframed, 13.13 x 15 framed Evening Light is a beautiful impressionistic winter landscape snow scene that shows the view behind my studio. The painting is on a ...
Oil
"Bouquet of yellow flowers"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The painting depicts a bouquet of lush yellow chrysanthemums. The flowers occupy the center of the composition, seeming to radiate a soft inner light. Their dense, multi-layered peta...
Canvas, Oil
$5,520Sale Price|35% Off
'Early Morning River Landscape, ' by Harry L. Hoffman, Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
In this gilt wood framed oil on canvas waterscape, American Impressionist artist Harry Hoffman depicts the last moments of a morning sunrise over a river in predominant hues of lavender, purple, pink and blue. The sky is reflected in the water below with a sandy brown beach and large green tree in the foreground. Harry Leslie Hoffman was born in Cressona, a small community in Pennsylvania’s Schuylkill Valley. His mother was an amateur artist who encouraged her son to pursue a career in the arts. In 1893, Hoffman entered the School of Art at Yale University and studied with John Ferguson Weir, the son of Robert Walter Weir. After graduation in 1897, Hoffman moved to New York to continue his studies at the Art Students League. He also traveled to Paris and took classes at the Académie Julien. In the summer of 1902, Hoffman attended the Lyme Summer School of Art, in the town of Old Lyme on the Connecticut coast. The school was headed by Frank Vincent Dumond and was located in a boarding house owned by Florence Griswold. The school eventually grew into an artists’ colony and a center for American Impressionism. When Hoffman first arrived as a student, he was not permitted to stay in the house which was designated for the professional artists only. However, his outgoing personality soon won him many friends at the colony. In 1905, Hoffman settled in Old Lyme and worked as a full member of the artist colony. He was particularly influenced by Willard Leroy Metcalf, an Impressionist also working in Old Lyme. Fellow artists later fondly recalled Hoffman’s antics at the Griswold house, which included playing the flute and banjo, tap-dancing, singing humorous songs, and performing magic tricks. In 1910, Hoffman married another Old Lyme artist named Beatrice Pope, and the couple had one child in 1921. Hoffman and his wife often escaped New England during the harsh winter months. In the winters of 1914 and 1915 he traveled to Savannah, Georgia with fellow Old Lyme artist William Chadwick...
Canvas, Oil
$963Sale Price|25% Off
Still Life of a Vase of Pink Red & White Roses by 20th Century American Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Still Life Painting of a Vase of Pink, Red & White Roses by 20th Century American Artist, Robert Cox (1934-2001) Art measures 7.5 x 9.5 inches (unframe...
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
$7,517Sale Price|20% Off
"Gondolier on a Sunny Morning in Venice", Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The size 143x198cm. I'll go to the TUBE! Therefore, it is necessary (you can immediately send it without unpacking) to the workshop to stretch the canvases onto a stretcher! Or w...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$1,220Sale Price|20% Off
Antique French village market scene in Brittany
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique oil painting on stretched canvas of a Breton marketplace by French artist Alfred Victor Founier signed in the lower right. A very charming and animated piece of art by a wel...
Oil
$1,080Sale Price|20% Off
Snowy Creek in Hope Valley - Landscape in Oil on Masonite
By Dean Packer
Located in Soquel, CA
Snowy Creek in Hope Valley - Landscape in Oil on Masonite Detailed winter scene by American artist Dean Packer (b. 1933). Light shines down on the snowy b...
Masonite, Oil
Gentle Gift
Located in Zofingen, AG
These flowers seem to drift in quiet light, as if the morning learned how to whisper through petals. Soft pink tones glow like remembered tenderness, fragile yet endlessly alive. Eac...
Canvas, Oil
$4,650
Francisco Bartus "Endless Motion" 40x40 Circle Textured Mixed Media Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Endless Motion", is a 40x40 mixed media painting on linen by artist Francisco Bartus. Featured is closed circle symbol, made up of individual helpings of paint, strategi...
Mixed Media, Linen
Nude in the Studio: Mid-20th Century Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Molded frame Diensions with frame : 87 x 73.5 x 4.5 cm This captivating work depicts a female nude in a dynamic pose, combining softness and tension. Every curve of t...
Oil
$2,875
Antique French Impressionist Signed Park Landscape Detailed Original Painting
By Gabriel Spat
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period impressionist mo...
Oil, Board, Canvas
Impressionist landscape by the coast with the Sea
Located in Woodbury, CT
Jean Ekert (French, 20th Century) Coastal Landscape, circa 1960 Oil on board, signed lower right This vibrant coastal view by Jean Ekert captures the warmth and energy of the Medite...
Oil, Board
$2,384Sale Price|30% Off
Sailboats in the Swedish Archipelago Painting by Justus Lundegård, Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Justus Lundegård grew up in the Swedish village Hörby. He started his art studies at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts 1880–84 and later in Munich and Paris where he switched to an Impressionist style. In this painting, we can see his later talent for painting white light...
Canvas, Oil
Catedral de Toledo, Espana II
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Fermin Santos Alcade Title: Catedral de Toledo, Espana II Year: Circa 1960 Medium: Oil on canvas board Canvas board size: 28.5 x 21.25 inches...
Oil
$2,179
Vibrant Provence Landscape with Poppy Fields & Rustic Farmhouse Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Poppy Field in Provence French Impressionist, late 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 33 x 29 inches canvas: 26 x 32 inches Provenance: Private collection, France Cond...
Oil
$3,384
The Calling of Spring, original painting, landscape, oil painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
"The Calling of Spring" is a semi abstract landscape painting by Helen Howells. It was inspired by the mountains, hills and valleys of South Wales, which is my homeland. It is not of...
Canvas, Oil
"Almost Home" Solebury Bucks County PA Twilight Snow Scene Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist winter pastoral scene of a quaint snow covered home by Solebury, Bucks County PA. Willett has portrayed this charming scene in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and h...
Oil, Board
Preston Willis - Original Marine Oil Painting Tall Ship Nautical Seascape
Located in Palm Coast, FL
A powerful and dramatic original oil painting depicting a majestic clipper ship cutting through rolling ocean waves under a glowing, atmospheric sky. The vessel leans confidently int...
Oil
Roses & Wildflowers - 20th Century Italian Impressionist Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1930's impressionist oil on board depicting roses and wildflowers in a vase by Italian painter Carlo Marzorati. Excellent quality work which is in very good original con...
Oil, Board
"At the Gates of Pinehurst" by J.E. Mansfield
Located in San Francisco, CA
This charming 1880s American genre scene, “At the Gates of Pinehurst,” depicts a couple driven by a coachman in horse-drawn Phaeton carriage approaching the gates of an estate just g...
Canvas, Oil
Le Quai du Louvre - Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Edouard Cortes
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist oil on canvas board figures in cityscape circa 1940 by sought after French painter Edouard Cortes. The work depicts a bustling evening street scene at the quay b...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$35,000
"Reading in the Study" Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting Woman in Pink Dress
Located in New York, NY
An Early 20th Century elegant portrait oil painting by Gordon Stevenson depicting a pensive young woman seated in a serene, indoor setting wearing a l...
Oil, Canvas
"OCOTILLOS, WEST TEXAS DESERT" IN NEWCOMB MACKLIN FRAME LARGER WORK NEAR EL PASO
Located in San Antonio, TX
Lewis Teel (1883-1960) El Paso Artist Image Size: 27 x 36 Frame Size: 33 x 43 Medium: Oil on Board Circa Late 1930s Signed Lower left and on original price tag on verso. "Ocotillos"...
Oil
Pierre Montezin large French Impressionist painting harvesting scene and poplars
By PIERRE EUGÈNE MONTEZIN, 1874 - 1946
Located in Harkstead, GB
Montezin's dazzling display of brushwork captures the effects of the sunlight on the water and the glittering leaves of the poplar trees. A masterwork by the artist presented in the ...
Canvas, Oil
South Bay, Seascape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2021 Style: Impressionism, Subject: South Bay, Size: 30" x 56" x 1''...
Oil, Canvas
Fanasy with Flowers 167
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 300+ pictures) paper 59x42cm On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media. Sold and sent unframed -V...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Surreal Maritime Oil Painting Tall Ship & Sea Captain Portrait Signed B. Wilder
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This striking surreal maritime oil painting presents a powerful visual dialogue between a majestic tall ship battling rolling seas and the haunting visage of an old sea captain emerg...
Oil
Golden Koi
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this vibrant blend of acrylic and oil, I've embraced expressionism and surrealism to capture the essence of movement, life’s flow, and serenity. Each stroke and color choice is ch...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
April Day, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Boris Serdyuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Style: Impressionism Year: 2020 Title: April Day Size: 19.5" x 27.5" x 0.8'...
Canvas, Oil
$2,120Sale Price|20% Off
Water Lilies
By Barnes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in the San Si Providence of China, Jang Jin Joong, known as his artist’s name Barnes, fell in love with art since he was a child. His passion for art continued into his pursuit ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,320Sale Price|20% Off
M. Vidiella (Europe 20C) Oil painting on canvas, Genre Scene, Amazing Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This painting portrays a refined 19th-century interior scene, where a group of elegantly dressed individuals gathers in an opulent drawing room. The richly decorated space, adorned w...
Oil
Roses √4
Located in Zofingen, AG
Gorgeous roses are embraced by hydrangeas. The classic blue vase looks fresh against the beige background. The dark blue background creates contrast. This is what I love most: the br...
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique Italian Luminous Venice Cityscape Gondola Framed Impressionist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Italian venice cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 19 by 25 inches overall, and 12.5 by 18.5 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. Handsome...
Oil, Canvas
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
"Pacific Grove Glory" - Rocky Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
"Pacific Grove Glory" - Rocky Seascape Signed and dated "Coraly '06" in the lower right corner. Titled, dated, and signed "Pacific Grove Glory 2006 Coraly Hanson...
Linen, Masonite, Oil
"Find Me A Meadow" (2024) Impressionist Animal Portrait, Oil and Wax Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Artist Statement Find Me a Meadow presents a swan moving calmly through its space, emerging from deep purples and muted blues that soften the boundary between figure and atmosphere....
Cotton, Oil
Aldro T. Hibbard Oil Painting “Winter Landscape” New England Snow Scene
Located in Rockport, MA
This beautiful oil painting titled "Winter Landscape" is by Aldro T. Hibbard (1886–1972), one of the most important figures of the Cape Ann and Rockport Schools of American Impressio...
Oil
Ecole de Paris, Mid 20th Century, Three Paris Scenes Eiffel Tower & Parks
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: A Collection of Three Paintings of Paris Scenes by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) the Eiffel Tower painting is signed front lower right and also inscribed to the back, the Versailles painting...
Watercolor, Gouache
Mountains in Gold - California Landscape with Oak Trees
Located in Zofingen, AG
Bathed in warm light, the rolling hills unfold like a landscape shaped by the sun itself. Their golden-brown surfaces glow softly, echoing the quiet radiance of ancient terrain. Ther...
Oil, Cardboard
'The Garden in Summer', Tsar Nicholas II, Queen Elizabeth II, Russian Imperial
By Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'The Garden in Summer' by Olga Alexandrovna. Tsar Nicholas II, Queen Elizabeth II, Russian Imperial ---- Signed lower right, 'Olga' for Her Imperial Highness, Olga Alexandrovna, Gr...
Oil, Board