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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$2,450
English fox hunting scene with fox hounds, men up on horse back in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Gerald Coulson was an English painter in the mid to latter part of the 20th century. Gerald Coulson has been painting professionally for over 47 years ...
Canvas, Oil
'Rivière de Mon Paix', A Pair of French Impressionist Landscapes, Musée d'Orsay
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Rivière de Mon Paix' by Raoul André Ulmann. Pair of Fine French Impressionist Oils, Musée d'Orsay, Luxembourg Museum. Sold as a pair. --- Raoul André Ulmann (French, 1867-1941) Ea...
Oil, Panel
Sunshine on the Waterfront
By Carl Thorp
Located in San Francisco, CA
We’ve all seen the practical, plain and dreary structures of a fishing village somewhere at water’s edge. And we recognize the mindset: in lean circumstances something is good enough...
Masonite, Oil
$12,000Sale Price|20% Off
"Washington Square Park in Snow" Impressionist Winter Street Scene Oil on Canvas
By Johann Berthelsen, 1883-1972
Located in New York, NY
A truly stunning jewel and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City winter scenes depicting Washington Square Park in the snow. An iconic scene that so many have come...
Canvas, Oil
$734Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Moored Fishing Boats by Fanch Lel
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Moored Fishing Boats by Fanch Lel By Fanch Lel Size: 19.5 x 20.75 inches (height x width) Oil painting on cardboard, unframed Condition...
Oil
$1,356Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Signed Flower Still Life Oil Painting Great Frame
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist flower still life oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1920. Signed. Image size 20L x 16H. Housed in a period giltwood frame.
Canvas, Oil
American Impressionist New England Rockport Bernard Corey Oil Painting Farm
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Rural Farm in Spring Snow 10 x 16 unframed, 15. 25 x 21.13 framed signed LR and on back as pictured. Here is a wonderful Bernard Corey when he perfected his paintings of farm views w...
Oil
"New Years Night" Plumstead Bucks County Snow Scene Landscape Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist winter pastoral scene of a quaint snow covered home by the Plumstead Bucks County, PA. Willett has portrayed this charming mill scene in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and has packed much feeling into this miniature work. It is almost as if we are there in the starry night with snow, bringing a beautiful feeling of nostalgia. Christopher is known for capturing the beauty and simplicity of an earlier time of the 20th Century; old New York, families working together, villages and farms and friends taking walks together. Many are depicted in recognizable historical settings and this piece is an excellent example of this as he captures a snow-filled historic setting of Buckingham County with the calm, endearing charm of a snowy evening. Christopher engages his audience with the quick use of brushwork and great attention to picking up the energy passionately of his subjects. This piece is signed lower left and it comes housed in a decorative wood frame ready to be displayed with hanging hardware on verso. Art measures 5 x 7 inches Frame measures 7 x 9 inches Christopher Willett, was born in 1959 in Bucks County Pennsylvania and is mostly known for his landscape paintings. Willett, a painter with a family lineage dating back to ancestors arriving in this country aboard the Mayflower and Victory, settling Plymouth. Some recorded family history finds a Willett ancestor, Augustine Willett whom was a Captain of historic repute under the command of General Washington. Additionally, in more recent history, Willett artisans became renowned for their designs and beautiful works in stained glass that adorn the Bryn Athen Cathedral- for the Pit Cairn estate. Willett, is also a descendant of the renowned painter Edward Hicks...
Oil, Board
$6,900
Sailing Vessels at Sea, Dutch Seascape, Marine Painting, 19th Century, Signed
By Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Marine painter Hendrik Willem Mesdag was born in Groningen in 1831. The son of a banker, he worked at his father's stock brokerage firm until 1866, when his wife Sientje's inheritanc...
Oil, Panel
$2,100
Over Flow, Abstract Art, Modern Original Painting on Canvas, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Voskan Galstian Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2012 Style: Abstract Art, Title: Over Flow Size: 30" x 36" x 1' inch, ...
Canvas, Oil
$441Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Oil Landscape Country House
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Landscape" by Maurice Mazeilie (French) oil painting on board, unframed painting: 6.25 x 9.5 inches A delightful original oil painting by the 20th century French Impressionist art...
Oil
$1,822Sale Price|20% Off
Superb c.1900's French Impressionist Signed Oil Wild Meadows & Trees Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Henri Dreyfus-Lemaître (1878 – 1947), signed lower right corner. Henri Dreyfus-Lemaître (1878 – 1947) was a French artist born in Amiens associated with the post-imp...
Oil
$1,180Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Belgium in Spring Landscape, Oil on Canvas, Signed, 1950
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid-century Belgian landscape by Gustav Pynaert (Belgium, 1900-1968), c.1950. This piece showcases mature trees and a flowering tree in bloom alongside the river, using loos...
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
The Blue Pool - Cassis - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Dorothea Sharp
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel landscape circa 1913 by English impressionist painter Dorothea Sharp. This incredible piece depicts a view of the Blue Pool in Cassis, capturing the vivid, sun-da...
Oil, Panel
Weather Front, Point Fermin
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed Mirich" on lower left Artist Statement "When there is a 90 percent chance of rain moving in, most people want to ...
Canvas, Oil
"Beach Scene with Figures" Impressionistic Oil Painting in Zandvoort Holland
Located in New York, NY
A wonderfully rich beach scene done in Zandvoort Holland in the Mid-20th Century depicting figures in the sand. Some figures are by the water as kids play in the distance. The impres...
Canvas, Oil
$1,150
Pont Neuf, After Pissarro - MidCent. French Impressionist Paris Street Scene
Located in Soquel, CA
Pont Neuf, After Pissarro - Mid-Cent. French Impressionist Paris Street Scene A wonderful mid-century copy of Pissarro's timeless Fr...
Linen, Oil
Beachcombers, Oil Painting
By Aruna Rao
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A mother watches as her child searches for small treasures in the sand as the golden afternoon light shines across the shore. She savors this timeless scene of ...
Oil
Roses Cast Aside
Located in North Clarendon, VT
A wonderful Boston School still life, Roses Cast Aside. Oil on canvas, no visible signature, 9" x 12", 12.5" x 15.5" framed.
Oil
$28,500
"Aurora, Psalm 16:9" - Realist Landscape and Skyscape, Oil Painting on Board
Located in Denver, CO
About the artist: Thomas Kegler’s growing volume of work, considered to be among the most influential of our time, embodies a confident humility obtained from a life spent outdoors...
Oil, Board
Reflections Landscape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Reflections Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 44" x 63" x 1" inch (112 x 160 x 3cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wrappe...
Canvas, Oil
$8,835Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait of a British Army General in Uniform - British exh. art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British Impressionist Edwardian military portrait oil painting is by noted artist Walter Ernest Webster. Painted circa 1910 it is a seated generous half length portrait, ...
Oil
$2,208Sale Price|20% Off
English Mid Century Oil The Horse Show Jumping Event Gymkhana with Judges
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, mid 20th century The Showjumper oil on canvas board, unframed 16 x 20 inches private collection, France condition: The painting is in overall sound condition though ...
Oil
"Italian Caffe Scene by the Park" Impressionist Oil Painting with Figures Framed
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical oil painting depicting a Cafe scene with figures in Paris by the Park during spring by Luigi Cagliani. As an Italian Impressionist artist, most of Cagliani's works were p...
Canvas, Oil
$3,800
Oil on Canvas Painting of Mediterranean Beach Scene, Signed, 34x40 cm
Located in New York, NY
A luminous Mediterranean beach scene by Eliseo Meifrén Roig, this oil on canvas captures the artist’s celebrated ability to render atmosphere, light, and movement with remarkable spo...
Canvas, Oil
Tender Morning
Located in Zofingen, AG
Tender Morning is a luminous still life that captures the quiet atmosphere of the early day. Delicate pink flowers arranged in a deep blue vase are touched by soft morning light, fil...
Oil
"Potential" Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting
By Bri Custer
Located in Westport, CT
Potential pulses with kinetic color and form, offering a vibrant abstraction of a forest path flooded with light. Bri Custer’s distinctive approach blends bold geometry with nuanced ...
Canvas, Oil
Ocean Side, Print on Canvas, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Print on Canvas Subject: Ocean Side, Size: 12" x 15" x 0.8''inch, 30x38x2cm Unframed, Stretched on the wooden bar, Gallery Wrapped, Ready to Hang All wor...
Canvas, Color
Antique Impressionist Framed Opera Scene Elegant Woman Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique opera view oil painting. Oil on board. Unsigned. Framed. Measuring: 18 by 22 inches overall, and 14 by 18 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Oil
$2,888Sale Price|47% Off
Deep Water (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Pastel, Koi Fish)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Genevieve Hamel Deep Water Oil on Wood Panel Year: 2024 Size: 40 x 30 x 1.625 inches Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-2088 Somewhere in the bottom of this pond, swim beautif...
Oil, Wood Panel
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
Dappled Sky II
Located in Burlingame, CA
Beautiful Dappled Sky II by American Realist Willard Dixon. created with oil on canvas, measuring 48 x 48 inches. Artwork comes unframed and ready to hang and enjoy. Artist sigend ve...
Canvas, Oil
Collectibles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
In this warm impressionist painting, artist Onelio Marrero captures his love of antiques and collectibles. He depicts the eclectic clutter of an antiques store ...
Oil
$520Sale Price|20% Off
Market Baskets in Old Town
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful painting of golden striped market baskets being sold in old town square by J. Almeida E (Mexican, 20th Century), circa 1990. Signed lower left....
Canvas, Acrylic
Summer Landscape with River and Trees, Oil on Canvas, Signed
Located in Stockholm, Stockholm
This French summer landscape with surrounding river water and dense vegetation with trees is signed and dated E.P. Norselius 1923. It is painted during this Swedish artist’s years in...
Canvas, Oil
$900
"Blue Hydrangeas" (2025) Original Impressionist Floral Still-Life, Oil on Canvas
By Susie Hyer
Located in Denver, CO
"Blue Hydrangeas" (2025) By Susie Hyer is an original handmade oil painting on stretched linen that depicts a close-up look at a small bushel of blue hydrangeas, done in an impressio...
Canvas, Oil
Chicory. Wildflowers
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
I love looking at wildflowers. This blue flower is found everywhere I go, whether it is the middle strip of Russia or hot Turkey or Greece. It was flowers that inspired artists to cr...
Canvas, Oil
$3,804
"The Path of Playing Hooky", French Countryside Way Through Fields Oil Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
"The Path of Playing Hooky" ("Le chemin de l'école buissonnière"), by Yves Calméjane, is an evocative oil on canvas that sweeps the viewer into the pastoral tranquility of the Dordog...
Canvas, Oil
$355
Echoes of Water Cityscape Impressionism Original Oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Shandor Title: Echoes of Water Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 12" x 8" x 1" inch (30 x 20 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery...
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Big Sur Rocky Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic seascape along rocky Big Sur beach with surf by Willard Little (American, 20th century), circa 1940. Aqua blue water, both shallow and deep, reflects the golden sunlight. Are...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$988Sale Price|20% Off
1890's French Impressionist Signed Oil Still Life Flowers in Vase Beautiful Work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, indistinctly signed/ dated 1898 signed and dated oil painting on canvas, unframed painting: 13 x 9 inches provenance: from a private collection, France condition: over...
Canvas, Oil
Polzeath summer Cornwall, Original painting, landscape
By Rupert Aker
Located in Deddington, GB
Breezy day at Polzeath in the summer in Cornwall by Ruper Aker . Oil on canvas and framed ready ot hang and one of our most popular artisat's in the gallery. This work is on view in ...
Oil, Board
Summer Landscape - Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Oil on Board Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century French impressionist oil on board depicting a summer landscape with houses and trees in blossom. The very good condition work is unsigned and presented i...
Oil
"Somewhere in Denver, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Somewhere in Denver" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a dark haired woman, brushing her hair, wearing a translucent white shift around her as she...
Oil, Board
The Melody That Leads Home
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting continues the artist's exploration of the inner journey toward a place where we experience a true sense of belonging. The series In Search of Our Shore is not about a p...
Canvas, Acrylic
$220Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Framed Harbor Scene Seascape Sunset Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist dock scene painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Canvas, Oil
$751Sale Price|20% Off
Post Impressionist French Coastal Landscape with Sailboats and Cottages
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Post Impressionist French Coastal Landscape with Sailboats and Cottages By Fanch Lel Size: 10.5 x 13.5 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condition: The p...
Oil
Antique European Impressionist Elegant Young Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique European impressionist portrait oil painting . Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 26 by 32 inches overall, and 21.5 by 26.5 painting alone. Handsomely framed in a gi...
Oil, Canvas
The cherry tree is in bloom, Painting, Oil on Canvas, Signed, 20th Century
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
A vibrant celebration of spring. This painting captures the fleeting beauty of a blooming cherry tree in Kolomenskoye Park. The composition is dominated by a cloud of white and pale ...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Impressionist Land/Riverscape Painting. Framed and Signed.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Impressionist land/riverscape painting in oil on canvas board by Italian artist Dino Rossi. Signed bottom left and presented in a gold wood frame under glass. This artwork depicts ...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$2,400
"EARLY SANTA BARBARA" CALIFORNIA ARTIST FRAMED 17.5 X 20.5
Located in San Antonio, TX
William Ballantine Dorsey (1942-2019) California Artist Size: 11 x 14 Frame: 17.5 x 20.5 Medium: Oil on Canvas "Early Santa Barbara" Biography William Ballantine Dorsey (1942-2019) O...
Oil
$2,100
Last Light Of The Day, Abstract Original Painting on Canvas, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Voskan Galstian Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Year: 2013 Style: Abstract Art, Title: Last Light Of The Day Size: 36" x...
Acrylic, Canvas
Stinchcombe, Original painting, landscape
By Rupert Aker
Located in Deddington, GB
Above Stinchcombe, summer. Additional information: Oil Paint on Canvas 64 H x 64 W x 5 D cm (25.20 x 25.20 x 1.97 in) Sold framed Image size: Height: 60cm (23.62 in) Width: 60cm (2...
Canvas, Oil
At the Gate
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Quaint pasture scene, likely in the hills of Scotland, by William Drummond Young. Oil on board, signed lower right. Sight 14" x 10", framed 21.5" x 17.5". William Drummond Young (1...
Oil
Impressionistic View over Strandvägen, Stockholm
Located in Stockholm, SE
This painting by Bernhard Oscarsson (1894-1977) is a captivating visual narrative of Stockholm's serene beauty. Oscarsson, a student of Caleb Althin's painting school and the Royal S...
Canvas, Oil
$400Sale Price|46% Off
Vendimiadora (Grape Harvester)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Small limited edition run of 49 and 6 E.A."s (Edition of the artist). Each canvas reproduction is crafted by a skilled printer under the supervision of the artist. Román Francés has...
Canvas, Oil, Giclée
Second Cycle, large Abstract, Modern, Original Painting on Canvas, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Voskan Galstian Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2024 Style: Abstract Art, Title: Second Cycle Size: 30" x 40" x 1' inch...
Canvas, Oil
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
"Saint-Tropez Port" Harbor Scene Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
As a French Impressionist artist, most of Harry Deditch Dansky works were produced in the Mid-20th Century. He was known for his vibrant compositions and with a passion to portray li...
Canvas, Oil
Place de Clichy Paris cityscape mid-century arcjitecture painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Parisian street scene depicts Place de Clichy. Watercolor and pencil on paper. Sheet measures 14 x 20 inches. Signed illegibly lower right and on back.
Watercolor, Pencil
"Grand Central New York" Impressionist Street Scene Oil Painting on Board Framed
Located in New York, NY
A charming Impressionist scene depicting Grand Central Station in New York City. This piece is executed in an intimate yet energetic manner. Christopher is known for capturing the be...
Oil, Board