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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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Style: Impressionist
Harbor View
Harbor View

Harbor View

By John Whorf

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Harbor View Oil on canvas, 24 x 49 inches (61 x 124.5 cm) Signed lower right: John Whorf Provenance The artist; Collection of Ginger and Richard Beckwith, until 2021; Private collec...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Impressionist view of people in  St. Marks Square in Venice
Impressionist view of people in  St. Marks Square in Venice

Impressionist view of people in St. Marks Square in Venice

By Pam Masco

Located in Woodbury, CT

Wonderful Impressionist view of St. Marks Square, Venice. Pam Masco was an American from Massachusetts, and a graduate of the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1976). She was married to the English artist John Heseltine. Her work is in well-known private and corporate collections and has been shown at the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Watercolour Society and other London Galleries as well as in the Provinces. She travelled throughout the U.S.A. and Europe and painted American and European subjects, portraits, landscape and figure compositions, still life and interiors. From 1978 she was involved in drawing, painting, technical painting courses, watercolour and graphic design. She illustrated for major British and American publishers until 1988. Authors include Bruce Chatwin...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hebrew School, Judaica Oil Painting by Bernd Werner
Hebrew School, Judaica Oil Painting by Bernd Werner

Hebrew School, Judaica Oil Painting by Bernd Werner

By Bernd Werner

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Bernd Werner Title: Hebrew School Year: circa 1930 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 10.5 x 12.5 in. (26.67 x 31.75 cm) Frame Size: 14 x 16 inches

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1930s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Old Manila Street Scene, Mid Century Modern Figurative Landscape
Old Manila Street Scene, Mid Century Modern Figurative Landscape

Old Manila Street Scene, Mid Century Modern Figurative Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Mid Century Modern Old Manila Street Scene, 1960s Figurative Landscape Beautiful mid century modern figurative landscape by Didi Fernandez (Filipino, 20th Century). This charming 1966 old Manila street scene, in the style of the well-known Filipino painter Cesar Buenaventura...

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1960s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist Coastal Landscape with Curving Bay and Rolling Hills
French Impressionist Coastal Landscape with Curving Bay and Rolling Hills

French Impressionist Coastal Landscape with Curving Bay and Rolling Hills

By Fanch Lel

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: French Impressionist Coastal Landscape with Curving Bay and Rolling Hills By Fanch Lel Size: 13 x 18 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condition: The pai...

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20th Century Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

At the Gate
At the Gate

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...

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1890s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

British Impressionist Watercolor of Highland Landscape with Trees and River
British Impressionist Watercolor of Highland Landscape with Trees and River

British Impressionist Watercolor of Highland Landscape with Trees and River

By Anthony Avery

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of Highland Landscape with Trees and River By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Dimensions: 11...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Paintings

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Watercolor

Le Quai du Louvre - Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Edouard Cortes
Le Quai du Louvre - Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Edouard Cortes

Le Quai du Louvre - Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Edouard Cortes

By Édouard Leon Cortès

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...

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1940s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

"Sunny Beach".
"Sunny Beach".

"Sunny Beach".

By Liudmila Shabazova

Located in Zofingen, AG

Open space, wind movement, brightness and freshness.These feelings come to us when we look at this picture. The color palette is rich in contrasts and smooth transitions. The work wa...

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2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"San Jacinto Peak" Large oil painting on canvas.
"San Jacinto Peak" Large oil painting on canvas.

"San Jacinto Peak" Large oil painting on canvas.

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "San Jacinto Peak" c.1970, is an oil painting on canvas by noted Palm Spring artist Darwin Taylor, 1921-1975. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Impressionistic Seascape Venice Painting Michael Budden Moonlight on the Canal
Impressionistic Seascape Venice Painting Michael Budden Moonlight on the Canal

Impressionistic Seascape Venice Painting Michael Budden Moonlight on the Canal

By Michael Budden

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

Moonlight on the Canal, Venice oil/panel 12 x 16 unframed, 18.38 x 22.38 framed Signed LR Moonlight on the Canal is a beautiful oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contempo...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

In One Direction
In One Direction

In One Direction

By Natalia Yangalycheva

Located in Zofingen, AG

The painting depicts a quiet moment of shared movement — a figure and a horse advancing together in the same direction. Their proximity suggests trust and mutual presence, yet the co...

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2010s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"BLUEBONNETS WEST OF COPPERAS COVE TEXAS"
"BLUEBONNETS WEST OF COPPERAS COVE TEXAS"

"BLUEBONNETS WEST OF COPPERAS COVE TEXAS"

By Dwight Holmes

Located in San Antonio, TX

Dwight Holmes (1900-1986) Fort Worth, San Angelo Artist Image Size: 9 x 12 Frame Size: 12 x 18 Medium: Oil Dated 1967 "West of Copperas Cove" Texas Dwight Holmes (1900-1986) Dwight C...

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1960s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

"Water lilies"
"Water lilies"

"Water lilies"

By Evgeny Chernyakovsky

Located in Edinburgh, GB

The painting evokes a sense of peace, a dissolution of form and light. The viewer seems to be looking at the surface of a quiet pond, reflecting the sky, trees, and clouds. Water lil...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Embroidering - American Impressionist Figure in Interior by Theodore Earl Butler
Embroidering - American Impressionist Figure in Interior by Theodore Earl Butler

Embroidering - American Impressionist Figure in Interior by Theodore Earl Butler

By Theodore Earl Butler

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Signed and dated oil on canvas figure in interior by American impressionist painter Theodore Earl Butler. The work depicts Marthe Hoschede - the step daughter of Claude Monet and wif...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Morning Fog, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Morning Fog, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Morning Fog, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

By Boris Serdyuk

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: Morning Fog Size: 23.5" x 35.5" x 0....

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2010s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Saint Yverdon - Creuse - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Emmanuel De La Villeon
Saint Yverdon - Creuse - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Emmanuel De La Villeon

Saint Yverdon - Creuse - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Emmanuel De La Villeon

By Emmanuel Victor Auguste Marie de la Villeon

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Signed and dated oil on panel landscape by French impressionist painter Emmanuel De La Villeon. The work - painted in predominantly blue with splashes of white and green - depicts a ...

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1890s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Cows in Summer Landscape (California Coastal Ranch, Carmel Valley), c. 1914
Cows in Summer Landscape (California Coastal Ranch, Carmel Valley), c. 1914

Cows in Summer Landscape (California Coastal Ranch, Carmel Valley), c. 1914

By Angel De Service Espoy

Located in Pasadena, CA

Consigned to the gallery; By descent to the Katherine A. Norris Legacy Collection, Huntington Beach, California; Acquired by Katherine A. Norris, Newport Beach, California; From John...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Masonite, Oil, Panel

Antique 19th Century French Oil Painting Genre Scene Figures Village Tavern Art
Antique 19th Century French Oil Painting Genre Scene Figures Village Tavern Art

Antique 19th Century French Oil Painting Genre Scene Figures Village Tavern Art

Located in Palm Coast, FL

Original antique 19th century oil on canvas depicting a lively French street scene with figures gathered outside a village tavern or inn. The composition shows women in traditional d...

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1890s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Clown with Balloons
Clown with Balloons

Clown with Balloons

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Clown with Balloons" c.1980 is an oil painting on canvas by American artist Chuck Oberstein, 1935-2002. It is signed at the lower left co...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pastel Sailing Boats Docked In The Town Shore French Oil Landscape Painting
Pastel Sailing Boats Docked In The Town Shore French Oil Landscape Painting

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...

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20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Antique European Impressionist Elegant Young Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Antique European Impressionist Elegant Young Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting

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...

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1890s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Grand Basin, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris" Impressionist Oil Painting on Board
"Grand Basin, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris" Impressionist Oil Painting on Board

"Grand Basin, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris" Impressionist Oil Painting on Board

By Jules René Hervé

Located in New York, NY

An exceptional impressionistic depiction of an afternoon along the Jardin des Tuileries, Paris by Jules René Hervé on a summer day with the busy activities of people walking and of f...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Board

California Impressionist OilPainting The Cliffs Trabuca Canyon Aaron Kilpatrick
California Impressionist OilPainting The Cliffs Trabuca Canyon Aaron Kilpatrick

California Impressionist OilPainting The Cliffs Trabuca Canyon Aaron Kilpatrick

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

The Cliffs, Trabuco Canyon The image is 8 x 10 unframed and 10.25 x 12.38 framed. Signed LR and accompanied by a hand written letter dated May 25, 1943 from the artist on his person...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Impressionistic Landscape Painting Michael Budden Beautiful Skies Series Sunrise
Impressionistic Landscape Painting Michael Budden Beautiful Skies Series Sunrise

Impressionistic Landscape Painting Michael Budden Beautiful Skies Series Sunrise

By Michael Budden

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

Sunrise Colors, Beautiful Skies Series oil/panel 6x8 image unframed, 9.75 x 11.63 x .75 framed signed LL Sunrise Colors is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contempora...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Vintage oil painting on canvas, Rural Landscape, signed R.David, framed
Vintage oil painting on canvas, Rural Landscape, signed R.David, framed

Vintage oil painting on canvas, Rural Landscape, signed R.David, framed

Located in Palm Coast, FL

This is a beautiful vintage oil painting on canvas, depicting a rural landscape with an old water Mill in the foreground, a river view, and the figure of a young girl grazing geese. ...

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1990s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Tree Nymph in a Landscape - American Impressionist 1920's art oil painting
Tree Nymph in a Landscape - American Impressionist 1920's art oil painting

Tree Nymph in a Landscape - American Impressionist 1920's art oil painting

Located in Hagley, England

This gorgeous large American Impressionist oil painting is attributed to Lillian M. Genth. She was a favourite pupil of Whistlers whilst at an art school in Paris. She is best known for depicting female forms or nymphs in landscapes such as this, up until about 1928 when she focused on other topics. She had an estate in Connecticutt and would often paint models in the woods there. Although not initially accepted by Victorian Society, In 1908 her painting, The Lark, won her the Shaw Memorial Prize at the 83rd Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design. The Lark depicts a full female nude strolling through the woods with her head turned looking toward the sky as if she just heard a lark, as the title suggests. This painting successfully demonstrates Whistler’s influence on Genth through the integration of the nude form and the landscape. Our lovely painting's composition is of a nymph seated in a tree playing pipes with a blue sky as background, while sheep graze beyond her in a landscape. The dappled sunlight on her skin and hair are beautiful. This is a superb example of work by a female American Impressionist in the 1920's and visually stunning. Unsigned. Provenance: Berkshire estate. Christies London Condition. Oil on canvas, image size is 50 inches by 37 inches and in good condition. Frame. House an ornate gilt frame. Framed size is 57 inches by 44 inches and in good condition. Lillian Mathilde Genth (1876 – March 28, 1953) was an American impressionist artist. She is best known for her depiction of female nudes in landscape settings. However, in the middle of her career she swore off painting female nudes and began painting more conservative paintings inspired by her travels. In about 30 years Genth appeared in 233 exhibitions, and while well renowned for her paintings while alive, her story and artwork have been lost in the retelling of American art history. Lillian Mathilde Genth was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Matilda Caroline Rebscher and Samuel Adam. Genth began her art career by attending the Philadelphia School of Design for Women in Pennsylvania on scholarship. During her schooling years she worked to help support herself as a dress designer. At the Philadelphia School of Design for Women her primary teacher was Elliott Daingerfield. Daingerfield greatly influenced her style, which can be seen in the similar tonalist and coloristic qualities of her landscape scenes. Genth graduated from Philadelphia School of Design for Women in 1900. She received the William L. Elkins European fellowship for attainment in art from the Philadelphia School of Design, which sponsored her to paint in Europe for a year. During her time in Europe, Genth first settled in Paris, France in October 1900 where she enrolled in art classes at the Académie Carmen, an art school run by James McNeill Whistler. Whistler became a large influence on Genth’s work and she was known to be a favorite pupil of his. During one of Whistler’s visits to the school in 1900, he was so impressed by Genth’s work that he gave her a paint palette; an honor that she used and treasured for the rest of her career. This was an incredible compliment from Whistler, who rarely accepted women painters. Genth’s style is typically attributed to Whistler because of her paintings' tonalist qualities and because he taught her to see her paintings as a whole instead of in individual parts. After the Academie Carmen closed in 1901, Genth stayed in Europe for three more years. During this time she worked on painting landscapes, genre scenes, and waterfronts; her nudes would not begin for a few more years. In 1904 Genth returned to the United States and was living in New York City. It was at this point that her career began to flourish. In 1904 Genth showed at three exhibitions: the National Academy of Design, Art Club of Philadelphia, and Worcester Museum. In October of that same year she appeared in her first individual show at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Also in 1904 Genth received the Mary Shaw...

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1920s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Blick aufs Meer, Impressionist Oil Painting by Gaston Sebire
Blick aufs Meer, Impressionist Oil Painting by Gaston Sebire

Blick aufs Meer, Impressionist Oil Painting by Gaston Sebire

By Gaston Sebire

Located in Long Island City, NY

Blick aufs Meer Gaston Sebire, French (1920–2001) Oil on Canvas, signed lower right Size: 36 x 28 in. (91.44 x 71.12 cm) Frame Size: 44 x 36.5 inches Provenance: Wally Findlay Gallery

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1980s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Let's keep them for ourselves
Let's keep them for ourselves

Let's keep them for ourselves

By Dasha Pogodina

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior. ABOUT THE ARTWORK "Let's Keep Them for Ourselves" delves into the i...

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2010s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

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