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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Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model Nude Lady Model French School, circa 1970's indistinctly signed oil painting on card, unframed size: 18 x 25.5 inches condition: overall very good, a very few light...
Oil
$85,000
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...
Canvas, Oil
In One Direction
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...
Canvas, Acrylic
Impressionistic Seascape Venice Painting Michael Budden Moonlight on the Canal
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...
Oil
$490Sale Price|20% Off
British Impressionist Watercolor of Highland Landscape with Trees and River
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...
Watercolor
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
"BLUEBONNET AND HUISACHE" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FRAMED 23 X 27
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 16 x 20 Frame Size: 23 x 27 Medium: Oil on Canvas "Bluebonnet and Huisache" Texas Hill Country Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) I wa...
Oil
Olive Trees and Poppy Bloom, Occitanie Landscape Painting
Located in Oslo, NO
This gouache painting was inspired by the landscapes of Occitanie in southern France in May 2026, when the fields begin to glow with vivid reds and fresh spring greens. "I was draw...
Paper, Gouache
$1,852Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Moonlit French Town Rooftops
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Moonlight by Pierre Edmond Peradon (French, 1893-1981) Oil painting on board, framed Signed on the lower right hand corner Framed size: 19 x 27 inches Board: 16 x 24 inches Large si...
Oil
$610Sale Price|20% Off
French Oil painting of a Outdoor Market Scene in Impressionist Style
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Oil painting of a Outdoor Market Scene in Impressionist Style By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 6.5 x 8 inches (height x width) Signed: Bottom left Oil painting on bo...
Oil
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...
Oil
$1,200
Impressionistic Seascape Ocean Sunrise Painting Michael Budden Morning Sun
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
SunSational 7 x 10 unframed, 10.63 x 13.63 x 1.256 x 18 x 1.5 framed signed LL SunSational is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden th...
Oil
Moonlight in Savoie France signed Cachoud
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil on canvas by François Charles Cachoud (born in 1866 in Chambéry, Savoy and died in 1943) is a painter known today for his night effects and his chiaroscuro. Its artistic criteria...
Oil
Winter Boulevard at Night, Oil on Canvas, Serene Winter Scene, Framed
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
The artist painted this plain air sketch on a winter night in January on a boulevard near his home in the Maryino district in a couple of sessions, finishing some of the work in his ...
Canvas, Oil
$942Sale Price|20% Off
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...
Oil, Panel
"Sunny Beach".
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...
Canvas, Acrylic
The Flood Oil Painting on Canvas, Impressionist, Framed, Signed, 1914
Located in Greenville, DE
A powerful and emotionally charged work by renowned American illustrator and painter Frank Schoonover, *The Flood* (1914) captures the drama, humanity, and masterful storytelling tha...
Canvas, Oil
T.M. Nicholas – "Tunbridge Valley", Autumn in Vermont, Original Oil Landscape
Located in Rockport, MA
"Tunbridge Valley" by acclaimed American painter T.M. Nicholas captures the warm, glowing palette of autumn in Vermont. T.M. Nicholas, is celebrated for his ability to translate t...
Oil
"Manayunk" Walter Emerson Baum, Pennsylvania Impressionist Landscape of Manayunk
Located in New York, NY
Walter Emerson Baum Manayunk, 1953 Signed and dated lower right; titled and dated on the reverse Oil on board 12 x 14 inches Walter Baum was born December 14, 1884 in Sellersville,...
Oil, Board
$4,199
Forest. Fir-tree. Karmanovo, Impressionism painting, 2000, Oil on board, Framed
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
While living in the village of Karmanovo in the Tver region during the summer of 2000, the artist would go sketching several times a day. This sketch was painted in a forest teeming ...
Oil, Cardboard
$606
Painswick, Rupert Aker, Affordable Artwork, Original Cotswold Landscape Painting
By Rupert Aker
Located in Deddington, GB
Painswick [2021] original Acrylic 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:2cm Framed Size: H:33 cm x W:33 cm x D:3cm Sold F...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,050
"Before the Fall" - Impressionist Western Landscape and Skyscape, Oil Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
"Before the Fall" is an original impressionist oil painting, depicting a late summer scene of a tree beginning to turn color, against the blue sky and greying foothills. This piece ...
Paper, Gouache
"To Everything There Is a Season" (2025) Winter Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Griffin's "To Everything There Is a Season" (2025) is a beautiful handcrafted oil landscape painting, framed at 27 x 23 inches and is ready to hang. Artist Biography and Stat...
Linen, Oil, Board
$396Sale Price|20% Off
American Impressionist Coastal Seascape Framed Nautical Sailboat Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted impressionist seascape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$420Sale Price|20% Off
Old France. Vertical, landscape, town, oil painting, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
The landscape painting “Old France” was created during a large plein air trip in the summer of 2023 in the town of Tourettes, in Provence. "In my work I capture the essence of a dre...
Oil
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...
Oil
Impressionist Lakeside Scene with Nude Figure, Swans and Sailboat
Located in Genève, GE
Monogrammed "J.G." at the back of the painting. This painting is a luminous Impressionist lakeside composition capturing a serene and poetic moment in nature. This early 20th-centur...
Canvas, Oil
Morning Fog, 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: Morning Fog Size: 23.5" x 35.5" x 0....
Canvas, Oil
"Water lilies"
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...
Canvas, Oil
$44,000
"MORNING HAZE" G. HARVEY (1933-2017) WEST TEXAS MOUNTAIN SCENE 34 X 46 FRAME SIZ
By G. Harvey
Located in San Antonio, TX
G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones) (1933-2017) San Antonio, Austin, and Fredericksburg Artist Image Size: 24 x 26 Frame Size: 33.5 x 45.25 Medium: Oil ON CANVAS 1966 "Morning Haze" Sig...
Oil
Frants Henningsen Oil Study of Cattle Danish Plein Air Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
This small oil study by Frants Henningsen is striking in its simplicity and immediacy. A single cattle dominates the foreground, resting in the grass with a sense of physical weight ...
Oil, Panel
$344Sale Price|20% Off
Seascape by Max Shekhter (b. 1938) – Original American Oil Painting on canvas
By Max Shekhter
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This luminous original seascape oil painting is the work of American artist Max Shekhter (b. 1938), whose expressive style beautifully captures the vibrant energy and color of the oc...
Acrylic
$1,871Sale Price|25% Off
Antique American Female Artist Impressionist Flower Still Life Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist still life oil painting by Elizabeth L. Rothwell (c.1877 - 1946). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Circa 1924.
Canvas, Oil
Rustic Scene Andraitx in Mallorca, Spain
Located in San Francisco, CA
This beautiful painting depicts country life in the town of Andraitx in Mallorca. The painting is by Matias Terrades (1903-?), an artist who lived in the area. It is composed of oil ...
Linen, Oil
$376Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionist Still Life Apples and Flowers, Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Impressionist Still Life Apples and Flowers, Oil Painting by Pamela Cawley, British 20th century oil painting on canvas, unframed board: 20 x 16 inches Stunning original Impression...
Oil
Humberto da Silva Fernandes (1937-2005) Sailing Ship Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Palm Coast, FL
A striking large-scale oil on canvas painting depicting a majestic sailing ship navigating open waters under a soft, expansive sky. The composition captures the movement and power of...
Oil
$899Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionist Nude, Voluptuous Model, Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Impressionist Nude, Voluptuous Model, Oil Painting By French artist Garnvault, 20th Century Signed by the artist verso Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas size: 15 x 18 inches S...
Oil
$566Sale Price|20% Off
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...
Oil
$735Sale Price|20% Off
Colorful Fishing Boats on a Sandy Shore under a Cloudy Sky 1930's French
By Simone Forge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishing Boats Lined Along the Shore Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist signed oil on board unframed board: 13 x 16 inches inscribed verso Provenance: private collection Condit...
Oil
1930 Signed Antique Beach Scene Oil on Panel Painting by Lucien Adrion
Located in St. Albans, GB
Lucien ADRION French (1889-1953) Picture size 15 x 18", 38 x 46cm Frame size 22 x 29", 56 x 62 cm Lucien Adrion was born in Strasbourg, France in 1889 and died in Cologne 195...
Oil, Panel
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 ...
Oil, Panel
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
Dorothy with her Coton de Tulear (Dog Portrait) 1940 Young Woman oil painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Harry Finney (fl.1875-1945) Portrait of Dorothy with her Coton de Tulear, 1940. Oil on canvas, 25 x 31 inches. Signed, dated and dedicated lower left. We have an antique frame (n...
Oil
The Dam at Genetin - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Baptiste Armand Guillaumin
By Jean Baptiste-Armand Guillaumin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist landscape oil on canvas circa 1908 by French painter Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin. This stunning piece depicts a winter scene with a view of the dam at Geneti...
Canvas, Oil
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...
Canvas, Masonite, Oil, Panel
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
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...
Oil
$636Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American Impressionist Winter Snow River Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American impressionist winter river landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in a natural wood molding. E...
Oil, Board
$21,600Sale Price|20% Off
Landscape Painting by Arvid Nyholm, Impressionist, Swedish American, Chicago
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Arvid Frederick Nyholm (Swedish-American, 1866-1937) Signed: A Nyholm (Lower, Right and Lower, Left) " Mother and Child in a Landscape ", circa 1910-1920 Oil on Canvas 25" x 30"...
Canvas, Oil
"Gloucester Rocks, Ten Pound Island" Agnes Richmond, American Impressionism
Located in New York, NY
Agnes Richmond Gloucester Rocks, Ten Pound Island, circa 1914-15 Estate stamp on verso Oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches Provenance Estate of the artist Kno...
Canvas, Oil
$4,000
Impressionistic Winter Snow Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Moonlight
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Moonlight Shadows oil/canvas 20 x 24 unframed, 26.38 x 30.50 framed signed LL Moonlight Shadows is a beautiful impressionistic landscape snow nocturne scene that showcases a winter w...
Oil
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
Listed Artist Samuel West (1810-1867) Antique oil on canvas, Dated 1860 Portrait
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an Antique oil painting on canvas 19 century depicting a portrait of a British Gentleman by Listed British-Irish Artist Samuel West (1810-1860). C...
Oil
Fountain Neptuno Figurative Art Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative Art, Large Painting Artist: Oleg Kateryniuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2023 Style: Contemporary Art Title:...
Canvas, Oil
$13,200Sale Price|20% Off
American Impressionist Artist Guy C Wiggins 1883-1962 Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Rocks & Trees Oil/Board 12 x 16 image unframed, 18.75 x 22.75 framed Signed lower left although hard to read. No restoration noted on painting and housed in a reproduction frame....
Oil
$1,961Sale Price|85% Off
Superb French Impressionist Signed Oil Old Provencal Village, Stunning Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French Impressionist School, 20th century, indistinctly signed Title: Provencal country landscape Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed Size: framed: 2...
Canvas, Oil
Embroidering - American Impressionist Figure in Interior 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...
Canvas, Oil
$3,750
American Impressionist scene of a sail boat on a river in New England
Located in Woodbury, CT
Charles Bertie Hall, Yacht sailing in a river. Owning an Impressionist marine landscape by Charles Bertie Hall, an English/American Impressionist painter, offers a unique opportuni...
Oil, Canvas
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
"Pistachio roses."
Located in Zofingen, AG
A branch of fresh roses in a glass vase, the rays of the sun fill the room with warm shades. All these sensations are reflected in the picture. Light green shades on white roses seem...
Canvas, Acrylic
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
$1,525Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Irish Oil Painting Winding Stream & Rolling Green Hills under Cloudy Sky
By Irish artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Rolling Hills of Ireland Irish artist, 'Foy', mid 20th century signed oil on board, unframed board: 14 x 20 inches Provenance: Private Collection, UK Condition: very good conditi...
Oil
$1,213Sale Price|20% Off
Let's keep them for ourselves
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...
Canvas, Acrylic