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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
Provençal Landscape Oil on Board, Signed, 56x65 cm, Impressionistic
Provençal Landscape Oil on Board, Signed, 56x65 cm, Impressionistic

Provençal Landscape Oil on Board, Signed, 56x65 cm, Impressionistic

By Jean Perret

Located in Cotignac, FR

Provençal landscape in oil on board by French artist Jean Perret. Signed bottom left and presented in a fine wood frame with gilt insert. This captivating artwork presents a serene ...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Board

French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Fishing Boats and Coastal Cottages
French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Fishing Boats and Coastal Cottages

French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Fishing Boats and Coastal Cottages

By Fanch Lel

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Fishing Boats and Coastal Cottages by Fanch Lel Signed: Bottom left corner Size: 14.5 x 18.5 inches (height x width) Oil painting on b...

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20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

"On the Arkansas" Oil Painting
"On the Arkansas" Oil Painting

"On the Arkansas" Oil Painting

By Clyde Steadman

Located in Denver, CO

Clyde Steadman's "On the Arkansas" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto painting of cows gathered along a river with a pasture behind them.

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2010s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Louis Emiel Chappel (1888-1963) "Floral Still Life II" Original Painting c.1950
Louis Emiel Chappel (1888-1963) "Floral Still Life II" Original Painting c.1950

Louis Emiel Chappel (1888-1963) "Floral Still Life II" Original Painting c.1950

By Louis Emiel Chappel

Located in San Francisco, CA

Louis Emiel Chappel (1888-1963) floral still life II oil painting, circa 1950s Beautiful full basket bouquet of flowers on a pedestal by listed artist Louis Chappel. Original oil o...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Finely Detailed British Watercolor Topographical of Proposed Zulu Community
Finely Detailed British Watercolor Topographical of Proposed Zulu Community

Finely Detailed British Watercolor Topographical of Proposed Zulu Community

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed Size: 10 inches (height) x 14 inches (width) Signed: Yes Condition: Sound condition, with some minor signs of foxing visible Provenance: Privat...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Watercolor

Lilac flowers at the door, 1901 uplifting floral still life large oil on canvas
Lilac flowers at the door, 1901 uplifting floral still life large oil on canvas

Lilac flowers at the door, 1901 uplifting floral still life large oil on canvas

Located in Norwich, GB

Here is a painting that will lift you - one feels happy every time one looks at it. It is such a lovely, unusual twist to the theme of the floral still life: here we have flowers, not in a vase, but attached to a wooden front door. I wonder if the artist did this with actual flowers, perhaps for a sweetheart, and then decided to paint the scene? At any rate: who wouldn't want to come home to find a large bunch of glorious lilac as they come home? The artist is Emile Baudoux (1850 -1929), who studied with Humbert and Cabanel. Paris-born, he liked to work in Normandy, where he had his studio. He exhibited his work at the "Salon des Artistes Français" until 1927, where he obtained a gold medal in 1910. The important oil on canvas presented here, dating from 1901, may have been shown at the Salon, as it bears an exhibition number "30" at the upper right of the canvas. It is signed and dated at the lower left as seen in the photos. Measuring 81 x 60 cm, the overall size including its original large oak frame...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, 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

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Oil

Antique American Panoramic Cloudscape Cows Grazing Bucolic Landscape Painting
Antique American Panoramic Cloudscape Cows Grazing Bucolic Landscape Painting

Antique American Panoramic Cloudscape Cows Grazing Bucolic Landscape Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent condition, ready...

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1910s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

At the Seaside. A 19th Century antique oil painting signed and framed
At the Seaside. A 19th Century antique oil painting signed and framed

At the Seaside. A 19th Century antique oil painting signed and framed

By Gaston Hippolyte Ambroise Boucart

Located in St. Albans, GB

Gaston Hippolyte Ambroise Boucart 1878-1962 Artwork Size: 21 1/2 x 25 3/4" (55 x 65cm) Artwork Size with Frame: 28 1/2 x 32 3/4" (72 x 82cm) Size: Medium Signed Oil on Canvas He was born at Angouleme (Charente) and spent all his life in France. He was a pupil of the progressive artist Gustave Moreau- then later Aime Morot, Francois Flameng and Fernand Cormon at the school of fine art in Paris. Boucart specialised in painting architectural subjects, landscapes with animals and urban landscapes. He is especially known for his depictions of country lanes, his well observed interiors and all the waterways and architecture of Venice- a subject he became particularly fond of. He showed his work at the Salon of French Artists in Paris from 1913 to 1939, and went on to become a member there, receiving an honourable mention in 1928 and a knighthood for his services to art in 1937. His work is represented in the museums of Angouleme and Niort. Categories: Artists Boucart, Gaston Hippolyte Ambroise European Art Impressionist Art Marine Art Tags: Beach European European Art European Artists European Paintings Impressionist Impressionist Art Impressionist Artists Impressionist Paintings Marine...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage 1991 Oil painting on boards, seascape, Lugger 1709, Signed, Dated Framed
Vintage 1991 Oil painting on boards, seascape, Lugger 1709, Signed, Dated Framed

Vintage 1991 Oil painting on boards, seascape, Lugger 1709, Signed, Dated Framed

Located in Palm Coast, FL

This is an original signed oil painting on board depicting a Lugger 1709. A lugger is a sailing vessel defined by its rig, using the lugsail on all of its one or several masts. They...

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20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Seated Nude Woman
Seated Nude Woman

Seated Nude Woman

By Genevieve Rogers

Located in Soquel, CA

Study of a nude woman on a stool by American Impressionist artist Genevieve Rogers. Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of her work. Presented in a cre...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Laid Paper

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

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Oil

French school Landscape Rouen on the banks of the Seine Signed oil painting
French school Landscape Rouen on the banks of the Seine Signed oil painting

French school Landscape Rouen on the banks of the Seine Signed oil painting

Located in Zofingen, AG

➡️ Landscape River scene⬅️ ⏩It is signed Bernard Héranval⏪ Rouen on the banks of the Seine ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size...

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1960s Impressionist Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Landscape with Cow and Lake"
"Landscape with Cow and Lake"

"Landscape with Cow and Lake"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Landscape with Cow and Lake is a quiet, atmospheric painting where the landscape appears through layers of blue, turquoise, and soft grey tones. A dark silhouette of a cow stands nea...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"FLOWERS" STILL LIFE OIL ON CANVAS APPLIED BY PALETTE KNIFE DATED 2001
"FLOWERS" STILL LIFE OIL ON CANVAS APPLIED BY PALETTE KNIFE DATED 2001

"FLOWERS" STILL LIFE OIL ON CANVAS APPLIED BY PALETTE KNIFE DATED 2001

By Jose Vives-Atsara

Located in San Antonio, TX

Jose Vives-Atsara (1919-2004) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 30 x 24 Frame Size: 38.75 x 32.75 Medium: Oil on Canvas Applied by Palette Knife Dated 2001 "Flowers" Biography Jose Vives-Atsara (1919-2004) His list of Pallbearers says it all. They were not just buyers of his art they were some of his closest friends. Pallbearers: E. Glenn Biggs, James M. Cavender, III, Tom C. Frost, Jr., James W. Gorman, Jr., George B. Irish, Joseph R. Krier, Robert L. Mooney and H. Bartell Zachry, Jr. Jose Vives-Atsara was born April 13, 1919, in Villafranca del Penedes near Barcelona, Spain. A native Spaniard, he developed a love of painting at an early age, and by age 11 had committed himself to becoming an artist. He studied at Colegio de San Ramon and had his first one-person show at age 14. The Spanish Civil interrupted his idyllic young life as he was forced to serve in the Communist Army, and then was imprisoned, suffering many hardships. Soon after the war he married Emilia Hill Domenech, and in 1947 set out to move with his wife and child aboard a tramp steamer to the United States. Unfortunately, immigration quotas did not allow them to move directly to the United States, and it was eight years before they achieved that goal. During this interim before obtaining temporary visas, he and his family lived first, in Caracas, Venezuela and then in Mexico City, Mexico. The family settled in San Antonio, Texas, where he had made friends on a previous visit. He and his wife and children gained citizenship in time for their first Christmas in the United States. He became such an exemplary immigrant citizen that officials of the U.S. District Court for the Western District Court regularly invited him to share his thoughts and advice for living in America with newly naturalized citizens Vives-Atsara also developed a close relationship with the Incarnate Word College, becoming, over the years, both a professor of art, and Artist in Residence. As a painter, he depicted many local scenes including San Antonio missions and the San Antonio River. For special guests such as Pope John Paul II, heads of state, and royalty from foreign countries, he was commissioned to provide paintings as gifts. His paintings were also commissioned for Frost Bank and the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. For his vibrant oil paintings, he used only nine colors, mixed in a variety of ways. They have been described as both realistic and impressionistic. "Vives-Atsara believed that art is a reflection of the artist's soul, if this is true; his paintings reflect a beautiful, bright spirit." (Richardson) Jose Vives-Atsara died in San Antonio on January 13, 2004 and is buried there in Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum. Jose Vives-Atsara was born in Vilafranca del Panades in the Catalonian region of Spain on April 30, 1919. As a small boy he loved to sketch with pencil and paper. He began painting at the age of eleven. His first one-man show came at the ripe old age of fourteen. From that time on, painting has been his love and his way of life. Jose studied art at Saint Raymond College and School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. He is quick to admit that his most inspirational teacher has been nature itself. Mr. Vives-Atsara came to San Antonio in 1956 where he has established his art career. His use of a palette knife in painting allows him to blend rich pure pigments to achieve his goal of creating a powerful statement of color directly on the canvas. This style is intended to produce works that are distinctively 'Vives-Atsara'. Vives-Atsara is represented in public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, Spain; Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas; His Royal Highness Juan Carlos...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Paintings

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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

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

Renato Longanesi - Original Vintage Oil Painting Clipper Ship Stormy Sea Framed
Renato Longanesi - Original Vintage Oil Painting Clipper Ship Stormy Sea Framed

Renato Longanesi - Original Vintage Oil Painting Clipper Ship Stormy Sea Framed

Located in Palm Coast, FL

Sailing headfirst into the heart of a storm, this powerful vintage oil painting captures a lone clipper ship slicing through towering waves beneath turbulent skies. The sails billow ...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of African Woman Tanzania - Signed Oil Painting circa 1970's
Portrait of African Woman Tanzania - Signed Oil Painting circa 1970's

Portrait of African Woman Tanzania - Signed Oil Painting circa 1970's

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: The work is signed and dates to the 1970's period. Title: Portrait of an Africa Woman, believed to be from Tanzania (according to previous owner). Medium: oil paint...

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20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

"View of The Harbor" British American Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting Frame
"View of The Harbor" British American Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting Frame

"View of The Harbor" British American Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting Frame

By John Clymer

Located in New York, NY

A masterful oil painting depicting a harbor scene by British American artist John Clymer, with a view of a sailboat, and a large masted ship on the water and the village in the dista...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled (The Waiter)
Untitled (The Waiter)

Untitled (The Waiter)

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Untitled (The Waiter) " c.2020, is an oil painting on panel by American artist Teresa Saia. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist, The artwork (Panel ) s...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

South of France, Landscape, Cottage, Impressionist
South of France, Landscape, Cottage, Impressionist

South of France, Landscape, Cottage, Impressionist

Located in Wiscasset, ME

Marion Eldredge was born in Brooklyn in 1903. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Costume Illustration from Columbia University Teacher’s College in 1924 then worked as a fashi...

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Late 19th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Bustling Summer Day at the Beach Oil Painting
Antique American Impressionist Bustling Summer Day at the Beach Oil Painting

Antique American Impressionist Bustling Summer Day at the Beach Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American impressionist beach scene oil painting by Frank Leslie Spradling (1886 - 1972). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Handsomely framed in a gold giltwood molding. Excell...

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1920s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Mid 20th century Impressionist, French landscape with cottage
Mid 20th century Impressionist, French landscape with cottage

Mid 20th century Impressionist, French landscape with cottage

Located in Woodbury, CT

Mid-20th century Impressionist scene, French landscape with cottage The painter was active around the middle of the 20th century, painting landscapes, portraits, and city scenes. ...

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1930s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Board

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