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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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
$1,200
Impressionistic Realistic Landscape Painting Michael Budden Autumn Farm Animals
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Colors of Autumn, Farm oil/panel 8 x 10 image unframed, 12.88 x 14.88 x 1 framed signed LL Colors of Autumn is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Mi...
Oil
$542Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Concarneau Harbor in Morning Light
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Concarneau Harbor in Morning Light By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 8.5 x 10.5 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on boar...
Oil
$1,500
Strawberry Ice Cream, Portrait Art, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2018 Style: Portrait Art Title: Strawberry Ice Cream...
Canvas, Oil
$531Sale Price|20% Off
British Watercolor Village Street with Church and Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Watercolor Village Street with Church and Figures By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Dimensions: 11.25 x 15.25 inches ...
Watercolor
Large Antique American Impressionist Nicely Framed Picnic Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 20 by 27 inches painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a gold g...
Oil, Board
Beautiful André Gisson Painting of Children in a Field
By André Gisson
Located in New York, NY
André Gisson (American, 1921-2003) Untitled, 20th century Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. Framed: 31 x 37 x 1 1/2 in. Signed lower right Many sources cite Andre Gisson as a French painter...
Canvas, Oil
Hidden
Located in Zofingen, AG
A rainy cityscape stretches into the misty distance. People hide under umbrellas. They seem to symbolize floating shields. But this is no ordinary rain. The water that falls carries ...
Oil, Canvas
Walking the path with you side by side by K.Husslein Impasto Forest Oil Painting
Located in DE
In Katharina Husslein's floral-themed paintings, her profound connection to nature and deep inspiration drawn from flowers are unmistakable. Through her textural and abstract approac...
Canvas, Oil
Beachcombers, Oil Painting
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
"Fantasy with Flowers 249" mixed , paper, 59x42cm, unframed
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork seamlessly fuses delicate linework with vibrant splashes of color, creating a harmonious garden scene. Central to the piece are ethereal butterflies, their wings painted...
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Watercolor
A Moment of Storm - Hawaiian Seascape, Ocean Waves, Marine Art, American Artist
Located in Oslo, NO
Hawaiian landscape · plein air study · ocean · wind · waves · spray · impressionism · texture · American artist This small plein air study was painted in strong wind, when the ocean...
Canvas, Oil
"Italian Courtyard Scene with Figures" Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical oil painting depicting a Courtyard Scene in Lombardy, Italy by Luigi Cagliani. As an Italian Impressionist artist, most of Cagliani's works were produced in the first hal...
Oil, Canvas
Evening on the Lake - Scottish Edwardian Impressionist landscape oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This absolutely stunning large Scottish Edwardian Impressionist landscape oil painting is by noted artist Alexander Jamieson. Painted circa 1910 and entitled evening on the lake. Th...
Oil
$3,750
"Streets of London" (2023) by Clyde Steadman, Original Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Streets of London" by Clyde Steadman (United States) is a handmade cityscape painting that is unframed, but ready to hang.
Oil
$1,316Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century South African Blue Mountain River Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
South African Landscape by Hugh Stevenson (South African, 1910-1956) oil on board, framed framed: 21.5 x 26.5 inches board : 17 x 23 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Conditi...
Oil
$899Sale Price|20% Off
French School 19th Century, Portrait of a young man, 1891, signed and dated
Located in Paris, FR
French School of the 19th century Portrait of a young man, 1891 Signed (illegible) and dated 91 on the lower right Oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm Framed 52 x 44 In good condition, recently...
Oil
$1,230Sale 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
Summer Landscape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Garry Nalbandyan Title: Lake Side Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 12" x 19.5" x 0.8" inch (31 x 50 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wr...
Canvas, Oil
$208Sale Price|20% Off
1940's Fashion Illustration - Posed Lady In Vibrant Pink Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The s...
Gouache
$14,400Sale Price|20% Off
"Bassin des Tuilleries and the Louvre, Paris, " Jules Herve, French Impressionism
Located in New York, NY
Jules Herve (French, 1887 - 1981) Bassin des Tuilleries and the Louvre, Paris, n.d. Oil on canvas 18 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches Signed lower left; signed on the reverse Provenance: Dominio...
Canvas, Oil
"Claude Monet dawn"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
I saw the painting in the blooming steppe in spring. Steppe in Bloom in Spring. In this enchanting painting, I invite you to a blooming meadow under a muted, tranquil sky. I used th...
Acrylic, Paper
Early Spring Painting, Oil on Canvas, Serene Forest Scene, New
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
The artist painted this sketch from plain air near the Setun River in the spring of 2006. This remarkable artwork commands attention through its vivid depiction of a serene forest scene. Centered prominently is a tree with a strikingly bright, moss-green trunk...
Oil, Cardboard
$1,020Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Female Impressionist Wild Flower Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist flower landscape painting by Lila Caroline McGillivray Knowles (1886 - 1979). Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Image size, 10 by 12 inches.
Canvas, Oil
$1,206Sale Price|20% Off
Huge French Signed Oil Painting Provencal House in Floral Garden Large Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provencal House French, mid/second half 20th century indistinctly signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 28.75 x 47 inches canvas: 22.75 x 46 inches condition: very good...
Oil, Canvas
$1,476Sale Price|40% Off
19thC oil painting, thatched cottages and church, two horses, figures, wetland
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Large oil painting of a rural early Town, British or other European, of thatched cottages and church set in a wide landscape with horses and figures on shining wet ground reflecting ...
Fiberboard, Oil, Canvas
$1,180Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Opera Scene Signed Elegant Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American impressionist oil painting by Richard W. Baldwin (1920 - 2012). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Canvas, Oil
Sunset. Russian field
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I embraced the gentle hues of dusk to capture the serene beauty of a Russian field under a fading sky. The soft brushstrokes and muted palette evoke a peaceful stillne...
Oil, Cardboard
$2,500
"Fractured Dream" Oil On Wood Panel Mountain Landscape Painting with Waterfall
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer presents "Fractured Dream," is an original, handmade oil painting created in 2025. The piece measures 24 inches in height by 24 inches in width, rendered on a durable 1.5...
Oil, Wood Panel
Moonlight Run, Oil Painting
By Doug Cosbie
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The moon casts a soft glow over the snowy landscape. A jackrabbit’s sudden flight disrupts the stillness of the winter night. Gentle strokes and muted tones...
Oil
$767Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century French Oil Painting A Storm Approaches
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Storm Approaches French School, mid-late 20th century unsigned oil painting on canvas textured paper (reverse side is smooth, the painted side looks and feels as canvas), unframed ...
Canvas, Oil
Landscape by Max Shekhter (b. 1938) – Original Oil Painting on canvas, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
A beautiful original oil on canvas by Max Shekhter (b. 1938), an American artist known for his serene Florida and Southern landscapes. This tranquil composition presents a radiant su...
Oil
“Bouquet in a blue vase “ Original floral painting. Gouache on paper.
Located in Oslo, NO
This vibrant artwork is a masterful still life depicting a lush bouquet housed in a dark, elegant vase. Bold, vivid flowers such as peonies and tulips bloom with striking presence, t...
Paper, Gouache
"Beach Scene with Figures and Sailboats" Impressionistic Oil Painting in 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 with sailboats as kids play in the dista...
Oil, Canvas
$1,740Sale Price|40% Off
Seaside Abstract Impressionist Painting, Oil on Canvas, 20th Century
Located in Belgrade, MT
This painting by Lucien Durand is one of a kind and signed on the back. It is from my private collection since the 1970's.
Oil
$630Sale Price|20% Off
French Coastal Oil Painting of Low Tide Shore Fishing with Sailboats and Figures
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Coastal Oil Painting of Low Tide Shore Fishing with Sailboats and Figures By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 13.25 x 16.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, un...
Oil
Antique European Impressionist Architectural Town Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted European cityscape painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 20H by 16L.
Canvas, Oil
"Still Life with Flowers XXXI" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Jordan Wolfson's (US based) "Still Life with Flowers XXXI" is an oil painting that depicts yellow and red flowers gathered in a vase contrasted with a forest green background. Jord...
Linen, Oil
Modernist Landscape Colour Ink Drawing Trees Field Church Spire Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modernist Landscape Colour Ink Drawing Trees Field Church Spire Study Medium: Coloured ink on artists paper, unframed Size: 9.75 x 6.75 inches (height x width) Condition: good...
Ink, Pen
$412Sale Price|25% Off
Apples for Pie Still Life, 9x15 Oil on Board, American Impressionist
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Apples for Pie by Lu Haskew Oil 9x14" image size Still Life Painting of Apples This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed. Shipping pr...
Oil
$13,640
A Breton Interior - Impressionist Interior Oil Painting by Edouard Cortes
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in interior oil on canvas circa 1910 by sought after French impressionist painter Edouard Leon Cortes. This charming and nostalgic work depicts a family enjoying dinne...
Canvas, Oil
$2,248
Woman with Red Flower Oil on Canvas, Impressionist, Framed, 1990s
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Francisco Sanchis Cortés – Woman with Red Flower Medium: Oil on canvas Canvas dimensions: 73 × 54 cm (28.7 × 21.3 in) Framed dimensions: 91 × 72 cm (35.8 × 28.3 in) Signature: Signe...
Oil
$767Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century French Oil Painting A Coastal Village
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Coastal Village French School, mid-late 20th century unsigned oil painting on canvas textured paper (reverse side is smooth, the painted side looks and feels as canvas), unframed o...
Canvas, Oil
$300Sale Price|40% Off
Thoughtful
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
$603Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Tranquil Scene of Fishing Boats at Rest
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Tranquil Scene of Fishing Boats at Rest By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 8.25 x 10.5 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, u...
Oil
Away From It All - Textured Abstract Acrylic Landscape Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Away From It All 8.0 x 8.0 x 1.0, 8.0 lbs Acrylic on canvas Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "I love the texture in this piece. Starting with a pink canvas, I created t...
Acrylic
$2,189
Sakura Cherry Tree Flower Blossom Acrylic Painting, Signed Impressionist
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Cherry blossoms in the wind – every petal falls with grace.” – Yoshida Kenko A beautiful modern floral painting, made with professional varnished acrylics and Amsterdam acrylic sp...
Acrylic
$2,555Sale Price|20% Off
Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Farming Girl Dappled Light Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Farmers Daughter French Impressionist, early 1900's signed oil painting on board, unframed board: 8.75 x 5.5 inches condition: very good provenance: from a private collection in ...
Oil
April in the Village, Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Mishurovski V.V. Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Cardboard Style: Impressionism Year: 2021 Title: April in the village Size: 19.5...
Oil, Cardboard
"Ivan Chai" Oil cm. 37 x 45 1981 Green, Pink
Located in Torino, IT
Ivan Chai, Russia,Green,Pink LEONID VAICHLIA (St. Petersburg, 1922) Works by Leonid Vaichlia can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United States and in the...
Oil
Valley Landscape Impressionism 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 Linen Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism, Title: Valley, Size: 11.5" x 21" x 0.8'' i...
Canvas, Oil
Quiet Horizons, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Aruna Rao captures the peaceful stillness of a sunlit dune path leading toward the open sea. Warm grasses glow in the gentle light, while a soft sky and ...
Oil
$780Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American Impressionist New York Cityscape Signed Modern Oil Painting
By Kamil Kubik
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century impressionist cityscape oil painting by Kamil Kubik (1930 - 2011) . Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Nice view of the Empire State Building!
Canvas, Oil
Charley - Original Marine Oil Painting Tall Ship on Open Sea Nautical Seascape
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This expressive maritime oil painting depicts a majestic tall ship cutting through rolling open seas beneath a luminous, cloud-filled sky. The artist skillfully captures the movement...
Oil
$887
Isola del Garda. Oil, autumn, landscape. Horizontal, floral, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
The landscape painting of Isola del Garda is painted in the impressionism style en plein air on Lake Garda in Italy. "That day, my friends and I were painting at a private villa, w...
Oil
"Sublimation" (2025), Original Impressionist Cityscape, Oil on Canvas Board
By Jim Beckner
Located in Denver, CO
Jim Beckner's (US based) "Sublimation" is an original, handmade oil painting on canvas that depicts a lightly abstracted impressionist capturing of a cityscape, with sodium lights gl...
Canvas, Oil
$1,230Sale Price|20% Off
Look at this beauty, honey
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 "Look at This Beauty, Honey" captures a moment of...
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,200
"Downtown Denver" - Impressionist Autumn Cityscape Scene, Oil Painting on Board
By Kim English
Located in Denver, CO
Originally purchased at Saks Galleries in 2010. Born in 1957, in Omaha, Nebraska. English was raised in a rural town near Colorado Springs, and completed his formal artistic traini...
Oil, Board
$652Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century French Oil Painting High Summer Coastline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
High Summer Coastline French School, mid-late 20th century unsigned oil painting on canvas textured paper (reverse side is smooth, the painted side looks and feels as canvas), unfram...
Canvas, Oil
$3,800Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Spanish Impressionist Signed And Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted 19th Century Spanish impressionist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period giltwood molding. Excelle...
Canvas, Oil