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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Corner of the village, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Jean David
Located in Yardley, PA
Everything that is painted directly and on the spot has always a strength, a power, a vivacity of touch which one cannot recover in the studio"¦ three strokes of a brush in front of ...
Oil
$1,400
Beach Ocean Impressionistic Seascape Oil Painting Michael Budden Beach Day II
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beach Day II oil/canvas 11 x 14 image unframed, 17.5 x 20.25 framed signed LL Beach Day II is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that show...
Oil
$2,928Sale Price|20% Off
The Old Stone Mas House Provence Fine French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Mas, Provence by Gabriel Deschamps ( 1919 - 2011) *see notes below signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 22.5 x 26 inches canvas: 18 x 22 inches Provenance: private collection...
Oil
20th Century French Village Provence Hill Top Town with Olive Trees Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Hilltop Provençal Village with Olive Trees, French Landscape Oil Painting by Gabriel Deschamps (French, 1911–2011) signed oil on canvas, framed Framed: 31 x 39.5 inches Canvas: 24 ...
Oil
$370Sale Price|20% Off
British Original Impressionist Double Sided Watercolor Pastoral Landscape Sheep
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
signed by Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) * see notes below original watercolor on artists paper, unframed double sided paper dimensions: 11 x 15 inches condition: very good and re...
Watercolor
$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
$16,000Sale Price|20% Off
Pink Atmosphere, Abstract Art Large Size Original Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Abstract Art Large Size Original Painting, Ready to Hang Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Year: 2023 Style:...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,012Sale Price|25% Off
Late 20th Century Oil Painting of Chesapeake Bay with Sailing Boats
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 20th Century Oil Painting of Chesapeake Bay with Sailing Boats by Q. B. Powell Striking vintage palette-knife painting of a quiet Chesapeake Bay harbor by regional artist Q. B....
Oil, Masonite
$729Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Village Harbour with Boats at Dusk by Fanch Lel
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Village Harbour with Boats at Dusk by Fanch Lel By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 19.25 x 20.5 inches (height x width) Oil painting on cardboard, unframed C...
Oil
The Pines, landscape Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative art, portrait oil Painting on Canvas Artist: Anna Privaloff Title: The Pine Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 39 x 39" x 1" inch (100 x 100...
Canvas, Oil
Frosty Winter Evening Landscape Oil Painting Post Impressionism
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Oksana Ivanyuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Cardboard Year: 2024 Style: Impressionism Title: Frosty Winter Evening Size: 6" x...
Paper, Watercolor
"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
Rocky Hedgerow, Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Jane Duncan Stogner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Over the past 50 years, Jane has garnered an excellent reputation as a professional artist, as well as an award-winning professor, and a leader in the art community. Jane paints subj...
Canvas, Oil
Study for Moonshadow
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. Signed "Moses" on lower right. Description Dappled shadows of a large tree are projected by moonlight onto a broad walkway leading...
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Paysage de la Creuse, pastel de Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin
Located in Ixelles, BE
Armand Guillaumin (1841 - 1927) Paysage de la Creuse Pastel sur papier - passe-partout crème et cadre doré Signé en bas à gauche 45 x 58 cm (avec le cadre : 66,5 x 79,5 cm) Ce pays...
Oil Pastel, Pastel, Paper
$960Sale Price|20% Off
New York City Street Painting Paul Bachem News Stand
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
A beautiful painting of NYC by contemporary artist Paul Bachem oil on canvas on panel 11 x 14 unframed, 17.38 x 20.5 framed signed LR BIOGRAPHY Paul Bachem studied with Harold R. S...
Oil
White Memory Abstract Art Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: White Memory Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Contemporary Art Dimensions: 44" x 68" x 1" inch (112 x 173 x 3cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery W...
Canvas, Oil
Instante de tranquilidad - Óleo sobre tela - Firmado y enmarcado
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado por el artista en la parte inferior En la parte trasera va titulado LA BARCA (CADAQUES), pero no tiene nada que ver con la obra, el pintor se debió equivocar a la hora de po...
Oil
Wind Over Shore, Hawaiian seascape, ocean painting, marine art, American artist
Located in Oslo, NO
This painting was created in winter on the island of Oahu, in the morning, during the storm season. The location is Keiki Beach, whose name translates from Hawaiian as “children’s be...
Canvas, Oil
$11,304Sale Price|20% Off
On the bank of Seine, 1940. Oil on canvas, 54, 5 x 73 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Constantin Kluge was a Russian-born French painter best known for his naturalistic scenes of Paris and French countryside. Kluge was born to a wealthy military family on January 29, ...
Oil, Canvas
Pink Grade, Abstract Art, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Mark Antoni
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Mark Antoni Work: Original Acrylic Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Year: 2021 Style: Contemporary Art, Subje...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,083Sale Price|20% Off
Bargemon Provencal Village Landscape 1950s French Post-Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Bargemon", Provence, France by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Oil
$384Sale Price|20% Off
Stunning Oil painting on Canvas, Seascape, Sailing Ships at Sunset, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is a stunning impressive original oil painting on canvas depicting Chinese ships in the open Sea at Sunset. Bright orange and yellow colors make this painting powerful and fabul...
Oil
$920Sale Price|20% Off
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
Cedar Vista, Original Painting
By David Forks
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Cedar trees, bluebonnets, and cacti grace a hilltop near Willow City, Texas. A body of water peeks through the edge of the grass-covered ground. The painterly...
Acrylic
$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
"Evening View to the South West" , Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Grossman's (US based) "Evening View to the South West" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a wide open plain of the West with fields of...
Linen, Oil, Panel
$1,180Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Early Impressionist Family Portrait Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful American school impressionist family portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Image size, 38H by 30L.
Canvas, Oil
"Italian Chair" (2024) Original Oil Portrait Painting by Michael Carson
Located in Denver, CO
Michael Carson's (US based) "Italian Chair" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting and is framed in a black float frame. About the Artist: Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painte...
Oil, Wood Panel
Sunset on the Cheshire Plain - Large Impressionist Horses in Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large signed and dated 1943 English impressionsit oil on board depicting horses in a landscape at sunset, by William Ongley Miller. Excellent quality and condition atmos...
Oil
Sunset on Ocean Impressionism Original Painting Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Sunset on Ocean Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 42.5" x 67.5" x 1" inch (108 x 174 x 3cm) Presentation: Unframed, Galle...
Canvas, Oil
"Grazers" - Expressionist Soft Pastel Painting on Sanded Paper
By Jeff Slemons
Located in Denver, CO
Artist Statement: This little guy had a unique head structure. It looked a smidge too big. Maybe it's due to his young age. He was quite spirited and this particular afternoon was qu...
Paper, Pastel
$1,295Sale Price|30% Off
Afternoon Street Scene - Mid Century Figurative Landscape by Rudolf Jacobi
By Rudolf Jacobi
Located in Soquel, CA
Afternoon Street Scene - Mid Century Figurative Landscape by Rudolf Jacobi A mid century small town afternoon street scene with small figures by Rudolph...
Paper, Watercolor
My Watercolors Roses, Impressionist Still Life, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This painting was created in watercolor from life for an exhibition. It was painted in rich, vibrant colors using the glazing technique, while preserving the transparency of the wate...
Watercolor
Emile Albert Gruppe Cape Ann Marine Oil Painting, Boats at Dock
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist marine painting of boats at dock on Cape Ann by American artist Emile Albert Gruppé (1896-1978). Gruppé was born in Rochester, NY, and is renowned for his New En...
Canvas, Oil
$19,000
"Cloudy Sunset at Dering Harbor" impressionist painting of boat on the water
By Viktor Butko
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A large landscape painting featuring a boat pulled up on the shore of Dering Harbor. The sky is an intriguing shade of chartreuse that makes the orangey-...
Linen, Oil
“Bermuda Coast” Henrietta Dunn Mears American Impressionist Oil on Board Signed
Located in Yardley, PA
A vibrant Bermuda seascape depicting the rocky shoreline with turquoise waters breaking against sunlit boulders beneath a sweeping tree. Mears uses bold, textured brushstrokes and a ...
Oil, Board
$900Sale Price|25% Off
Impressionist Landscape Scene - Meal on the Patio, Original Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Soquel, CA
Impressionist Landscape Scene - Meal on the Patio, Original Oil Painting, Signed Beautifully rendered figurative landscape of two people eating a meal on a patio, signed Jean Chambe...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Near Tubac, Arizona
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Near Tubac, Arizona" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by noted southwestern artist Sid Cedargreen, 1904-2011. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 22 x 30 inches, framed size is 28.5 x 36.5 inches. Framed in original wooden beige and gold frame. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Sid Cedargreen was a mid-century painter whose art beautifully depicted the desert Southwest. In 1958, Mr. Cedargreen was part of an art collective that transformed Tubac into an art colony. While in Tubac, he founded the Tubac Center for the Arts and the Santa Cruz Art Association. During this time, he was the winner of the distinguished Master Mead award for depicting the Southwest. His paintings are beautiful landscapes featuring areas in Arizona and all around the American Southwest. He continued to live in Arizona and paint its beauty for several years. In 2011, Sid Cedargreen passed away at the age of 89. After he passed away, Mr. Cedargreen's family found a plethora of paintings that Cedargeen had been storing in his house. In his career as an artist, Mr. Cedargreen had many one-man shows, in Scottsdale, Phoenix, Tucson, Nogales, and Tubac, and in Santa Barbara, and Palm Desert, California; in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Ogunquit, Maine and in Taos, Deming, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has exhibited in the Camelback Galleries and Adrian Shaw Galleries in Scottsdale; the Hilltop Art Gallery in Nogales; the Fountains Gallery in Tucson; the Plaza Gallery and the Taos Inn in Taos; the Shop of the Rainbow Man in Santa Fe; the Old Town Book Shop in Wickenburg; the Santa Barbara Biltmore...
Oil
Waterlilies in Autumn, Impressionism Original oil painting, Large size
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Impressionism Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2019 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Waterlilies in Autumn...
Canvas, Oil
Rhone Alps Landscape Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Alps Landscape Impressionism Original oil Painting Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2024 Style: Impre...
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Black Woman - Mid 20th Century French Oil on Board Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
* No US duty or taxes to pay on works of art * A beautiful mid 20th century French oil on board portrait of a black woman. The work is presented in a very good quality wooden frame....
Oil
$3,500
"Boats on The Canal" British American Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
By John Clymer
Located in New York, NY
A masterful oil painting depicting a countryside village scene with boats on a canal by British American artist John Clymer. As an Impressionist painter, he was known for his pastora...
Canvas, Oil
"In the Kitchen."
Located in Zofingen, AG
Miniature painting is like a little pearl in a collection of paintings. It was created specifically so that you can decorate your room and harmoniously place it in combination with p...
Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic, Board
$2,396Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Roaring 20's Elegant Nocturnal Party Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Up for sale here is a really impressive early 1900's oil painting by William Clarke Rice, Jr. (1875 - 1928). A great nocturnal view housed in a period giltwood frame. Image size, 2...
Canvas, Oil
'Figures at the Ball outside at Night'. Painting on canvas by Gabriel Griffon
Located in St. Albans, GB
Gabriel Griffon Born in 1866 and died in 1938 Picture Size: 29 x 36" (74 x 91cm) Outside Frame Size: 36 x 43" (91 x 110cm) A signed and framed antique oil painting on canvas. It is i...
Oil
Yellow pears - Fruit Still Life OIl Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Yellow Pears” painting is a refined example of classical still life, where beauty comes from balance, simplicity, and careful use of color. The composition is built on the contrast ...
Oil, Cardboard
$2,068Sale Price|20% Off
1960s French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Roof Top Town Along The Blue Coast
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) dated 1960 ...
Oil
Red Barn, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Karen d'Angeac Mihm captures a quiet moment on her family's property in upstate New York. Sunlight illuminates a red barn, revealing weathered wood wit...
Oil
"October Vines" Colorful Impressionistic Autumn Landscape Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful impressionist pastoral landscape with beautiful color tones throughout. David Chapple has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and has packed much ...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$435Sale Price|20% Off
1930's French Impressionist Oil Mythological Figures By The River Bank
By Louise Alix
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on loose canvas, unframed measures: 12.5 high by 16 inches wide condi...
Oil
Full Moon, Impressionist Oil Painting, Framed, 21st Century, Signed
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Ovanes Berberian’s evocative oil-on-canvas landscape, titled Full Moon, depicts a large, glowing full moon hanging low on the horizon, casting a warm illumination over an encampment ...
Oil, Canvas
'View of Rouen', French Impressionist, Paris Salon, Prix Rosa-Bonheur, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'André Prévot-Valéri' (French, 1890-1959) and painted circa 1920. André Prévot-Valéri was the son of the landscape painter, August Prévot-Valéri (1857-1930), and...
Oil, Board
$775
"Study for 'First Year'" - Impressionist Skyscape and Landscape, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Raymond Bonilla is a nationally recognized illustrator and fine artist in Buffalo, NY. Raymond graduated from the State University in New York at Fredonia in 2005 with a degree in ...
Oil, Panel
Echoes of the Forest Lake
Located in Zofingen, AG
Step into a world of pure, untouched serenity with this magnificent original oil painting by renowned landscape artist Andrey Dmitriev. The artwork invites you to a hidden woodland h...
Canvas, Oil
Between Us
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this work, the artist reflects on the fragile state of shared presence, where people are physically close yet remain within the boundaries of their own inner worlds. The figures f...
Canvas, Acrylic
$319Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Seascape Oil Painting on Canvas Signed Zizza Framed, Nautical Art
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is a striking vintage oil painting on canvas, signed by artist Zizza, featuring a dramatic seascape with a tall ship navigating turbulent waters under a stormy sky. The rich imp...
Oil
Gathering Flowers
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on Canvas Canvas size: 15 x 18 inches Framed size: 21 x 24 inches Signed lower left
Canvas, Oil
Boulevard de la Madeleine
Located in Greenville, DE
Excellent example of Cortès Paris scene. Provenance: Galerie Haussmann, Paris.Herbert Arnot, Inc., New York, New York (May 29, 1964).Country Store Gallery, Austin, Texas (February 2...
Canvas, Oil
Early Morning at the Irish National Stud Farm, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
While visiting the United Kingdom, artist Onelio Marrero explored the Irish National Stud Farm, known for breeding thoroughbred horses. The farm boasts breath...
Oil