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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$800
Autumn Sunny Day, Landscape Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Peter Tovpev
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Peter Tovpev Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2010 Style: Impressionism Title: Autumn Sunny Day Size: 31.5" x 25.5" ...
Canvas, Oil
$520Sale Price|20% Off
"Spring Flowers" Colorful Vintage Floral Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
"Spring Flowers" Colorful Vintage Floral Still Life This colorful and energetic piece captures a vase full of flowers with an impressionistic style by Los angeles California artist ...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionistic Landscape Painting Michael Budden Lumberville Bridge Bucks Co
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Lumberville, Pedestrian Bridge The image measures 9 x 12 unframed and 17 x 19.75 framed signed LR Lumberville, Pedestrian Bridge, is an impressionistic landscape plein air oil pain...
Oil
Edward Glafke 'Carmel River' Impressionist Landscape Painting
Located in San Rafael, CA
Edward Glafke (American, 1925-1997) Carmel River Oil on canvas Signed lower left Titled on the verso Canvas: 20in H x 24in L In a vintage giltwood frame: 24in H x 27.5 in L x 1.5in D...
Canvas, Oil
$954Sale Price|30% Off
Woman Praying, Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting, Framed, 1950s
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Frame size 70x61 cm. José Muntané Balaguer (1889 - 1963) Immerse yourself in the spiritual beauty of "Woman Praying," a sublime work by the acclaimed Spanish artist José Muntané Balaguer. This oil on canvas captures the serenity and introspection of faith, showcasing a masterful use of light and shadow reminiscent of great masters such as Joaquín Sorolla, Ignacio Zuloaga, and even the emotional restraint of Diego Velázquez in his most intimate portraits. The painting depicts the purity of a devotional moment, where the female figure seems to transcend the canvas, inviting the viewer to reflect on spirituality and human connection. The meticulous attention to detail and subtlety in expressions place Muntané Balaguer in the tradition of artists who immortalized scenes of everyday life with unique sensitivity, much like Julio Romero de Torres...
Canvas, Oil
In Search of a Kindred Soul
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work is not about an external image, but about an inner state of anticipation and recognition. The artist explores a subtle, almost elusive feeling — the search for a person wit...
Canvas, Acrylic
Lake Side, Landscape Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Landscape Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2023 St...
Canvas, Oil
$735Sale Price|25% Off
Summer Trees by River and Path
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Impressionist oil on canvas in lovely pastel green-blue shades, this summertime painting of trees, river and path is in the In the style of Camille Pissaro and other French impressio...
Canvas, Oil
$23,600
"Big Dome, Point Lobos" oil painting of Northern California Coastline, Big Sur
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A large oil painting of a California coastline. After painting many sketches in his home state, Dalessio went to his studio and blew up the images he captured while on site. Aside bl...
Oil, Linen
Snow at Dusk (Encaustic Landscape Painting of Wintry Country Forest)
By Regina Quinn
Located in Hudson, NY
Encaustic, abstracted, impressionistic landscape of a wintry forest at evening "Snow at Dusk" made in 2024 by Regina Quinn encaustic, India ink, and oil with wax on panel 24 x 24 x 2...
Wax, Encaustic, Oil, Panel
Feeding the Chickens
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 20.25 x 16 inches Framed size: 28 x 23.5 inches Signed lower left
Canvas, Oil
$2,099Sale Price|20% Off
In the Cesvaina's palace
By Valery Bayda
Located in Riga, LV
Valery Baida was born in 1958 in Russia. From 1983 to 1989 he studied at the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography at the Faculty of Arts. Taken part in exhibitions since 1983....
Canvas, Oil
$10,000
Boats, Harbor, Nautical, 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 Canvas Year: 2023 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Boats, Size: 43" x 56.5" x 1'' ...
Canvas, Oil
Impressionistic Seascape Mystic CT Painting Michael Budden The Captains House
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
The Captains House oil/panle 11 x 14 unframed, 14.5 x 17.5 framed signed LR The Captains House is a beautiful oil painting on panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budd...
Oil
$960Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Santa Cruz Mountains & Stream Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-Century Santa Cruz Mountains & Stream Landscape in Oil on Canvas Beautiful oil landscape painting of the Santa Cruz Mountains by Santa Cruz, California artist Ann Fuson (America...
Canvas, Oil
$1,450
Hours of Idleness – Normandy, Portrait of a Woman, 1894, Signed Pastel
Located in Stockholm, Stockholm
Hours of Idleness – Normandy, 1894. This intimate pastel portrait depicts a woman seated quietly on a wooden chair beside a small table supporting a potted flowering plant, positione...
Paper, Pastel
$1,336Sale Price|20% Off
The Old French Cafe in Village Huge French Oil Painting on Canvas, framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French Modernist artist, late 20th century Title: The Old Cafe Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed frame: 30 x 42 inches canvas: 24 x 36 inches Provenance: pr...
Oil
"Evening Luminosity" Dennis Sheehan, American Impressionist Evening Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Dennis Sheehan Evening Luminosity, circa 2025 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches Dennis Sheehan was born in Boston in 1950. His work is based upon the Barbizon School ...
Canvas, Oil
"Fast Food Lunch" - Impressionist City Interior Scene, Oil Painting on Board
By Kim English
Located in Denver, CO
Originally purchased at Abend Gallery in 2012. Born in 1957, in Omaha, Nebraska. English was raised in a rural town near Colorado Springs, and completed his formal artistic trainin...
Oil, Board
$1,160
Portrait of the Queen, Figurative, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Litvinov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Style: Classic Figurative Year: 2010 Title: Portrait of the Queen...
Canvas, Oil
$439Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th C. Irish Artist Watercolor Painting of Blue Sky Stormy Seascape
By Frank Forty
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Size: 11 x 15.25 inches Superb original watercolour painting by the well listed and popular Irish painter, Frank Forty (1902-1996). The painting came from a private collection of t...
Watercolor
"Colorado Plains" Mountain Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Shingler's (NC based) "Colorado Plains" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts plains with a backdrop of foothills, blue snow-capped mo...
Oil, Wood
$612Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage French Oil Painting Of A Purple Sky Landscape Onto The Green Hills
By Leon Hatot 1
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed. Size: painting: 11.75 x 19.7...
Oil
XianChao He Floral Original Oil On Canvas "Sunflower 1"
By XianChao He
Located in New York, NY
Title: Sunflower 1 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 15.75 x 19.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This pa...
Oil
$8,500
Bateau au Quai (Docked Sailing Vessel at Low Tide), Frank Myers Boggs, Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Frank Myers Boggs Bateau au Quai (Docked Sailing Vessel at Low Tide) Signed lower left Oil on canvas 15 x 21 1/2 inches Provenance: David Findlay Galleries, New York Charles R. Brown Fine Art, Locust Valley, New York The Impressionist Frank Myers Boggs spent his formative and mature years abroad and in 1923 became a naturalized French citizen. He was born in Springfield, Ohio, but moved as a young boy to New York, where his father was a newspaper executive. The artist began his career at the age of seventeen as a wood engraver for Harper’s, preparing illustrations for Harper’s Weekly and for an American edition of the works of Charles Dickens. It has also been stated that he studied with the portraitist John Barnard Whittaker (1836–1926). After working at Niblo’s Garden in New York with a scene painter named Vauglin, Boggs went to Paris to study scene painting. On his arrival there in 1876, he was unable to find anyone to instruct him in this field and instead entered the École des Beaux-Arts. Realizing that Boggs was not well suited to painting figurative subjects, his teacher Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) advised him to try some outdoor landscapes. Between 1877 and 1881, he concentrated on marine...
Canvas, Oil
"Country Road" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Country Road" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto painting of a pastoral setting.
Oil, Panel
Composition, Abstract, Original Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahagn Ghaltaghchyan Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Style: Abstract Art Year: 2023 Title: Composition Size: 24" x 18" x 0.8'' inch, (61x45x2 cm) Unframed, Stretched on Wooden Bar, Gallery Wrapped, Ready to Hang...
Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil
The Boats of San Sebastian, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The boats sit ready for their next journey in the marina of San Sebastián, Spain. Calm waters and a sense of anticipation shape the coastal scene, evoking the ...
Oil
$4,400
Daisies
Located in Sheffield, MA
Doris Jenney American, 1912-1996 Daisies Oil on canvas 24 by 30 in, w/ frame 32 ½ by 38 ½ in Inventory Number: 01860
Canvas, Oil
$1,391Sale Price|20% Off
Travellers, Horse Drawn Carriage, Impressionist Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Travellers, Horse Drawn Carriage, Impressionist Oil Painting, Signed By French artist J.Dubois, Mid 20th Century Signed and dated '1958' by the ar...
Oil
$1,001
Escape to Lugano, landscape oil painting, realism, Impressionist, seascape art
Located in Oslo, NO
This plein air painting captures the quiet allure of Lake Lugano, where sunlight dissolves into cool alpine water and time seems to slow. Created alla prima, the work was completed i...
Canvas, Oil
French Countryside, 1895, Impressionist, Forest, Rural Scene
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Paris, Edouard Cabane studied under Adolphe William Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury. His painting Le Serment de Brutus earned second prize in Rome in 1884. He exhibited fre...
Oil, Board
$885Sale Price|20% Off
1950s French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Cagnes sur Mer South of France
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cagnes sur Mer Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Oil
$780Sale Price|20% Off
"Sunset Sail" Vintage American School Impressionist Seascape Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted large atmospheric sunset seascape painting. Large and impressive in person. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Image size, 24"H x 48"L.
Canvas, Oil
“Stream in Normandy” Pastel Pastoral Impressionist French Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel Impressionist style painting by American landscape artist George Ames Aldrich. The work features a woman standing at the edge of a river in a quaint pastoral French town. Sign...
Canvas, Oil
Summer Sunset
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original Oil Painting signed by the Artist in the lower right corner.
Oil
$749Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Le Marché Scene with Figures
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Le Marché Scene with Figures By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 10.25 x 8.25 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on card, un...
Oil
The Ballerina
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Pastel on canvas, signed lower right, measuring 38" x 48.25" including the frame. Pierre Carrier-Belleuse His first studies were with his father, the sculptor Albert-Ernest Carrier-...
Pastel
Burgundy Fields (France)
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original Oil Painting signed by the Artist in the lower right corner.
Oil
Mid Century Frida Kahlo Study
Located in Soquel, CA
A 1960's Frida Kahlo study oil painting on laid paper by California artist Genevieve Rogers (American, 1904-1984). Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of her work. Unframed. Ima...
Oil, Laid Paper
$1,080Sale Price|20% Off
Snowy Creek in Hope Valley - Landscape in Oil on Masonite
By Dean Packer
Located in Soquel, CA
Snowy Creek in Hope Valley - Landscape in Oil on Masonite Detailed winter scene by American artist Dean Packer (b. 1933). Light shines down on the snowy b...
Masonite, Oil
Afternoon Clouds Sunset
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original Oil Painting signed by the Artist in the lower right corner.
Oil
"HELOTES CREEK" by Robert Wood (G. Day) (1889-1979) NORTHWEST OF SAN ANTONIO
Located in San Antonio, TX
Robert Wood (G. Day) (1889 -1979) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Frame Size: 32 x 44 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signed lower right "Helotes Creek" Texas Robert Wood (G. Day) (1889...
Oil
"Golden Gate Morning, Tucson, AZ", by W. Jason Situ, Desert Landscape Painting
Located in Rockport, MA
"Golden Gate Morning, Tucson, AZ", by W. Jason Situ. This sun-drenched desert vista by acclaimed plein air painter W. Jason Situ captures the bold majesty of the American Southwest. ...
Oil
$998Sale Price|20% Off
Fine Antique French Impressionist Winter Country Landscape House in Distance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist: Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed Title: Winter Medium: signed gouache on paper, loosely laid over card, unfram...
Gouache
Early Spring Sunshine
Located in Zofingen, AG
Gentle spring sunlight warms the awakening landscape. A winding river flows toward the horizon, its surface scattered with shimmering golden glints. Sparse patches of melting snow cl...
Oil, Canvas
"Brunch at Extra Virgin" Colorful Impressionistic Restaurant Oil Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
"With shades of Pierre Bonnard’s Parisian street vistas and Edward Hopper’s New York shopfronts, American impressionist Cindy Shaoul’s oil paintings depict the much-loved locales and...
Oil, Board
Summer at the Harbor 1996 Large Acrylic Painting
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Tom Perkinson Summer at the Harbor 1989 Large Acrylic Painting Canvas 50.5 x 40.5 inches Framed Size 55.5 x 45.5 inches Tom Perkinson was ...
Acrylic
$723Sale Price|38% Off
Mid Century French Pastel Drawing of Sunlit Garden with Blooming Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Pastel Drawing of Sunlit Garden with Blooming Trees Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper Size: 25.75 (height) x 19...
Oil Pastel
Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape" in an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Frederick Ernest Swedlun, AKA: Ernest Fredericks (1877–1959) It is sig...
Oil
Courtyard in Seville, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Light and shadow play harmoniously in the courtyard of Museo de Bellas Artes in Seville, Spain. Foliage basks in the sun, while the fountain stays cool in the...
Oil
$4,500Sale Price|54% Off
Willow
Located in Atlanta, GA
Eva Makk has been called “the world’s foremost living impressionist painter”. She is celebrated for graceful, light-infused compositions executed with shimmer...
Canvas, Oil
$1,580Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Lilies and Teapot Still Life in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid-century still life of a vase of white lilies next to a green teapot and lemon by listed California artist Helen Enoch Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Signed "Gleifors...
Masonite, Oil
$6,560
Apple tree in bloom. Kolomenskoye, Impressionism painting 2014 Oil on board New
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
The artist painted this plain air sketch in Kolomenskoye in May 2014 in a couple of sessions at the same time. This mesmerizing artwork captures an orchard in full bloom, rendered wi...
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
"Cloud Reflections" oil painting, impressionist landscape of Vermont, Mountains
By Viktor Butko
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Cloud Refelctions" is an oil painting by Russian Impressionist painter Viktor Butko (b. 1978, Moscow) painted en plein air, aka outdoors. This painting is a culmination of Butko's ...
Linen, Oil
$1,336Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Style Salon Scene, Elegant Figures, Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title French Impressionist Style Salon Scene, Elegant Figures, Signed Oil Key Details Artist: French School, Late 20th Century Medium: Oil on canvas Size (framed): 35 x 30 inches Sig...
Oil
Pointe de Penchateau French Coastal Harbour Watercolor Landscape Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Pointe de Penchateau French Coastal Harbour Watercolor Landscape Painting Artist: Signed lower right (artist unidentified) Medium: Watercolor on artists paper, unframed Size: ...
Watercolor
$680Sale Price|20% Off
Beach Ocean Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden High Dunes
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
High Dunes Study is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beautiful view of the ocean with a sailboat off the coast alo...
Oil
"Hazy Afternoon Light, Aliso Beach" Southern California Scene
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
An atmospheric oil painted on from a study created on location in Laguna Beach, California by noted California artist Jacobus Baas, "Hazy Afternoon Light, Aliso Beach " exhibits the ...
Oil
$3,758
Boltons Cityscape Oil Painting on canvas, Contemporary Impressionist, 80x89cm
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Linen, Oil