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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Carmel Painting, Oil on Canvas, Signed Landscape by Lynn Gertenbach.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
This beautiful 20 x 24 inch oil painting was created live at Misty Rocky in Carmel-by-the-Sea one of the treasured painting locations of renowned artist Lynn Gertenbach. This breath...
Oil
$1,359
Mediterranean Village, Catalonia Oil on Canvas, Signed, 1941, 27x41 cm
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Mediterranean Village, Catalonia Artist: José María Vilà Cañellas (Vic, 1914 – Barcelona, 2001) Date: 1941 Technique: Oil on canvas Support: Canvas on stretcher Dimensions (un...
Oil, Canvas
$2,275
Antique American Winter Impressionist Snow Landscape Framed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting by Cecil Chichester (1891 - 1963). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 19 by 23 inches overall, and 16 by 20 painting alo...
Canvas, Oil
$495Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionist Coastal Gouache Painting of Fishing Boats and Rowing Figure at Sea
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Coastal Gouache Painting of Fishing Boats and Rowing Figure at Sea By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 9.75 x 11.75 inches (height x width) Gouache painting on cardbo...
Gouache
Rainy Sunday Morning, Oil Painting
By David Thelen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
In this interior study, artist David Thelen explores the interplay of shadow and structure. A restrained palette of grays and soft blues emphasizes line and tex...
Oil
$1,360Sale Price|20% Off
1950's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Old Church in Provence Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Church in Provence French Post-Impressionist School, circa 1950's oil painting on board, framed in a Montparnasse style frame framed: 16 x 20 inches board: 10.5 x 14 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound condition Montparnasse picture frames...
Oil
$925Sale Price|20% Off
Provence Cottages 1950's French Impressionist Vintage Oil Painting Sunny Street
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provence Cottage French School, mid 20th century faint signature oil painting on board, framed in original 'Montparnasse' style frame. framed: 18.5 x 15 inches board: 15 x 12 in...
Oil
Emerald Silence
Located in Zofingen, AG
Emerald Silence captures the quiet beauty of a winter forest where a clear stream flows between snow-covered banks. Inspired by Impressionism, the painting focuses on light, atmosphe...
Oil
$472
Orange light still life, warm tones flowers impressionism, brushstrokes, harmony
Located in Oslo, NO
This still life conveys a sense of quiet, almost meditative morning, where the objects on the table are filled with gentle light and warm tones. The brown jar, surrounded by light ce...
Oil, Cardboard
$723Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Moored Fishing Boats by Fanch Lel
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Moored Fishing Boats by Fanch Lel By Fanch Lel Size: 19.5 x 20.75 inches (height x width) Oil painting on cardboard, unframed Condition...
Oil
$1,500
Original Oil Painting Signed by William Harnden American Impressionist 1920-1983
Located in Palm Coast, FL
A captivating vintage oil painting on board signed Harnden, depicting a lively tavern scene filled with musicians, dancers, and warm ambient lighting. A violinist and guitarist perfo...
Oil
Original Signed Oil Painting on Canvas, Landscape, Genre Scene, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This original oil painting on canvas is a traditional pastoral landscape, capturing a serene and idyllic rural scene. The composition is rich in earthy tones, with warm browns, green...
Oil
Fall in the Mountain Valley
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Beautiful American School impressionist piece, unsigned, oil on board. Likely 1920-1940. Painted by a talented artist with wonderful composition and brushwork. 10" x 14" sight, 16.2...
Oil
$2,449Sale Price|20% Off
Olive Trees in Manosque, Provence, Large French Modernist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: A. Davy, French School, late 20th century Title: Olive Trees, Manosque (Provence). Medium: signed, oil painting on canvas, framed and inscribed verso. Size: ...
Oil
$157Sale Price|88% Off
Mid Century French Glass Ornament In Yellow Box Gouache Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Glass Ornament Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Gouache
$413Sale Price|20% Off
British Impressionist Watercolor of a Cottage Garden in Bloom
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of a Cottage Garden in Bloom by Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Dimensions: 11.25 x 15 inches...
Watercolor
Gentle Gift
Located in Zofingen, AG
These flowers seem to drift in quiet light, as if the morning learned how to whisper through petals. Soft pink tones glow like remembered tenderness, fragile yet endlessly alive. Eac...
Canvas, Oil
$1,418Sale Price|20% Off
Pensive Woman Oil on Canvas, Impressionist Portrait, Signed, 1980
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Pensive Woman Artist: Frederic Lloveras Herrera (1912–1983) Year: 1980 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 28.7 x 23.6 in (73 x 60 cm) Support: Canvas, unframed Signature: Si...
Canvas, Oil
Silence
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Cornelius van Fulpen– American (1905 - 1987) Title: Silence Year: 1984 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 19.5 x 23.75 inches Framed size: 25.5 x 29.75 inches Signature: Signed, da...
Canvas, Oil
$2,450
English fox hunting scene with fox hounds, men up on horse back in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Gerald Coulson was an English painter in the mid to latter part of the 20th century. Gerald Coulson has been painting professionally for over 47 years ...
Canvas, Oil
Friedrich Karl Thauer (Germany 1924-2009) original oil painting on canvas Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is a beautiful large oil painting on canvas depicting a picturesque European coastal town with a bustling waterfront scene. The artist employs a rich, textured impasto technique...
Oil
C. Kern (German) Large Oil/canvas Painting Landscape Bridge Trees Church Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
🏞️ River Village with Bridge by C. Kern Original Oil Painting on Canvas – European Landscape Scene Step into a peaceful European countryside with this captivating original oil pain...
Oil
Rocky Inlet, Monhegan, Maine
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Rocky Inlet, Monhegan, Maine Oil on canvas mounted on phenolic resin, c. 1940 Unsigned Signed with the estate stamp on the reverse (see photo) Condition: Excellent, recently cleaned ...
Oil
"Parisian Cafe Scene" Small Impressionist Oil Painting Framed in Antique Frame
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical oil painting depicting a Parisian Cafe scene in Paris, France by Luigi Cagliani. As an Italian Impressionist artist Cagliani most of his works were produced in the first ...
Oil, Board
In the Edge of the Great Shadow
Located in North Clarendon, VT
A beautiful oil on board of the sun setting in the mountains c. 1930 by the talented Carl G. T. Olson. From the estate of the artist. Housed in a period arts and crafts carved frame....
Oil
$1,557Sale Price|20% Off
Amsterdam Oil on Canvas Painting, Impressionist, 20th Century, Framed
Located in Genève, GE
This oil on canvas by artist Jean-Jacques Boimond (1930-1995) depicts a picturesque, tranquil scene, probably of Amsterdam, as indicated on the back of the canvas by the artist. The ...
Oil, Canvas
"BLOWIN' IN" WESTERN G. HARVEY PAINTING 28 X 38 FRAME SIZE DATED 1974
By G. Harvey
Located in San Antonio, TX
G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones) (1933-2017) San Antonio, Austin, and Fredericksburg Artist Image Size: 20 x 30 Frame Size: 28 x 38 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dated 1974 "Blowin' In" Sign...
Oil
Flowers. Copper
Located in Zofingen, AG
This small painting will decorate a wall in a bedroom or living room. It will fit harmoniously into a composition of several paintings of different sizes and styles. The painting is ...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Autumn" Colorful Mid-20th Century American Oil Painting Landscape with Tress
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful depiction of an Autumn landscape in Kent, Connecticut from the Mid-20th Century with puffed trees by the country side. For this beautiful depiction, we find distinct elements that are unique to the earlier works of George Lawrence...
Oil, Board, Canvas
"Rain"
Located in Zofingen, AG
"It might seem strange to some that I called the painting ""Rain."" But imagine a window opening and a fresh breeze blowing into the house. It blows flower petals off and they rain d...
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique American Impressionist Signed Fall Forest Interior Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist fall landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed faintly. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by 22 inches overall. H...
Oil, Canvas
"Night Out, " Urban Night Scene by Jim Beckner
By Jim Beckner
Located in Denver, CO
Jim Beckner's (US based) "Night Out" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting a group of friends strolling down a brightly lit city street at night. About the Artist: (Born...
Canvas, Oil
$593Sale Price|20% Off
Large Impressionist Oil Painting - Colourful Flowing River Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School/ Date: Douglas Stuart Allen (American/ French 1923-2021) American born artist from Chicago, retiring to France during his latter years to become a full time painter. ...
Oil
Cape Cod Harbor Scene
Located in New York, NY
A stunning depiction of boats docked in a Cape Cod harbor. Nemethy uses a bold impressionistic technique with thick use of paint and wonderful impressi...
Canvas, Oil, Board
Le Quai du Louvre - Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Edouard Cortes
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist oil on canvas board figures in cityscape circa 1940 by sought after French painter Edouard Cortes. The work depicts a bustling evening street scene at the quay b...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$2,120Sale Price|20% Off
Water Lilies
By Barnes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in the San Si Providence of China, Jang Jin Joong, known as his artist’s name Barnes, fell in love with art since he was a child. His passion for art continued into his pursuit ...
Canvas, Oil
$10,000
Autumn Palette Landscape Impressionism Original oil Painting Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Eduard Matevosyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2024 Style: Impressionism, Title: Autumn Palette, Size: 30" x 24"...
Canvas, Oil
Misty Embrace
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting was created slowly, in silence, with oil layers and great patience – just like some thoughts inside us that need many months to grow. The misty forest has no single foc...
Canvas, Oil
$3,000
Summer Valley, Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang, Impressionism
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, Title: Summer Valley, Size: 29.5" x 44.5...
Canvas, Oil
Vintage oil painting on Canvas, Tropical landscape, Signed, Dated, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This beautiful original vintage oil painting on canvas depicts a tropical landscape. It is nicely framed and signed indistinctly in the lower right corner, possibly dated "'89." Con...
Oil
$974Sale Price|20% Off
1950's French Signed Post Impressionist Oil Country House Gates & Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, mid 20th century Post Impressionist work in beautiful, original frame typical of the Montparnasse style. signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 14 x 15.5 inches canvas : 9 x 11 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound condition Montparnasse picture frames...
Oil, Canvas
$761Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century French Oil Painting A Summer French Coastline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Summer French 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), un...
Canvas, Oil
$13,500
The Garden Dances Even While The Roses Sleep. Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Soft pastel shades imbue this painting with the soporific dreamscape of a Summers day and bold brush strokes bring it alive with gentle movement. This is a special piece from Frances...
Oil
$5,442Sale Price|50% Off
Le Jardin du Luxembourg
By Marie-Anne Nivoulies de Pierrefort
Located in London, GB
'Le Jardin du Luxembourg', oil on canvas, by Marie de Nivouliès de Pierrefort (circa 1910). Parisians are not equivocal about their park preferences. Some clearly favour the Tuileries, while others stand firmly with feet planted in the Jardin du Luxembourg. Perhaps this is analogous to residents' strongly-held preferences for either the Café Deux Magots or the Café de Flore, just down the Boulevard Saint-Germain. Back to the gardens though, I have always been captivated by the Luxembourg Gardens. It's the lawns, tree-lined promenades, tennis courts, flowerbeds, model sailboats on its octagonal Grand Bassin, as well as the picturesque Medici Fountain...
Canvas, Oil
$647Sale Price|20% Off
1930's French Impressionist Oil Group Of Figures Gathered In Forest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vintage French Oil Painting by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on artist paper stuck on board, unframed measures: 10 high...
Oil
$920Sale Price|20% Off
"Southern Beach" Coastal Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Southern Beach" Coastal Landscape in Oil on Canvas Oil painting of the a beach landscape by Max Flandorfer (American, b. 1962). A sandy path winds towards the beach through some gr...
Canvas, Oil
$653Sale Price|20% Off
British Impressionist Watercolor of a Rural Cottage, Farmyard, and Chickens
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of a Rural Cottage, Farmyard, and Chickens By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Signed: Yes Dim...
Watercolor
"Bouquet d'autunno" Olio su tela cm. 55 x 62 Fiori
Located in Torino, IT
Opera di Georgij Moroz pittore Ucraino morto nel 2015 Splendido mazzo di fiori autunnali sui toni dei viola,bianco e verde Pittura luminosa e tridimensionale Opera pubblicata sul cat...
Oil
Coastal Scene of the French Riviera
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Paysage de la cote d'azur (Coastal Scene of the French Riviera)" c.1960, is an oil painting on canvas by French artist Rene Dulieu, 1903-1992. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 21.5 x 25.85 inches, framed size is 35 x 39 inches. Custom framed in original dark brown and gold distressed frame, with fabric liner and gold color fillet. It is in excellent condition, the frame have minor restorations, practically invisible. About the artist. Self-taught painter of figurative painting. At eleven years old, it was the Great War and his Certificate of Studies in his pocket, he first worked in the fields of the village farms, then until he was 17, he was employed at the Coeuvres distillery where he is responsible for the proper functioning of the machines. In 1925 he did his military service at the barracks of St Vincent de Laon (Aisne) in the 101st heavy artillery regiment as a pointer brigadier, and he was already drawing on notebooks. At the end of his service, having chosen to go to Paris to take drawing and painting lessons, he became a cashier at the Grand Magasins du Louvre. He begins to discover Paris, its districts, its buildings, shops, churches. During the week he sets up his easel on the sidewalks of Montmartre, Notre Dame, where the Latin Quarter and on Sundays, he sells these paintings on Boulevard Raspail. He took part in the Battle of France in September 1939at june 1940. He testifies in a notebook of the events and emotions he has gone through. After the Second World War, he set up his home and studio in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, but he remained very attached to his native village where he went very regularly. Married, he takes his family almost every summer to the Côte d'Azur where he paints with great pleasure the warm colors and the intense light of the Esterel or the Var coast. He participates in many Parisian salons and exhibitions in Paris and province. Awarded at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants in 1961, as well as at the Salon Violet in Paris. From 1967, Mrs. Rosenthal of the Galerie Haussmann (Paris), regularly exhibited her works on "Old Paris" which particularly appealed to British and American tourists. He participated with the painters René Demeurisse...
Oil
$1,518Sale Price|30% Off
English Harvest - Vintage Impressionist Landscape Painting with Horses & Figures
Located in Preston, GB
English Harvest - Vintage 20th Century Impressionist Oil Painting with Horses & Figures by British Artist, David Hyde Art measures 16 x 12 inches Fra...
Oil, Board
$571Sale Price|20% Off
British Impressionist Watercolor of a Rustic Farmhouse Scene and Chickens
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of a Rustic Farmhouse Scene and Chickens By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Signed: Yes Dimen...
Watercolor
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
"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
$1,475
Antique American Impressionist Fall Signed Landscape Framed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist signed landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 32 by 26 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed ...
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Italian San Gimignano Street Scene Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist Italian landscape oil painting by Howard Logan Hildebrandt (1872 - 1958). Oil on board. Framed. Measuri...
Oil, Board
$293Sale Price|20% Off
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolours Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Flowers" by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century) set of 2 watercolour on paper, unframed top painting : 6 x 4.5 inches, signed bottom right bottom painting: 5 ...
Watercolor
$707Sale Price|20% Off
Vibrant Autumn Landscape 1970's French Post-Impressionist Thick Impasto Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Autumn Landscape French Post-Impressionist, 1977 signed oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 18 x 22 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very good condition Descript...
Oil
$527Sale Price|20% Off
French Market Scene Aix en Provence Trees Figures and Flowers 1989 Painting
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Market Scene Aix en Provence Trees Figures and Flowers 1989 Painting by Fanch Lel Signed: Bottom left corner, and verso and inscribed with title and date ("Marche d'Aix...
Oil
$1,632Sale Price|20% Off
Beautiful French Impressionist Oil Garden Terrace with Flowers, large canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School (details verso) Title The Garden Terrace Medium: Large oil painting on canvas, framed, stamped, inscribed verso and with a letter attached.. framed: ...
Oil
$256Sale Price|20% Off
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...
Oil
Remington Large oil painting on canvas cityscape, Italy Venice, Piazza San Marco
Located in Palm Coast, FL
A refined Venetian waterfront scene depicting Piazza San Marco (St. Mark’s Square) with a view across the lagoon toward the Palazzo Ducale (Doge’s Palace) and the iconic Campanile di...
Oil