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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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In the Cesvaina's palace
In the Cesvaina's palace

In the Cesvaina's palace

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....

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lazy Saturday
Lazy Saturday

Lazy Saturday

Located in Zofingen, AG

Continuing a series of small paintings in oil and tempera on wooden boards, artist turned to the image found in the live sketches at one of the beautiful Saturday mornings. So once ...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Impressionist Print of Boats in Antibes Harbour, France, 1955

Impressionist Print of Boats in Antibes Harbour, France, 1955

By Nicolas de Stael (after)

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This 1986 reproduction presents Nicolas de Staël’s Boats in the Harbour, a composition originally painted in 1955 during the artist’s celebrated Antibes period. In this late body of ...

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1950s Impressionist Art

Materials

Offset

Thoughtful
Thoughtful

Roman FrancesThoughtful

$300Sale Price|40% Off

Thoughtful

By Roman Frances

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Giclée

Shimmering Surf Heat
Shimmering Surf Heat

Shimmering Surf Heat

By Kathleen Keifer

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"SPRINGTIME BLUES" TEXAS BLUEBONNET  TEXAS HILL COUNTRY
"SPRINGTIME BLUES" TEXAS BLUEBONNET  TEXAS HILL COUNTRY

"SPRINGTIME BLUES" TEXAS BLUEBONNET TEXAS HILL COUNTRY

By CLIFF CAVIN

Located in San Antonio, TX

Cliff Cavin Texas Artist Size: 24 x 30 Frame: 30.5 x 36.5 Medium: Oil 2022 "Springtime Blues" Biography Cliff Cavin Cliff Cavin, a native of San Antonio, Texas, is a landscape artist...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Autumn Pasture
Autumn Pasture

Autumn Pasture

Located in North Clarendon, VT

A beautiful oil on board of an Autumn Pasture by the talented Carl G. T. Olson. From the estate of the artist to his son, then to his grandchildren and from them to us. 18" x 22" u f...

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1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"At the Farm" Susan Grisell, American Farm Landscape, New England Countryside
"At the Farm" Susan Grisell, American Farm Landscape, New England Countryside

"At the Farm" Susan Grisell, American Farm Landscape, New England Countryside

By Susan Grisell

Located in New York, NY

Susan Grisell At the Farm, circa 1970 Signed lower right Oil on board 8 x 10 inches Following the guidance of her long-time teacher and mentor, the respected New England impressionist painter, Bernard Lennon, Susan Grisell developed a style marked adherence to nature. Her paintings are recognizable for their effortless rendering, with line and color that express the impressions of what she observes, and dense brushwork that conveys her response following the sensitive observation of atmosphere. In May 2023, one of Susan's paintings "Blue Crock...

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1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

1888 George Elbert Burr Southwest Desert Landscape Drawing, Morning Near Arizona
1888 George Elbert Burr Southwest Desert Landscape Drawing, Morning Near Arizona

1888 George Elbert Burr Southwest Desert Landscape Drawing, Morning Near Arizona

By George Elbert Burr

Located in Denver, CO

This original 1888 color pencil drawing, Morning Near Arizona, is a luminous Southwestern landscape by acclaimed American artist George Elbert Burr (1859–1939). Rendered with Burr’s ...

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1880s Impressionist Art

Materials

Color Pencil

Hongdan Lin Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Yichun Series I"
Hongdan Lin Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Yichun Series I"

Hongdan Lin Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Yichun Series I"

Located in New York, NY

Title: Yichun Series I Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 19 x 23 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This pai...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Late Afternoon Blues - California Realism Palm Tree
Late Afternoon Blues - California Realism Palm Tree

Late Afternoon Blues - California Realism Palm Tree

By Kathleen Keifer

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Mothers and Children on the Beach" - Colorful Bright Impressionist in Oil Paint
"Mothers and Children on the Beach" - Colorful Bright Impressionist in Oil Paint

"Mothers and Children on the Beach" - Colorful Bright Impressionist in Oil Paint

By Don Hatfield

Located in Carmel, CA

Don Hatfield (American, born 1947) "Mothers and Children on the Beach" Unknown Oil paint, canvas, stretcher bars Signed on the bottom right of the painting. Don Hatfield’s 'Mothers ...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

1920s Colorado Western Landscape Oil Painting, Blue Sky, Buttes, & Mountain Art
1920s Colorado Western Landscape Oil Painting, Blue Sky, Buttes, & Mountain Art

1920s Colorado Western Landscape Oil Painting, Blue Sky, Buttes, & Mountain Art

By Charles Ragland Bunnell

Located in Denver, CO

This original 1926 signed oil painting by 20th cenutry artist Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968) beautifully captures the expansive Colorado prairie landscape. Created while Bunnell...

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1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Hurricane Horizon - Serene Seascape Still Life Painting on Handmade Paper
Hurricane Horizon - Serene Seascape Still Life Painting on Handmade Paper

Hurricane Horizon - Serene Seascape Still Life Painting on Handmade Paper

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Michaela Jean is an accomplished painter, devoted gardener, and mother from Southern California (USA). Her lifelong passion for art and nature began in childhood, inspired by her gra...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Color Pencil

Sunset Over Colorado Front Range, Tonalist Oil on Canvas, Charles Partridg Adams
Sunset Over Colorado Front Range, Tonalist Oil on Canvas, Charles Partridg Adams

Sunset Over Colorado Front Range, Tonalist Oil on Canvas, Charles Partridg Adams

By Charles Partridge Adams

Located in Denver, CO

This luminous Colorado sunset oil painting by Charles Partridge Adams (1858–1942) captures the quiet grandeur of the Front Range in a refined Tonalist style. Bathed in soft, atmosphe...

Category

20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Misty Bayou"  HAZE.  ONE OF HIS BEST Dated 1917 Alexander Drysdale (1870-1934)
"Misty Bayou"  HAZE.  ONE OF HIS BEST Dated 1917 Alexander Drysdale (1870-1934)

"Misty Bayou" HAZE. ONE OF HIS BEST Dated 1917 Alexander Drysdale (1870-1934)

By Alexander John Drysdale

Located in San Antonio, TX

Alexander John Drysdale (1870-1934) New Orleans Louisiana / New York Artist Size: 20 x 30 Frame: 26 x 36 Medium: Oil Wash? Watercolor? Dated: 1917 "Misty Bayou" Housed in the original magnificent frame. Alexander John Drysdale (1870-1934) New Orleans Louisiana / New York Artist Alexander John (A.J.) Drysdale was an early 20th century Louisiana artist who specialized in landscapes using the technique of oil wash, that gave his works a characteristic of a hazy look. Drysdale made use of this technique by diluting the oil paint with kerosene and applying it with cotton balls. Alexander John Drysdale, born in Marietta, Georgia on March 2, 1870, came to New Orleans at the age of fifteen with his parents. His father, Reverend Alexander J. Drysdale, became the rector of Christ Church Cathedral. Alex received private tutoring from a Professor Mehado and art lessons from Ida Hackell at the Southern Art Union. Later in New Orleans (1887) he studied art under Paul Poincy (1833-1909). The exact date of Drysdale's arrival in New York is unknown, but he enrolled in the Art Students League where he received instruction from Charles C. Curran and Frank Vincent DuMond. Apparently, he remained in New York for about five years and did not go to Europe for further study. After some time, Drysdale began specializing in landscapes, executed in a tonalist manner. Back in New Orleans, Drysdale was inspired by local subjects, especially swamp or bayou areas and other desolate wetlands. Over a period of many years Drysdale's landscapes evolved to a unique stylistic maturity. In 1909 he received a gold medal from the New Orleans Art Association. It is easy to see the influence of two artists that he admired: Corot and Inness. Working equally well in oil and watercolor (he also did scenes in charcoal), Drysdale usually divided his scene into halves or thirds, typically, a foreground consisting of tall swamp grasses achieved with broad vertical strokes; a middle ground consisting of a backdrop row of trees at the horizon line executed with staccato, jabbing strokes resulting in textural contrast; and a background devoted totally to a tonalist-like moisture-laden sky often hazy with no clouds or only a slight indication of them. This formulaic compositional format rendered with an economy of technique resulted in imagery with repetitious forms and shapes diffused in a nebulous space. In this regard, Drysdale's works are impressionistic; he also tended to use the violets and blues of the impressionist palette. Yet he lacked a specific interest in color and light. Although his expression of the Louisiana scenery is very personal, even mystical, the artist appears to have been very limited in subject matter. One of his last works was a mural for the Shushan (New York) Airport administration building, and shortly before his death he was employed as an artist by the Civil Works Administration. Drysdale was a member of the Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans, and his work was in the permanent collection of the Delgado Museum for many years. The artist worked at his studio at 320 Exchange Place in the picturesque Vieux Carré until his death at the age of sixty-three. Stewart (in Painting in the South, 1983), describes how Drysdale was a shrewd businessman. He would solicit new homeowners who might need a canvas to decorate a wall, or a cotton broker who recently made the headlines. Drysdale died in New Orleans, on February 9, 1934. Sources: Louisiana Artists from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. James W. Nelson. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University, 1968; Wiesendanger, Martin and Margaret Wiesendanger, Nineteenth Century Louisiana Painters and Paintings from the Collection of W. E. Groves. New Orleans: W. E. Groves Gallery, 1971, pp. 44-45; Painting in the South: 1584-1980, Exh. cat. Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum, 1983, pp. 106-107, 114, 276; Chambers, Bruce W., Art and Artists of the South: The Robert P. Coggins Collection of American Paintings. Exh. cat. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 1984, p. 88; Zellman, Michael David, 300 Years of American Art. Seacacus, NJ: Wellfleet Press, 1987, p. 634; Gerdts, William H., Art across America: Two Centuries of Regional Painting, 1710-1920. New York: Abbeville Press, 1990, vol. 2, pp. 110-111. Submitted by Richard H. Love and Michael Preston Worley, Ph.D. Biography from The Johnson Collection ALEXANDER JOHN DRYSDALE (1870–1934) Born in Marietta, Georgia, Alexander John Drysdale was the only son of an ordained Episcopal priest whose ministry required frequent moves to parishes in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. In 1883, he accepted the call to become dean of Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans, and was later elected a bishop. Alexander, thirteen years old when the family settled in New Orleans, began his art studies under the instruction of Ida C. Haskell, a California-born artist who was on the faculty of the recently established Southern Art Union. The local academy had been founded by several leading artists, including Andres Molinary, William Henry Buck...

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1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

"Four Peonies", Oil painting
"Four Peonies", Oil painting

"Four Peonies", Oil painting

Located in Denver, CO

Yana Beylinson's (US based) "Four Peonies" is an oil painting that depicts impressionistic pink flowers with vivid green leaves. Artist Bio: Yana is driven by a deep r...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Long Shadows Beach Walk
Long Shadows Beach Walk

Long Shadows Beach Walk

By Kathleen Keifer

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Une Bergerie - Etching by Albert Brendel - 1862

Une Bergerie - Etching by Albert Brendel - 1862

Located in Roma, IT

Une Bergerie is a black and White etching realized by Albert Brendel in 1862.  Titled in the lower Image Size: 23x32 Very good impression. Realized by Cadart for the "Société des...

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1860s Impressionist Art

Materials

Etching

Vendimiadora (Grape Harvester)
Vendimiadora (Grape Harvester)

Vendimiadora (Grape Harvester)

By Roman Frances

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Giclée

Vermont Landscape (Diptych) - Colorful Abstract Nature Oil Painting
Vermont Landscape (Diptych) - Colorful Abstract Nature Oil Painting

Vermont Landscape (Diptych) - Colorful Abstract Nature Oil Painting

By Beth Munro

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Beth Munro’s original paintings, whether composed of still life, landscape, or abstract forms, focus on pattern, color, and texture. Munro is inspired by everything from the impressi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"NOVEMBER MOONRISE" WATERCOLOR RANCH SCENE
"NOVEMBER MOONRISE" WATERCOLOR RANCH SCENE

"NOVEMBER MOONRISE" WATERCOLOR RANCH SCENE

By Paul Strisik

Located in San Antonio, TX

Paul Strisik (1918-1998) Santa Fe, New York, Rockport, Massachusetts Artist Medium: Watercolor on Paper "November Moonrise" Image: 18 x 27 3/4 Frame: 30 3/8 x 40 3/8 Biography Paul...

Category

1980s Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

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Find a wide variety of authentic Impressionist art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue and other colors. Many Pop art Paintings/style/impressionist/?creator=richard-szkutnik>paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Vahe Yeremyan, Richard Szkutnik, Iryna Kastsova, and Mitchell Funk. Frequently made by artists working with Oil Paint, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Impressionist art, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $225 and tops out at $7,200, while the average work sells for $1,423.