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Impressionist Art

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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Style: Impressionist
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Signed French Impressionist Oil River Landscape & Buildings Beautifully Tranquil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French Impressionist, signed and dated lower front corner Title: River landscape Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, unframed and inscribed verso. canvas: 18...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Impressionist Coastal Gouache Painting of Fishing Boats and Rowing Figure at Sea
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...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Gouache

French Outdoor Market Scene with Figures and Parasols by Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Outdoor Market Scene with Figures and Parasols by Fanch Lel by Fanch Lel Size: 21.25 x 25.75 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condition: Good ove...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Seascape - New Horizon 187 Colourful Sunset
Located in Zofingen, AG
READY TO HANG with the edges painted. A beautiful modern landscape, abstract, made with professional varnished acrylics and Amsterdam acrylic sprays on stretched heavy canvas. I sh...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

French Cityscape Oil Painting of Canal Bridge and Historic Architecture
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Cityscape Oil Painting of Canal Bridge and Historic Architecture By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 16.25 x 13 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condi...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

"A Season of Blues and Golds" by Seth Winegar, Autumn Color Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Seth Winegar's (US based) "A Season of Blues and Golds" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts colorful aspen trees turning color in the fall. Bio/artist statement: Set...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Impressionist Village Scene with Tower and Olive Tree View of Monte Maggiore
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Village Scene with Tower and Olive Tree View of Monte Maggiore By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 14.75 x 18 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed ...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

THREE MONKEYS
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto. acrylic on canvas. The magic flow reality... In this work, the three monkeys are more than playful creatures — they serve as symbolic figures. Set ...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Time to Move, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A mother and her child strike their camp for higher ground as the tide comes in with the occasional rogue wave. Artist Onelio Marrero and his wife live near the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

French Impressionist Seascape with Colourful Sailboats and Lighthouse
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Seascape with Colourful Sailboats and Lighthouse By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 14.75 x 18.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Cond...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

American Impressionist New England Rockport Bernard Corey Oil Painting Brook
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Quiet Brook 9x12 unframed, 15. 75 x 18 .75 x 1.25 framed Oil on linen stretched and framed possibly in a Hackman style frame. Very Good Condition Private Collection- Canfield, OH Wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Paris, Rue De Norvins" 20th Century Impressionistic Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A stunning depiction of a lively village scene with houses and figures throughout. There is a cafe situated near the busy street as people look through the neighboring shops' window....
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bouquet in a fashionable vase.
Located in Zofingen, AG
The picture is painted in a light and elegant style. A composition of flowers in a fashionable vase looks impressive . In this work, the artist managed to convey a bright and at th...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hyde Park, London, 1900s by American artist Richard Hayley Lever, oil on canvas
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Richard Hayley Lever (American, 1876–1958) Hyde Park Promenade at Apsley Gate, c. 1900–1905 Oil on canvas laid down on board Signed ‘Hayley LEVER’ (lower right) 6.75 x 9.625 in. (17....
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Impressionist Beach Scene with Fisherman and Woman Walking Under Seagulls
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Beach Scene with Fisherman and Woman Walking Under Seagulls By F.T. Roussel Signed: yes Size: 11.5 x 15.5 inches (height x width) Oil painting on cardboard, unfr...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Impressionist Oil Painting Port Scene with Green Dome and Fishing Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Oil Painting Port Scene with Green Dome and Fishing Boats By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 13.25 x 16.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed C...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Seaside Promenade with Deckchairs Summer Crowd and Ocean View Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Seaside Promenade with Deckchairs Summer Crowd and Ocean View Watercolour Painting By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Signed: Lower right Medium: Watercolor on artists paper Size: 11...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Amarillo By Morning - Desert Landscape Nature 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...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

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

"Les Deux Magots" Parisian Plein Air Street Scene Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
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...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Bird Man" (2025) by Shawn Sullivan, Original Animal Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Shawn Sullivan's (US Based) "Bird Man" is a playful, original, handmade oil painting in the trompe-l'œil style that depicts a white breasted bird with a yellow head standing up strai...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Potential" Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Westport, CT
Potential pulses with kinetic color and form, offering a vibrant abstraction of a forest path flooded with light. Bri Custer’s distinctive approach blends bold geometry with nuanced ...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Great View of Venice" Antoine Bouvard Snr. (French, 1875-1955)
By Antoine Bouvard Snr.
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"The Great View of Venice" Antoine Bouvard Snr. (French, 1875-1955) Oil on canvas, original, gilt wood frame, Signed, lower right 20 3/4 x 28 1/2 (28 1/2 x 37 frame) inches Anto...
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1930s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Young Girl and Pug Dog Portrait Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist oil painting by Frederick Stuart Church (1842 - 1924). Gouache and watercolor on board. Framed. Measuring: 17 by 23 inches overall, and 10 by 16 painti...
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1880s Impressionist Art

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Archival Paper, Gouache, Watercolor

French Impressionist Coastal Scene with Crashing Waves and Sailing Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Coastal Scene with Crashing Waves and Sailing Boats By Fanch Lel Size: 13 x 16.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condition: The ...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Henri Matisse 'Red Interior: Still Life on a Blue Table' 1994- Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Discover the charm of Henri Matisse through this vibrant image from a 1994 portfolio published by Taschen and printed in Germany. This reproduction captures the essence of Matisse’s ...
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1990s Impressionist Art

Materials

Offset

"Tonalist Landscape" Oil Painting of English Landscape with Lush Trees & Clouds
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful rendition of an English Landscape by renowned artist William Emerson. This piece was executed by the English country side, where he packed much detail through out. The to...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Russian American Impressionist Constantine Westchiloff Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Rough Sea oil on canvas board, image 9 x 12 signed LR, 14.75 x 17.75 framed Constantin A. Westchiloff 1877 – 1945 was an impressionist painter born in Russia. He emigrated from Sov...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amo
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK "Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women" from the "Perichoresis" series offers a radically different perspective o...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Impressionist Painting of Venetian Canal with Bridge and Sunlit Buildings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Painting of Venetian Canal with Bridge and Sunlit Buildings By Fanch Les Size: 18.25 x 15.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on cardboard, unframed Conditio...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

1900's French Impressionist Watercolor Portrait Lady Overlooking Balcony Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Garden View French School, early 20th century signed with initials lower corner watercolour painting on artist paper, framed Glass covering framed: 13 x 10.5 inches board: 10 x 8...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

California Landscape Oil Painting by John Budicin Scottsdale Bulldog Canyon
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
In the Canyon oil/canvas laid to panel image 8 x 10 Purchased from the artist in 2003. This is a beautiful plein air painting done in Scottsdale at Bulldog Canyon. This is one of two...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Bistro on South Street, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A woman sits outside a Philadelphia bistro, reading her book. The bright morning light shines through the establishment's windows, revealing a glimpse of its i...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Antique American Impressionist "Sub Zero Hinsdale" Chicago Street Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A charming and atmospheric winter nocturne by Chester Bratten, titled "Hinsdale Sub-Zero," this oil on canvas captures a quiet, snowy evening scene in downtown Hinsdale, Illinois. A ...
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1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

French Impressionist Harbour View with Boats and Curved Pier
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Harbour View with Boats and Curved Pier By F.T. Roussel Signed: yes Size: 20 x 25.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condition: Th...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Vintage Romantic Landscape Oil Painting on Panel, Signed G. Holman, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This original vintage oil painting on panel presents a peaceful romantic landscape in the tradition of 19th-century pastoral scenes. A lone tree stands bare against a glowing amber s...
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1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Antique 19th Century Landscape Oil Painting on canvas – Sunset over Pond, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This evocative antique oil painting on canvas captures a tranquil rural scene bathed in the soft glow of a setting sun. A group of wind-swept trees stands along a peaceful pond, with...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Creixams Bullfighter and Bull original impressionist acrylic canvas painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Creixams PICÓ, Pere (Barcelona, 1893-1965). Self - taught painter, Creixams began his career as a cabinetmaker and typographer. In 1918 he traveled to Paris and in contact with the ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pink Roses In Blue Vase Interior French Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pink Roses by Fanch Lel ( French School) Oil painting on canvas, board, unframed Board: 16 x 13 inches Condition: The painting is in good condition, with minor signs of handling at ...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Le jardin de Daubigny Style of Vincent Van Gogh Daubigny's Garden by S. Goosson
Located in Soquel, CA
Le jardin de Daubigny Style of Vincent Van Gogh by Stephen Goosson The painting depicts the enclosed garden of Charles-François Daubigny, a French landscape painter whom Van Gogh ad...
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1950s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

"Isola del Garda". Oil painting, 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...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Impressionist Rainy Village Street Scene with Figures and Church in France
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Rainy Village Street Scene with Figures and Church in France by Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 8.75 inches (height) x 10.5 inches (width) Medium: Oil on board, unfr...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Mystery Impressionist mountain landscape with cabin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Up for sale another beautiful mystery painting. An impressionistic little gem with very accomplished broken brushstroke technique. Painting is signed and dated upper right but I cann...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Over Peaks and Valleys, Impressionist Landscape, Pastel Tones, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful landscape painting by Alexandra Czierpka. By reducing color and form to their essentials, she invites the observer to contemplate the harmony between humans and n...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil, Acrylic

Hélène of Septeuil (enfant au perroquet) (child with a parakeet).
Located in Storrs, CT
Hélène of Septeuil (enfant au perroquet) (child with a parakeet). c. 1889-1890. Drypoint. Breeskin, 134.v. 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 (sheet 15 3/4 x 9 7/8). A rich impression with burr and plate...
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19th Century Impressionist Art

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Watercolor, Drypoint

Moonlight in Savoie France signed Cachoud
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil on canvas by François Charles Cachoud (born in 1866 in Chambéry, Savoy and died in 1943) is a painter known today for his night effects and his chiaroscuro. Its artistic criteria...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 36 by 31 inches overall, and 25 by 30 painting alone. In excellent original condit...
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1890s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1894 Nicholas Briganti (1861-1944) Antique oil painting cityscape Italy Sorrento
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a phenomenal original antique huge oil painting on board, depicting Sorrento, Italy featuring the Hotel Tasso overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Signed and dated in ...
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19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Paul Strisik Marine Painting American Impressionist National Academy Rockport
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Morgan's Wharf Maine 8 x 12 oil/masonite panel Paul Strisik (April 22, 1918 – July 22, 1998) was an American plein air painter. The painting and frame are in excellent condition but ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Matisse Mother and Child Reading
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Henri Matisse's Planche 51 from the 1920 portfolio Cinquante Dessins features a tender scene of two female figures: an older woman standing to the left and a young girl with long hai...
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1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Western Mountain Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
Snow-topped jagged peaks reflected in a mountain lake come together in this ethereal landscape painting by noted American artist Courtney Luther Miles (1887-1975). Self-taught and ac...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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...
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1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

A Northern Vision in Miniature
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisitely detailed drawing by Swedish artist Oscar Lycke captures a rustic settlement nestled in the golden highlands of northern Sweden, most likely depicting the traditional...
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1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil

California Impressionist Oil Painting Franz A. Bischoff Laguna Seascape
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Franz Arthur Bischoff seascape Laguna Tide Pools oil/board 13 x 19 unframed, 19.5 x 25.5 framed sight size Provenance Private collection, Northern California, Bonhams Condition repor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

In pink light.
Located in Zofingen, AG
Morning in the rays of sunlight. Pink curtains on the windows fill the whole room with delicate shades. The still very young girl is almost awake, but wants her beautiful dream to co...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mid 20th Century French Picture Frame Shabby Chic Off White Large Size Vintage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French mid 20th century Wood and plaster picture frame Internal measurement (to house painting or mirror): 26 x 21.5 inches Overal outer measurements: 31.5 x 27 inches Provenance: fr...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Plaster, Wood

ABSTRACT ADVENTURE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto. acrylic on canvas. The magic flow reality... A smiling figure and their surreal horse set off into the unknown — through blue-tinted dreams, cryptic...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Nude, oil painting, oil on canvas, impressionistic, live model
Located in Oslo, NO
This intimate oil painting captures a moment of quiet rest and vulnerability. Painted alla prima, the artist works swiftly and expressively, allowing brushstrokes to remain visible a...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

S. Lobau (Europe) Large Oil Painting on canvas Birch Tree Landscape River Scene
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is this breathtaking original oil painting on canvas by European artist S. Lobau, known for his masterful depictions of natural scenery and tranquil landscapes. The artw...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Hunting for Treasures, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A woman peruses a store in search of antiques while brilliant sunlight rakes the window and objects on display. The contrasts of light and shadows match the coo...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

French Impressionist River and Park Landscape
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French Impressionist oil on canvas view of a river in parkland by the noted French artist Albert Uriet. The painting is signed and dated bottom right and is presented in a fine car...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

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