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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Overlooking the Bay, Mid-Century Coastal Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene watercolor by an unknown artist (20th Century), in the style of Elmer Wachtel (American, 1864 - 1929). This mid-century landscape watercolor shows a beautiful sweeping view of...
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$456Sale Price|20% Off
Listed American Artist Arthur Schneider (1866-1943 Antique Oil on board Painting
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is an interesting antique original oil painting on board depicting a rural genre scene with a girl and geese. Signed in the lower-left corner by Listed American Artist A...
Oil
$2,279
Golden Morning, Hawaiian seascape, ocean painting, marine art, American artist
Located in Oslo, NO
"This painting was created in the morning on the island of Oahu during the winter storm season," said Daria about this artwork. "I went out to paint after noticing soft lilac shadows...
Canvas, Oil
$438Sale Price|20% Off
Parisian Park Louvre Paris, Figures by Pond, Signed French Impressionist Oil
By Sadda
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Parisian Park French School, circa 1980's signed lower corner oil painting on board, unframed 7.5 x 9.5 inches Condition: very good
Oil
Odyssey, Canyon Landscape With Cascading Light, 2010, Ed. of 85
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Aquatint, Drypoint, Etching Year: 2010 Image Size: 9.84 x 7.9 inches Edition Size: 85 A dramatic canyon landscape with cascading light breaking through a narrow opening. L...
Etching, Aquatint, Drypoint
$2,123
Cricket on the Green - Impressionist Suffolk East Anglia Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A very beautiful English impressionist oil on board depicting figures playing cricket on the green in front of a pavilion, by the popular Norfolk artist Geoffrey Chatten. This exce...
Oil, Board
$1,150
"California Round Hills" Mid Century Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
"California Round Hills" Mid Century Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite Serene landscape by J. Andrew Bennett (British, 19th/20th Century ). The viewer stands at the end of a v...
Masonite, Oil
Fruit Still Life Oil Painting Betsy Podlach American Post Feminist Modernist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Betsy Podlach (American, born 1964.) Still life with Fruit and Glass Bottle Framed it measures 26.5 X 21.5 Canvas is 21.5 X 16.5 Betsy Podlach graduated from Harvard, cum laude, ...
Canvas, Oil
Rowboat Coastal Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Rowboat Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 16.5" x 20" x 0.8" inch (42 x 51 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wrapped...
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Mt. Rose Landscape
By Nancy Coe
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold mid century impasto landscape of Mt. Rose in oil by Nancy Coe (American, 1932-1998), c.1968. This piece has evocative, heavy textures from the artist's use of a palette knife. Signed in pen in the lower right corner. Gallery sticker on back of frame. Presented in a copper-colored frame. Image size: 27.25"H x 28.38"W Nancy Patricia Coe (American, 1932-1998), was born in San Jose, California to Henry Surtcliff Coe and spent most of her life on Rancho San Felipe in a two-story, brick colonial residence, originally built by her father, on a commercial cattle ranch. With its weeping willow trees and picturesque red barn, it made for a happy home nestled in the heart of San Felipe Valley. Henry Coe State Park is named after her Grandfather Henry Willard Coe. She studied art at Stanford University and graduated in the 1950's. While there, she met S. Gainer Pillsbury, MD, a fellow alumnus, whom she married on June 19, 1956. While an accomplished user of charcoals and Conte crayons, Ms. Coe painted in primarily in oils, showing and winning awards in Reno, Nevada in the early 1960's. Her works, including landscapes and portraits, have been featured in numerous newspaper articles in the Reno Gazette-Journal. Her palette-knife painting of Salvador and Virginia Prado, two ranch hands, was featured on the cover of a Mexican-American history textbook, A Guide to the Study of the Mexican-American by Feliciano Rivera (1969) and published at San Jose State University. Her paintings of Sada S. Coe (her aunt) and Henry “Harry” W. Coe, Jr. are featured in the museum at Henry Coe State Park in Morgan Hill...
Canvas, Oil
Americana, Horse Drawn Sled Christmas Celebration with Barking Dog
Located in Miami, FL
Good, wholesome mid-century Americana is on full display in the joyous illustration depicting a red horse-drawn sled full of merrymakers being greeted at an inn. Signed lower left Fr...
Board, Watercolor
Indian Summer, Figurative Art, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2021 Style: Contemporary Art Title: Indian Summer Size...
Oil, Canvas
Magic Melody, 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: 1999 Title: Magic Melody Size: 22.5" x ...
Canvas, Oil
Wooded River Landscape at Dusk - Scottish Victorian art oil painting moonlight
Located in Hagley, England
This atmospheric exhibited Scottish Impressionist Victorian landscape oil painting is by noted Glasgow Boy artist Robert Macaulay Stevenson. Painted circa 1899 the theme is one close...
Oil
$1,534Sale Price|20% Off
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Oil Couple in Green Lake Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School early 20th century, signed 'Guy Rose' to the lower left corner. Title: Couple in a rowing boat on a lake within a landscape; v...
Oil, Canvas
$438Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Oil Landscape Muddy Sea Scape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Landscape" by Maurice Mazeilie (French) oil painting on artist paper, unframed painting: 6.5 x 9 inches A delightful original oil painting by the 20th century French Impressionist...
Oil
$854
Red Wild Poppies Field at Dusk - Red Poppies and Wild Flowers Field Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
A wild red poppies field scenery that captures a lush field of abstract flowers at dusk with dynamic energy. Bold, impasto strokes of vivid red and fuchsia define the blossoms, contr...
Acrylic
$1,775Sale Price|29% Off
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting, Framed
Located in Belgrade, MT
This oil painting framed is part of my private collection. Lucien Durand was a French painter. I have several of his pieces. HI art work has been offered at auction multiple times.
Oil
$1,008Sale Price|43% Off
Bullfighting Scene Gouache on paper
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Bullfighting Scene Artist: Roberto Domingo Technique: Gouache on paper Dimensions: 7 x 10 in (14 x 17.3 in with frame) Period: 1930s Style: Spanish Impressionism with Post-Impressionist influence Condition: Framed in a classic wooden frame Theme: Bullfighting scene Description of the Artwork "Bullfighting Scene" by Roberto Domingo is a vibrant and dynamic depiction of a typical moment in a bullring. The composition captures the drama and intensity of the moment, with a mounted picador on a striking white horse as the centerpiece, flanked by a matador and assistants preparing for the spectacle. The artwork radiates energy through swift and loose brushstrokes, imbuing the scene with movement and vitality. Domingo’s style emphasizes visual synthesis, focusing on color and form rather than meticulous detail to convey the atmosphere of the bullfighting arena. Warm tones dominate, with vibrant yellows and reds contrasting against the grays and whites of the horse and costumes, creating a captivating chromatic interplay. The classic frame adds sobriety and balance to the piece, further highlighting the expressive power of the gouache. Biography of the Artist Roberto Domingo Fallola (1883-1956), born in Paris, was a renowned painter and illustrator of Spanish descent. The son of the celebrated bullfighting painter Vicente Domingo, he inherited a passion for bullfights and became one of the leading exponents of bullfighting art...
Gouache
Fanasy with Flowers 165
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 300+ pictures) paper 59x42cm On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media. Sold and sent unframed -V...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Early 20th Century Distant Canyon Landscape
By Cyrus Bates Currier
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous, accomplished western canyon landscape with distinct foreground and background coloration by Cyrus Bates Currier (American, 1868-1946). Signe...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$3,250
Lilac flowers at the door, 1901 uplifting floral still life large oil on canvas
Located in Norwich, GB
Here is a painting that will lift you - one feels happy every time one looks at it. It is such a lovely, unusual twist to the theme of the floral still life: here we have flowers, not in a vase, but attached to a wooden front door. I wonder if the artist did this with actual flowers, perhaps for a sweetheart, and then decided to paint the scene? At any rate: who wouldn't want to come home to find a large bunch of glorious lilac as they come home? The artist is Emile Baudoux (1850 -1929), who studied with Humbert and Cabanel. Paris-born, he liked to work in Normandy, where he had his studio. He exhibited his work at the "Salon des Artistes Français" until 1927, where he obtained a gold medal in 1910. The important oil on canvas presented here, dating from 1901, may have been shown at the Salon, as it bears an exhibition number "30" at the upper right of the canvas. It is signed and dated at the lower left as seen in the photos. Measuring 81 x 60 cm, the overall size including its original large oak frame...
Canvas, Oil
$600Sale Price|20% Off
‘Paris, City Stroll’ Historic Impressionist Cityscape
By Vadim Dolgov
Located in Toronto, ON
Painted in an impressionist style this cityscape is a playful peek into the past. An evening stroll in 19th c Paris. Oil city lamps speckle the sidewalks and a horse drawn carriage a...
Canvas, Oil
Patriarch, Original Painting
By Sally Adams
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A raven stands at the top of a weathered wooden post. Loose watercolor washes define its body, while darker tones shape its head and wing. Paint splatters dri...
Watercolor
Lilies, Flowers, 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: 2021 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Lilies, Size: 24" x 48" x 1'' i...
Canvas, Oil
$1,837Sale Price|25% Off
Impressionist Reclining Nude laying on a bed
Located in Woodbury, CT
Count Albert de BELLEROCHE 1864–1944 Painter of portraits and genre, and lithographer; influenced by Impressionism. Born 22 October 1864 in Swansea, of Huguenot descent. Brought up b...
Oil
"Sunset over the city"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Original Oil painting by Ukrainian artist Evgeny Chernyakovsky "Sunset over the city" 65.0 X 75.0 CM / 25.5 X 21.6 IN HIGH QUALITY oil on canvas Signed on the front and back Dated 2...
Canvas, Oil
What A Vision, Abstract Art, Original Painting, Acrylic Paper
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Mkrtich Sarkisyan (Mcho) Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Acrylic on Paper Year: 2023 Style: Abstract Art S...
Paper, Acrylic
$593Sale Price|66% Off
Octave Cartel(Belgian painter) - 20th century Still life painting - Strawberries
Located in Varmo, IT
Octave Cartel (Belgian, 1884 - 1944) - Still life of strawberries. 27 x 37 cm without frame, 41 x 50 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on cardboard, ...
Canvas, Oil
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
Quiet evening. Pastel landscape painting, rocks, sea, sun, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
In this soft pastel work "Quiet evening", the artist explores the softening of light as day transitions into night. The composition is anchored by rugged coastal rocks, rendered with...
Pastel, Paper
"Fantasy with Flowers 218" Mixed , paper, 59x42cm, Unframed
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 300+ pictures) paper 59x42cm On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media. Sold and sent unframed -V...
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Watercolor
Walk Along the Water
Located in Sheffield, MA
Caroline Helena Armington Canadian, 1875-1939 Walk Along the Water Oil on canvas 8 ½ by 10 ¾ in, w/ frame 15 by 17 in Signed "Caroline Armington 1921" lower right Inventory Number:...
Canvas, Oil
$1,240Sale Price|20% Off
Stage 48 of the 53 Stages of the Tokaido - Japanese Woodblock on Rice Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Stage 48 of the 53 Stages of the Tokaido - Japanese Woodblock on Rice Paper Woodblock print of clothing vendors by Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). Originally printed in 183...
Rice Paper, Woodcut
Afternoon Interlude-Hand Embellished Giclee Limited Edition with Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautiful hand-embellished giclee print number 7/145. Stephen Charles Shortridge, the artist, may be more familiar to you as an actor. For fifteen years, he has sold you such produ...
Giclée, Oil
$600Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Big Sur Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Original Big Sur Seascape Oil Painting Gorgeous mid century Big Sur seascape oil painting by California artist Hartzell Harrison Ray (American, 1896-1991). Blue and aqua...
Oil, Masonite
Eleanor Woolley, Views from Rollright, Original Painting, Landscape Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Eleanor Woolley Views from Rollright Original Painting Oil Paint on Canvas Canvas Size: H 50cm x W 50cm x D 2cm Signed Sold Unframed Ready to Hang (Please note that in situ images a...
Canvas, Oil
$3,895
Original Renoir Lithograph, Framed, Impressionist, Ambroise Vollard
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir Medium: Lithograph Title: Ambroise Vollard, c. 1904 Portfolio: 1919 Douze Lithographies Year: 1919 Sheet Size: 127/8" x 9 3/4" Framed Size: 28 5/8' x 2...
Lithograph
$1,863Sale Price|20% Off
Huge French Post Impressionist Signed 1960's Oil Painting Boats in Harbor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Landscape by Michel Kritz (French 1925-1994) signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 26 x 36 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound c...
Canvas, Oil
Cotman Impressionist painting of ducks on the Norfolk broads
Located in Harkstead, GB
A lovely, impressionistic oil of ducks in the sunshine in a Norfolk broads landscape. Frederick George Cotman (1850-1920) Acle Bridge, circa 1915 Inscribed verso Oil on board 10 x 16 inches Provenance: Cotman family collection Frederick George Cotman was born in Ipswich on 14 August 1850. His uncle, John Sell Cotman, was one of the cornerstones of the Norwich school and a very influential watercolourist. Frederick's first tuition came from William Griffiths, headmaster of Ipswich School of Art. In 1868 he enlisted at the Royal Academy Schools and his proficiency as a draughtsman and painter in oils and watercolours was rewarded with four silver and a gold medal for The Death of Eucles now at the Ipswich Town Hall. His teachers in London were Frederick Leighton (1830-1896) and Henry Tanworth Wells (1828-1903). Cotman became established as a London society portrait painter, for which he could command a fee of 300 guineas and also produced homely genre scenes. Elected a member of both the Royal Institute of Painters in...
Oil, Board
$3,425
George Boyle Impressionist oil painting, Barbizon School of cows grazing
Located in Harkstead, GB
A superb example of a Barbizon inspired landscape painted by the "Catford Corot" from the late 19th Century. This very striking image shows the artist at the absolute peak of his abi...
Oil, Wood Panel
From the series Rhythms of streets #1
Located in Zofingen, AG
Painting: Oil, Acrylic on Canvas. From the series Rhythms of streets #1 - acr. oil on canvas painting. 2022, ready to hang Size - 109cm x 80cm, (43" x 31,5"), 2022 The painting wa...
Oil, Acrylic
$13,427
Self Portrait in Studio - British art 19th Century interior oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
A fine interior oil painting which dates to circa 1870 by listed artist Alfred Stevens. It is a superb British Impressionist painting which depicts the artist in his studio in front ...
Oil
Market in Paris in 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Market in Paris in 1900" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas by Scottish artist Johnny Gaston, b.1955. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas...
Oil
"Jesus With Follower" Religious Oil On Board
Located in New York, NY
Medium: Oil On Board Painting Size: 24.25 x 16.25 inches Frame Size: 29.75 x 21.75 inches Condition: This artwork is in good overall condition for its age. Signature: Signed Artist...
Oil, Board
Paisaje primaveral - Óleo sobre tela
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado por el artista en la parte inferior En la parte trasera, va nuevamente firmado, titulado y fechado del año 1974 Se presenta enmarcada la obra Medidas obra: 65 cm. de altur...
Oil
$22,764
Ouvriers sur La Seine - Post Impressionist Figurative Oil by Maximilien Luce
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on board figures in landscape circa 1907 by French Post Impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The work depicts several workers on a dock of the River Seine in France on a...
Oil, Board
Planting (Spring Plowing) - Watercolor Landscape Painting with Figures, c. 1939
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Planting (Spring Plowing)", a vibrant watercolor and graphite on paper by Thomas Hart Benton, circa 1939-40, embodies the artist's signature Regionalist style. The work depicts a ru...
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Early Sunday Morning, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Morning sunlight covers the dining room table with a warm, amber glow. The flower arrangement of orchids and willow rests prominently on the table, with a bra...
Oil
$1,246Sale Price|30% Off
Childhood
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior. ABOUT THE ARTWORK "In 'Childhood' from my 'Madeleine' series, I exp...
Canvas, Acrylic
Louis Kronberg Oil Painting Portrait of a Flamenco Dancer 1901
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful impressionist oil portrait of a Spanish Flamenco dancer with tambourine by American artist Louis Kronberg (1872-1965). The painter, dealer and art advisor Louis Kronberg ...
Oil, Panel
$1,315Sale 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
$680Sale Price|20% Off
Reflection of Mt. Fuji on Lake, after Niimi Sei - Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Reflection of Mt. Fuji on Lake, after Niimi Sei - Watercolor on Paper A serene watercolor in subdued hues of blue and green depicting Japan's iconic Mt. Fuji. The mountain towers be...
Paper, Watercolor
$553Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Market Scene in Sarlat Dordogne by Fanch Lel
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Market Scene in Sarlat Dordogne by Fanch Lel by Fanch Lel Signed: yes Size: 8.5 inches (height) x 10.75 inches (width)...
Oil
$2,500
Flowers on a Red Canvas, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alex Kalenyuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on canvas Year: 2018 Style: Impressionism Title: Flowers on a Red Canvas, Size: 39....
Canvas, Oil
$767Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century French Oil Painting A Summer Sea View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Summer Sea View 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), unframed o...
Canvas, Oil
Apples, Still Life Surrealism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2014 Style: Abstract Surrealism Title: Apples, Size: ...
Canvas, Oil
$432Sale 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
Into the Distance Portrait Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vadim Zang Title: Into the Distance Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2010 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 20" x 16" x 0.8" inch (51 x 41 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wra...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$920Sale Price|20% Off
Moon Over the Ocean - Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Nocturnal seascape by Vasil (Victor) Papkov (20th Century). At the top of the piece, the moon is peeking through through ark clouds, causing them to glow white and yellow. The turbul...
Masonite, Oil