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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Impressionist Original Oil On Canvas "Ballerina"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Ballerina Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 28 x 28 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Year: 2000 Circa ...
Oil
$584Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Sailboats in Regatta at Saint-Lunaire Bay
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Sailboats in Regatta at Saint-Lunaire Bay By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 4.5 x 6.25 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting ...
Oil
"Evening river with lilies"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
"Evening river with lilies" Original Oil painting by Ukrainian artist Evgeny Chernyakovsky 50.0 X 70.0 CM / 19.6 X 27.5 IN HIGH QUALITY oil on canvas Signed on the front and back Da...
Canvas, Oil
$6,600
Evening on the Thames by Abingdon, Sunset, Landscape Oil on Canvas, Framed
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Inviting peacefulness, 'Evening on the Thames' offers luminous light, diffused in the soft distant steeple and trees and distinct in the florals and river foreground. Two white swans...
Canvas, Oil
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
$896Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Hazy Summer French Meadows Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence by Jacob Markiel (Polish 1911-2008) *See notes oil on board, unframed board: 19.5 x 29 inches provenance: the artists estate, south of France condition: some scuffs and mar...
Oil
"Marine" pochoir
By (after) Pierre Auguste Renior
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph with pochoir coloring (after the 1882 watercolor). Printed in 1948 on Johannot paper for the "Seize Aquarelles et Sanguines de Renoir" portfolio and published in P...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,500Sale Price|22% Off
Carriage Ride
By Americo Makk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting. Item includes frame; framed dimensions are approximately 27x33 inches. Americo Makk...
Canvas, Oil
French School Desert Landscape Mountain Hills Watercolor Sketch Mid Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French School Desert Landscape Mountain Hills Watercolor Sketch Mid Century Artist: French School (mid 20th century) Medium: Watercolor on artists paper, unframed Size: 7.75 x...
Watercolor
$3,800
"PASTURE BONNETS" TEXAS BLUEBONNETS NEAR FREDERICKSBURG 25 X 31 FRAMED OPA Membe
Located in San Antonio, TX
Chuck Mauldin Member of the OPA Born 1949 Fredericksburg Artist Image Size: 18 x 24 Frame Size: 25 x 31 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signed "Pasture Bonnets" Texas Bluebonnets A native of Texas, Chuck Mauldin has been painting in oil since the age of twelve. His interest in watercolor and pencil drawing grew during his years spent in Louisiana. With his move back to Texas, he has renewed his focus on oil painting, using this medium in a realistic yet painterly style. Striving to quickly capture color and mood with a direct "alla prima" technique is one of his main objectives in painting outdoors on-location. Cows, cowboys and Native Americans often enrich the landscape in his studio work, while anything can inspire his plein air paintings. Workshops with Charles Sovek, Kevin Macpherson, and many others have played a significant role in his development as an artist. He is a member of Oil Painters of America and has achieved Signature membership status in the Louisiana Watercolor Society and the Plein Air Artists of Colorado. Chuck has won numerous awards and has had work accepted into prestigious national juried competitions, such as the Oil Painters of America National Show (2020, 2021), Western Regional Show (2016, 2021, 2022) and Salon Show (2016, 2020). After 28 years in Louisiana, Chuck and his wife, Barbara, moved to Fredericksburg, Texas, in 2005, in order to pursue their passion for art on a full-time basis. In 2008, Chuck started teaching a beginner’s oil painting class and later intermediate classes in composition, landscape painting, and limited palettes. He is represented by Charles Morin Fine Art in Fredericksburg, Texas. Degrees in chemistry from Southern Methodist University (B.S.) and the University of Texas (PhD) led to Chuck's career in research at ExxonMobil Process Research Labs in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He presently holds 57 U.S. patents in the field of catalysis. He and Barbara have two sons and a daughter, and 8 perfect grandchildren. An Eagle Scout...
Oil
Evening Sun, View of Visby, c. 1896
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative evening view of Visby by Axel Lindman captures Visby in the warm, fading light of the setting sun. Rendered with atmospheric sensitivity, the silhouette of Visby’s med...
Canvas, Oil
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Farm Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1920. Unsigned. Image size, 16L x 13H. Housed in a period frame.
Canvas, Oil
A Couple Embracing Nude Figures In The Landscape
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
A Couple Embracing Nude Figures In The Landscape Oil on wood panel 7"25h x 10"w with frame 11"x14" Late 19th Century oil on wood panel signed il...
Oil, Wood Panel
$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
Spring Day Landscape Impressionism Original Oil Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Shandor Title: Spring Day Medium: Oil on Hardboard Year: 2018 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 13.5 x 18.5" x 0.3" inch (34 x 47 x 1cm) Presentation: Unframed, Ty...
Canvas, Oil
Breath of the sea - Sunset Ocean Oil Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Breath of the Sea captures the quiet beauty of a sunset by the water, when the last light of day transforms the sky into deep shades of red and warm crimson. For a fleeting moment, e...
Canvas, Oil, Panel
October Elegy
Located in Zofingen, AG
acrylic, canvas 29,5" x 29,5", 75cm x 75cm, 2026. “October Elegy” presents a landscape in a suspended state, where visibility and erosion coexist within the same surface. What once s...
Oil, Acrylic
pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the drawing). A soft and delicate impression, printed in Paris in 1948 and published in an edition of 1200 by Braun et Cie. Size: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (164 x 1...
Lithograph, Stencil
"Pistachio roses."
Located in Zofingen, AG
A branch of fresh roses in a glass vase, the rays of the sun fill the room with warm shades. All these sensations are reflected in the picture. Light green shades on white roses seem...
Canvas, Acrylic
"SPRING MIX" A MIX OF TEXAS WILDFLOWERS
Located in San Antonio, TX
Arturo Mercado (1938 -2016) Austin Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Frame Size: 32 x 44 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signed "Spring Mix" Texas Wildflowers Biography Arturo Mercado (1938 -2016) ...
Oil
$2,623Sale Price|20% Off
Huge 1920's British Portrait of Young Girl in Interior Signed & Dated Oil Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Micky" by John Young-Hunter (British 1874-1955) signed and dated 1920 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 50 x 31 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and soun...
Oil, Canvas
View of Manhattan, early 20th century oil painting of New York City
Located in New York, NY
Sebastian Cruset (American, 1859-1943) Title: View of Manhattan Date: Nov. 25, 1938 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 9 x 6 ¼ inches Markings: Dated upper right. Sebastian Cruse...
Oil, Canvas
$1,050Sale Price|30% Off
Midcentury Eastern Sierra Mountains Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Midcentury Eastern Sierra Mountains Landscape Beautiful oil painting of eastern Sierras by unknown artist in the style of Edgar Payne and Hanson Putthuff. The mountains and sky are ...
Canvas, Oil
$765Sale Price|20% Off
Paris in the Summer, Large French Impressionist Oil River Seine Landscape
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...
Oil
Lighthouse on Soller. Original landscape painting . Small size . Gift
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork vividly captures a coastal landscape, where a rugged cliff meets an expansive, shimmering ocean. Perched atop the cliff, a lighthouse stands as a sentinel, complemented ...
Paper, Gouache
Animated European City Square with Carriage and Figures
Located in Genève, GE
Dimensions with frame: 40,8 x 35 x 2,8 cm. Signed "B. Ciappa" in the lower left corner. This lively oil painting captures the bustle of a European city square. The composition is animated by a steady flow of pedestrians, elegantly dressed figures, and a horse-drawn carriage advancing through a reflective, rain-washed street. Executed in a fluid, impressionistic manner, the artist emphasizes atmosphere and movement over strict detail. Quick, confident brushstrokes define the architecture and figures, while the wet pavement subtly mirrors the activity, enhancing depth and visual rhythm. The soft, diffused light and muted palette, punctuated by touches of color in clothing, evoke a transient moment in urban life, likely inspired by late 19th to early 20th century Parisian scenes. The architectural framing on both sides guides the eye toward the center, creating a sense of perspective and dynamism. This work reflects the enduring appeal of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist cityscapes, where modern life, leisure, and movement converge. This painting offers both decorative charm and collectible value, ideal for collectors of European street scenes and Impressionist-inspired works. Paris street scene painting, impressionist cityscape, European city painting, Arc de Triomphe painting...
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,147Sale Price|20% Off
Large Impressionist Signed Oil Painting - Lady with Peke Dog in Garden
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
Uplift, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A rocky mountain rises dramatically from the red desert floor of the Valley of Fire. Loose washes of watercolor convey serenity, while sharp lines define the ...
Mixed Media
Peaceful Stroll, Impressionist Oil Painting by Diane Monet
By Diane Monet
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original impressionist painting by widely exhibited American artist, Diane Monet. Alexanre Monet -- Diane Monet's grandfather -- moved to the United St...
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
Cream Sunset, Seascape, 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: 2022 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Cream Sunset, Size: 40" x 44" x...
Canvas, Oil
La Parisienne - Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting by Jean Beraud
By Jean Beraud 1
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed full length portrait circa 1890 by French impressionist painter Jean Beraud. The work depicts a Parisian lady in a green tuile skirt, a blue jacket with fur and black lace up ...
Oil, Panel
Still Life, Impressionism, Handmade 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: 2017 Style: Impressionism Title: Still Life Size: 15.5...
Canvas, Oil
Orange Fireworks, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The warm light from a candle passes through orange slices and a whiskey glass in this still life painting. The glow casts long, flickering shadows across the ...
Oil
$600Sale Price|20% Off
Bright Colourful Boats Docked On The Summer Sand French Landscape Oil Painting
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Boats on Shore Signed by Fanch Lel Size: 10.5 x 16 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board , unframed Condition: Good condition overall with minor surface handling marks and li...
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
Canoe, Nautical Contemporary Art, 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, Title: Canoe, Size: 23.5" x 21.5" x 0.8'...
Canvas, Oil
$11,800Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Signed Cafe Street Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing and rare early American impressionist street scene oil painting by Reynolds Beal (1866/67 - 1951). Framed in a period giltwood Whistler impressionist frame. Oil on canvas....
Canvas, Oil
Landscape Oil Painting, Impressionist Style, Signed, 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Oil on Canvas Signed Bottom Right Bernard Cathelin was born in Paris and used his art to project the love for his country he maintained throughout his life. As a student of the École...
Canvas, Oil
$650Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Colourful Flowers in Vase Vintage Painting
By Louise Alix
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vase de Fleurs by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on canvas, unframed measures: 18.5 high by 15 inches wide condition: ove...
Oil
Serene Emerald, Seascape, 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: Serene Emerald, Size: 30" x 56"...
Canvas, Oil
The Bluebell Wood Contemporary British Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Bluebell Wood signed by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British contemporary) dated 17' oil painting on canvas , unframed canvas: 16 x 16 inches condition: overall very good provenance: al...
Oil
$12,065Sale Price|20% Off
Landscape Sunset Ceramano Paint 19th Century Oil on canvas Old master France
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Charles Ferdinand Ceramano (Thielt 1829 – Barbizon 1909 ) Signed and dated lower right: “1897, Ceramano” Landscape at Sunset with a Flock Grazing oil on canvas 114 x 147 cm. ...
Oil
Daydream 2, Abstract Large Original Painting on Canvas, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Voskan Galstian Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2012 Style: Abstract Art, Title: Daydream 2 Size: 48" x 60" x 1.5'' in...
Canvas, Oil
Early Spring Landscape Impressionism Original Oil Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Shandor Title: Early Spring Medium: Oil on Hardboard Year: 2017 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 8" x 18" x 0.3" inch (36 x 46 x 1cm) Presentation: Unframed, Type...
Canvas, Oil
Hill Landscape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Hill Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 10" x 19" x 0.8" inch (25 x 48 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wrapped on W...
Canvas, Oil
$200Sale Price|33% Off
Tenderness
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...
Canvas, Oil, Giclée
$45,386
Soleil Couchant - Honfleur - Impressionist Seascape Oil by Maximillien Luce
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated seascape oil on paper laid on canvas by French impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The piece depicts a view of the sea at Honfleur, a commune in the Calvados depa...
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
$1,406
In The Clouds. Pastel landscape painting, mountains, valley, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
"In The Clouds" is an immersive study of nature’s raw and restless beauty. This pastel work captures the feeling of being high within a mountain range as a heavy mist descends, obscu...
Paper, Pastel
$2,275
Antique American Impressionist Boston School Crashing Surf Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American oil painting by Parker S. Perkins (1862 - 1942). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 24 by 30 inches overall, and 18 by 24 painting alone. Excellent conditio...
Canvas, Oil
$3,800Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Spanish Impressionist Signed And Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted 19th Century Spanish impressionist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period giltwood molding. Excelle...
Canvas, Oil
$1,161
Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting Iris Flowers in Vase Still Life Interior
By Louise Alix
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Irises by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on canvas, unframed measures: 24 high by 15 inches wide condition: overall very...
Oil
After Storm, 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: After Storm, Size: 29" x 44.5" ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,582Sale Price|20% Off
French Village Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting, Signed, 21.5x18
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Village, Impressionist Landscape, Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Caroline de Piedoue, 21st Century Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner Oil painting on c...
Oil
Sky Landscape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Garry Nalbandyan Title: Sky Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 10" x 18" x 0.8" inch (25 x 45x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wrapped on ...
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Framed East Hampton Landscape Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist landscape pastel painting. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a silverwood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Board, Pastel
"Evening waterfall"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Original Oil painting by Ukrainian artist Evgeny Chernyakovsky "Evening waterfall " 50.0 X 80.0 CM / 19.6 X 31.4 IN HIGH QUALITY oil on canvas Signed on the front and back Dated 202...
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Landscape Colour Ink Drawing Trees Field Church Spire Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modernist Landscape Colour Ink Drawing Trees Field Church Spire Study Medium: Coloured ink on artists paper, unframed Size: 9.75 x 6.75 inches (height x width) Condition: good...
Ink, Pen
"Shelter Island, Long Island" Julian Onderdonk New York Coastal Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Julian Onderdonk Shelter Island, Long Island, New York, circa 1905 Signed "Chas Turner" lower right Oil on canvas 14 x 19 1/2 inches Julian Onderdonk was...
Canvas, Oil
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
The Garden Door at Giverny, Signed French Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: B. Rigaudiere, signed front and back, French early 21st century Title: 'La Grande Porte Giverny' Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed and inscribed verso canva...
Oil