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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"Sun on Snow II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 40" x 40"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a silver floater frame ...
Digital, Giclée
$2,308
Mountain Valley. Pastel landscape painting, green, grey, sky, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
In this soft pastel work "Mountain Valley" the artist explores the lush, layered topography of a high-altitude landscape. The composition is defined by a series of receding ridge lin...
Paper, Pastel
$2,495Sale Price|20% Off
Olive Trees in Manosque, Provence, Large French Modernist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: A. Davy, French School, late 20th century Title: Olive Trees, Manosque (Provence). Medium: signed, oil painting on canvas, framed and inscribed verso. Size: ...
Oil
$60Sale Price|20% Off
Henri Matisse 'Le Gouter' 1999- Impressionism Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This rare exhibition poster featuring Henri Matisse's Le Goûter (The Snack) is part of the prestigious "Collection of European Masters" series, published by Achenbach Editions for th...
Offset
$489Sale Price|20% Off
Figures Drinking in a Cosy Wooden Warm Lit Pub British Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Warm Lit Pub Interior Signed By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Medium: Watercolor on artists paper on board, framed - glass covered Framed: 16 x 18.5 inches Watercolour: 10 x 12 inches C...
Watercolor
The Ballerina
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Pastel on canvas, signed lower right, measuring 38" x 48.25" including the frame. Pierre Carrier-Belleuse His first studies were with his father, the sculptor Albert-Ernest Carrier-...
Pastel
T.M. Nicholas – "Tunbridge Valley", Autumn in Vermont, Original Oil Landscape
Located in Rockport, MA
"Tunbridge Valley" by acclaimed American painter T.M. Nicholas captures the warm, glowing palette of autumn in Vermont. T.M. Nicholas, is celebrated for his ability to translate t...
Oil
$992Sale Price|20% Off
French Provençal Landscape House Garden Oil Painting Mid Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Signed (unidentified) Medium: Oil on canvas Period: Second half of the 20th century Frame: Framed Condition: Good condition Description A lively and characterful French oil ...
Oil
$2,600
Carnival, Figurative, Portraits People Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Carnival, Figurative, Portraits People Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang Artist: Alexander Litvinov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Ca...
Canvas, Oil
$7,200Sale Price|20% Off
Mural Study, Early 20th Century American Impressionist Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962) Mural Study Oil on board Signed and inscribed verso 9.5 x 18 inches 15.75 x 24.25 inches, framed Impressionist painter A.G. Warshawsky was acti...
Oil
"Summer Clouds, " Bernard Corey, 20th century, impressionist, landscape, oil
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Bernard Corey gained national recognition for his beautifully rendered landscapes paintings of the New England countryside and shore. Even in his early eighties, the artist rarely mi...
Oil
$3,400
Cedar Haven
Located in Atlanta, GA
Aruna Rao is a Florida-based painter specializing in luminous coastal landscapes in oils. Her work captures the interplay of light, color, and atmosphere, evoking a sense of place an...
Linen, Oil
$1,390Sale Price|20% Off
Entrance of the Choir of the Basilica of Santa Croce
By Antonio Mario Aspettati
Located in GB
Antonio Maria Aspettati (1880–1949) was an Italian painter born on 25 March 1880 in Florence, where he also trained at the local Academy of Fine Arts. He began exhibiting at just eig...
Oil, Board
Pleasant Work (Greenhouse)
Located in Dallas, TX
The greenhouse became a favorite subject of Donald Vogel's in the 1980's. As Vogel reflected in the 1998 catalogue published for his traveling retrospective exhibition, "The greenhou...
Oil, Panel
Early 20th century Impressionist English Cottage Garden landscape
By Alfred Fontville de Breanski
Located in Woodbury, CT
Alfred Fontville De Breanski (1877–1957) “English Cottage Garden”, circa 1920 Oil on canvas Signed lower right This richly coloured and romantic vision of rural England by Alfred F...
Canvas, Oil
$422Sale Price|20% Off
Sunlit Chapel in the Provence Countryside Antique French Watercolor Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provence Chapel French Impressionist, circa 1920-1930 period signed watercolor on artist paper, framed framed: 12 x 16 inches artist paper : 10 x 14 inches Provenance: private co...
Watercolor
$372Sale Price|20% Off
Cafe Scene in Italian Piazza With Yellow Striped Awning and Diners
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Cafe Scene in Italian Piazza With Yellow Striped Awning and Diners By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed Size: 11 inches (height) x 15 inches (widt...
Watercolor
Venice
By William Penhallow Henderson
Located in Sheffield, MA
William Penhallow Henderson American, 1877–1943 Venice Oil / Canvas 20 by 30 in, w/ frame 29 by 39 in Signed lower left W.P. Henderson & dated 1902 Provenance: Private Collection G...
Canvas, Oil
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Nautical Seascape Sailboat Signed Oil Painting
By Theodore Victor Carl Valenkamph
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist seascape painting by Theodore Victor Carl Valenkamph (1868 - 1924). Oil on canvas, circa 1900. Signed....
Canvas, Oil
Mount Shasta in Spring
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "Mount Shasta in Spring" c.1970 is an oil painting on canvas by California artist Robert Wagner. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas ...
Oil
$8,567Sale Price|25% Off
Venice Landscape Italian Oil on Canvas Painting in Gilt Wood Frame, Belle Epoque
Located in Firenze, IT
This delightful turn of the century (early 20th century) oil on canvas painting represents an Italian landscape with one of the most famous squares in the world: Piazza San Marco in ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,334
Flowering Tree. Hawaiian landscape, flowering tree, orange blossoms, blue sky
Located in Oslo, NO
Hawaiian landscape, Hawaiian art, flowers, orange flowers, impressionism, plein air, interior painting, American artist, American art, American landscape The African tulip tree is o...
Canvas, Oil
$920Sale Price|20% Off
House In The Green - Original Acrylic On Paper
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
House In The Green - Original Acrylic On Paper Original acrylic painting depicting a white house in the woods surrounded by greenery by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Two white ...
Paper, Acrylic
$3,000
"The Sea 3.2025" Impressionist Seascape, Oil Painting, Signed, 11.36 x 17.36 in
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by Contemporary American Painter, Nelson H. White, known for his high-contrast paintings of natural landscapes. "The Sea 3.2025" showcases an idyllic view of a late a...
Canvas, Oil
$132,237
Rue Royale
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Gouache on paper, Paper size: 16 x 25.5 inches Framed size: 27 x 36 inches Signed lower right
Paper, Gouache
Roses in the garden.
Located in Zofingen, AG
A hot summer day is filled with sun. Its reflections are reflected on rose petals and leaves. The painting is filled with bright colors, in places the paint has a gold effect to conv...
Canvas, Acrylic
Morning in the City, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Peter Tovpev Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2009 Style: Impressionism Title: Morning in the City Size: 25.5" x 31....
Canvas, Oil
Autumn Alley Landscape Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Peter Tovpev Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2023 Style: Impressionism Title: Autumn Alley Size: 21.5" x 27.5" x 0....
Canvas, Oil
$1,151
After The Rain. Horizontal landscape painting, sky, clouds, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
"After The Rain" is a stunning, dramatic watercolor that immerses the viewer in the raw power of a passing storm. The artist captures the moment of maximum atmospheric intensity, foc...
Paper, Watercolor
$211Sale Price|20% Off
1940's Fashion Illustration - Posed Lady In Vibrant Pink Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The s...
Gouache
$3,750
"Streets of London" (2023) by Clyde Steadman, Original Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Streets of London" by Clyde Steadman (United States) is a handmade cityscape painting that is unframed, but ready to hang.
Oil
The beginning of spring, Original oil Painting, Handmade, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Shapoval Ivan Leontyevich Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Style: Impressionism Year: 2007 Title: The beginning of spring, ...
Canvas, Oil
$920Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Palm Springs Desert Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Palm Springs Desert Landscape Wonderful mid century bright and vibrant landscape of a classic Palm Springs desert scene by K. Neidlinger (American 20th Century), circa 1...
Canvas, Oil
$1,335Sale Price|20% Off
Paul Bret French Impressionist Greek Mountain Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Key Details Artist: Paul Bret, French, 1902–1956 Title: The Greek Landscape Medium: Oil painting on board, framed Size: Painting: 17.75 x 21.25 inches; frame...
Oil
$423Sale Price|20% Off
1930s French Impressionist Watercolour of Paris, Ducks at the Pond
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Impressionist watercolour on paper view of a park in a city, probably Paris, by Henri Clamen. The painting is unsigned but was acquired from the artists atelier with other sig...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
KaDi Pan Still Life Original Oil On Canvas "A Touch Of Yellow"
Located in New York, NY
Title: A Touch Of Yellow Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 24 x 24 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This p...
Canvas, Oil
$601Sale Price|37% Off
Still Life of Flowers, Impressionist Oil on Canvas, Circa 1960
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Josep Miquel Serrano (1912-1982) - Still Life of Flowers - Oil on canvas Oil measures 92x73 cm. Frameless. Josep Miquel Serrano, of a Santander family, was born in Barcelona in 1912...
Canvas, Oil
$1,946Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Oil Painting of a Tree-Lined River Landscape in the Irish Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Oil Painting of a Tree-Lined River Landscape in the Irish Countryside by 20th Century Artist, Allan Ardies (1918 - 2014). An impressionist vintage original oil on canvas in g...
Canvas, Oil
Fanasy with Flowers 159
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. Flowers are a smile of ...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Oil Painting on Paper, Impressionist Floral Art, "Summer Joy", 2010+
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary floral artwork of a bouquet of flowers in a vase makes part of my series dedicated to the scenes of a summer period. Thispainting called "Summer Joy" is done in a...
Paper, Oil
Warm Autumn, Landscape, 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: 2022 Title: Warm Autumn Style: 6" x 8" x 0.8'' inch, (15x20x2 cm) U...
Canvas, Oil
Spring Bouquet, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Karen d'Angeac Mihm used an early-season bouquet from her flower subscription as a reference in this still life. Drawn to the delicate shapes and gracefu...
Oil
Snowy Creek in Hope Valley - Landscape in Oil on Masonite
By Dean Packer
Located in Soquel, CA
Snowy Creek in Hope Valley - Landscape in Oil on Masonite Detailed winter scene by American artist Dean Packer (b. 1933). Light shines down on the snowy b...
Masonite, Oil
$855Sale Price|25% Off
Teacup and Iris, unframed oil on board, 16x20"
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Teacup and Iris, by Lu Haskew Oil 16x20" image size Still Life Painting This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed. Shipping price inc...
Oil
Dramatic sea
Located in Zofingen, AG
The sky still holds the last light, but there’s something heavy in the air – the silence before the storm that cuts straight to the bone. The water lies still, almost unreal, as if u...
Canvas, Oil
Albert Lebourg: Rouen: La Seine, La Côte Sainte-Catherine, et
Located in Dallas, TX
Albert Lebourg (French, 1849-1928) Rouen: La Seine, La Côte Sainte-Catherine, et L'Ile Lacroix, en Hiver signed 'A. Lebourg' (lower left); attributed on a presentation plaque; with t...
Canvas, Oil
California Landscape, Near Carmel Ocean & Tree View, Cleveland Woman Artist
By May Ames
Located in Beachwood, OH
May Lydia Ames (American, 1863-1943) Near Carmel, Calif., 1932 Oil on board Signed and dated lower left, signed and titled verso 14 x 20 inches 18.5 x 24.5 inches, framed May Ames w...
Oil
An Impressionist Mediterranean Garden in Summer. Gouache & Watercolor on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century French watercolour of a Mediterranean garden. The painting is signed bottom right, Songa, and is presented under a hand coloured custom mount in a plain wood frame under glass. This is one of a pair of paintings the other is also available in our store on 1stdibs. A charming representation of a garden in early summer. A line of majestic Cyprus trees...
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$863
Frosty Sky. Horizontal landscape painting, snow, purple, sun, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
"Frosty Sky" is a poetic and deeply atmospheric watercolor that captures the ethereal beauty of a winter horizon at dusk. The painting evokes the crisp, biting stillness of the "blue...
Paper, Watercolor
Sailing
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Sailing" c.2000 is an oil painting on canvas by French impressionist artist Pierre Du Bois, b.1952. It is signed at the lower right corner...
Oil
Lilac
Located in Zofingen, AG
Lilac inspires me always, from year to year. Every spring, when the city floods with the incredible smell of lilac, I feel that a new incredible year begins, a new spring, new pans a...
Canvas, Oil
$6,300Sale Price|30% Off
Another Day is Done by Craig Mooney, Large Contemporary Seascape with Boat
By Craig Mooney
Located in Atlanta, GA
We've had a crush on Craig Mooney's large and light-filled paintings for quite a while so it was a very happy day here at the gallery when we hung his gorgeous work on our gallery wa...
Canvas, Oil
$778Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century French Oil Painting A Storm Over the Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Storm Over the Sea 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), unframe...
Canvas, Oil
$637Sale Price|20% Off
French Watercolour of Beached Fishing Boats in Brittany by Fanch Lel
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolour of Beached Fishing Boats in Brittany by Fanch Lel by Fanche Lel Signed: Yes Size: 7.75 inches (height) x 12.5 inches (width) Gouache painting on card, unfra...
Gouache
Petite Fleur Suite I
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Ellen Gunn (1951- ) Title: Petite Fleur Suite I Medium: Screenprint Image size: 11 x 14 inches Sheet size: 18 x 20 inches Signature: lower right Edition: 375 This one: 103/3...
Paper, Screen
"White Horse" Frederick Lester Sexton, Bucolic Barn, Farm Scene, White Horse
By Frederick Lester Sexton
Located in New York, NY
Frederick Lester Sexton White Horse Signed lower right Oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches Provenance Part of a Collection received from the Lyme Art Association. Frederick Lester Sexton received a lot of reviews and exhibitions in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, when he was at the height of his career. Because it captured the personal view of many people's wish to ignore national issues and simply live their lives in their homes, his work was favorably welcomed. The rise of modernist styles like Abstract Expressionism, which started to take over the American art scene in the 1950s, also contributed to Sexton's fall in popularity. As collectors and regular spectators discover once more that realism is a valid component of American art because it speaks directly and clearly to the beauty they perceive in their surroundings, many artists, like Sexton, are experiencing a renaissance. Cheshire, Connecticut, was the birthplace of Frederick Sexton in 1889. His father, J. Frederick Sexton, was the Rector of St. Peter's Church in Cheshire and a well-known Episcopal clergyman. The mother, Mary Louise Lester, was an amateur painter and came from a pretty well-known Hartford family. Frederick was killed in an open-hearth fire when he was eighteen months old. His right hand was badly burned and was never to be opened again. The father kept the family together after his mother passed away when he was nineteen. Sexton's mother taught him art, and he went to public schools in New Haven. He received the prestigious Winchester Prize for a year of study in Spain while attending the Yale School of Fine Art, where he studied under Augustus Tack...
Canvas, Oil
$925
Desert Landscape Oil Painting, American Impressionist, Circa 1910s
Located in Arp, TX
Attrib. Ralph Davidson Miller 1858-1945 "Desert landscape" c. 1910s. Oil on canvas 34"x24" unframed Unsigned Presenting an extraordinary artwork attributed to the renowned artist R...
Oil, Canvas
French Impressionist Oil Painting Elisee Maclet Paris Montmartre Street Scene
Located in Surfside, FL
Elisee Maclet (French, 1881-1962), Oil painting on canvas Hand signed "E. Maclet" lower right. Presented in a carved giltwood frame with linen liner Dimensions: 28 X 31.5. Work Si...
Canvas, Oil
$372Sale Price|20% Off
Still Life, Fruit, Flowers and Classic Jug, Colourful Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life, Fruit, Flowers and Classic Jug, Colourful Oil Painting by Pamela Cawley, British 20th century oil painting on board, unframed board: 18 x 15 inches Stunning original Im...
Oil
$1,400Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionistic Sunset River Landscape Painting Michael Budden Bucks County
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Evening On the River, The Landing Restaurant oil/canvas 14 x 16 unframed, 20 x 22 framed Evening on the River is an impressionistic realism landscape oil painting that showcases a be...
Oil