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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
1900's Horses at the Trough
1900's Horses at the Trough

1900's Horses at the Trough

By William Lemos

Located in Soquel, CA

Charming mid century oil painting of two horses at watering trough by William M. Lemos, Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist (American, 1861-1942), circa 1900. Writing on verso is in ...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Midday water lilies 2
Midday water lilies 2

Midday water lilies 2

Located in Zofingen, AG

Midday water lilies 2 size: 27" x 18.5" (69cm x 47cm), 2023 acr. oil, canvas “Pond with water lilies” is a painting replete with green colors and various shades derived from this co...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Huge 20th Century French Signed Oil Fishing Boats in South of France Harbour
Huge 20th Century French Signed Oil Fishing Boats in South of France Harbour

Huge 20th Century French Signed Oil Fishing Boats in South of France Harbour

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/School: G. Lefevre, French School (20th Century), signed Title: Fishing Ports Moored In A Southern Port, wonderful blue sea and sky colours with rising mountain beyond and gr...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

SNOWBOUND

SNOWBOUND

By Frances H. Gearhart

Located in Santa Monica, CA

FRANCES H. GEARHART (1869-1958) SNOWBOUND c.1928 Color block print, Signed and titled in pencil. 11 x 6 ½” sheet c. 14 x 9” Laid down on backing board. The usual slight browning a...

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1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Color, Linocut, Woodcut

Impressionist view of people in  St. Marks Square in Venice
Impressionist view of people in  St. Marks Square in Venice

Impressionist view of people in St. Marks Square in Venice

By Pam Masco

Located in Woodbury, CT

Wonderful Impressionist view of St. Marks Square, Venice. Pam Masco was an American from Massachusetts, and a graduate of the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1976). She was married to the English artist John Heseltine. Her work is in well-known private and corporate collections and has been shown at the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Watercolour Society and other London Galleries as well as in the Provinces. She travelled throughout the U.S.A. and Europe and painted American and European subjects, portraits, landscape and figure compositions, still life and interiors. From 1978 she was involved in drawing, painting, technical painting courses, watercolour and graphic design. She illustrated for major British and American publishers until 1988. Authors include Bruce Chatwin...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pierre Montezin large French Impressionist painting harvesting scene and poplars
Pierre Montezin large French Impressionist painting harvesting scene and poplars

Pierre Montezin large French Impressionist painting harvesting scene and poplars

By PIERRE EUGÈNE MONTEZIN, 1874 - 1946

Located in Harkstead, GB

Montezin's dazzling display of brushwork captures the effects of the sunlight on the water and the glittering leaves of the poplar trees. A masterwork by the artist presented in the ...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist Oil Landscape Moody Colour Beach
French Impressionist Oil Landscape Moody Colour Beach

French Impressionist Oil Landscape Moody Colour Beach

By Maurice Mazeilie

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...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Ocean IV" (2022) Original Painting by Elena Degenhardt, Pastel Seascape
"Ocean IV" (2022) Original Painting by Elena Degenhardt, Pastel Seascape

"Ocean IV" (2022) Original Painting by Elena Degenhardt, Pastel Seascape

By Elena Degenhardt

Located in Denver, CO

Elena Degenhardt's "Ocean IV" is a poignant representation of the relentless and eternal spirit of the sea. Crafted in 2022, this exquisite original artwork measures 4 x 6 inches, rendered in soft pastel on paper, and comes elegantly framed in a custom 8 x 10-inch frame that complements the hues of the ocean's waters. Degenhardt's mastery in pastel techniques...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel

French Portrait Man in Hat Smoking Cigar Large Signed Oil Painting on Canvas
French Portrait Man in Hat Smoking Cigar Large Signed Oil Painting on Canvas

French Portrait Man in Hat Smoking Cigar Large Signed Oil Painting on Canvas

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Man with the Cigar by Serge Mallet (French, circa 1990) signed lower left oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas measures: 32 x 25.5 inches provenance: private collection, Franc...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Fine Framed French Impressionist Street Scene Paris Signed Oil Painting
Antique Fine Framed French Impressionist Street Scene Paris Signed Oil Painting

Antique Fine Framed French Impressionist Street Scene Paris Signed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique French impressionist Paris street scene signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a gold giltwood impression...

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1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Late 19th Century California Landscape Watercolor
Late 19th Century California Landscape Watercolor

Late 19th Century California Landscape Watercolor

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful late 19th-century watercolor landscape in the style of Elmer Wachtel (American, 1864-1929), by an unknown 19th-century artist. This small watercolor...

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1880s Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Ecole de Paris, Mid 20th Century, Three Paris Scenes Eiffel Tower & Parks
Ecole de Paris, Mid 20th Century, Three Paris Scenes Eiffel Tower & Parks

Ecole de Paris, Mid 20th Century, Three Paris Scenes Eiffel Tower & Parks

By Henri Miloch

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Paris: A Collection of Three Paintings of Paris Scenes by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) the Eiffel Tower painting is signed front lower right and also inscribed to the back, the Versailles painting...

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1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

"Spring Magic" Gouache Painting

"Spring Magic" Gouache Painting

By Judd Mercer

Located in Denver, CO

Judd Mercer's (US based) "Spring Magic" is an gouache painting that depicts the tilted landscape of a hill covered with trees and young saplings all dusted with the snow of a past wi...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Gouache

Inner Garden No.2 — Irises
Inner Garden No.2 — Irises

Inner Garden No.2 — Irises

Located in Zofingen, AG

Series: Between Light and Silence — Botanical Whispers. Blooming irises rise like silent flames of dignity, their petals unfolding in deep blues and violets. For centuries the iris ...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Cake
Cake

Cake

Located in Zofingen, AG

Original oil painting on canvas, still life painting made under natural light. This artwork is painted using high-quality fine linen canvas. Signed on the front and back of artwork. ...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Evening walk
Evening walk

Evening walk

Located in Zofingen, AG

Acr. on canvas painting. Evening walk - acrylic on canvas, impressionism seascape painting, 2019 Size of painting - 36cm x 36cm , (14" x 14") In the eve...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Mid 20th century French Original Line Drawing sketch Nude Men- Stamped
Mid 20th century French Original Line Drawing sketch Nude Men- Stamped

Mid 20th century French Original Line Drawing sketch Nude Men- Stamped

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait sketch original drawing by Jean-Paul LE VERRIER (1922-1996) studio stamped pencil drawing on paper, unframed Double sided 10.5x 8.25 inches provenance: private collection o...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Ink

The Bluebird - original impressionism cityscape oil painting - contemporary Art
The Bluebird - original impressionism cityscape oil painting - contemporary Art

The Bluebird - original impressionism cityscape oil painting - contemporary Art

By Michael Alford

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

'Bridge, Venice' — Turn of the Century American Impressionism
'Bridge, Venice' — Turn of the Century American Impressionism

'Bridge, Venice' — Turn of the Century American Impressionism

By John Marin

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

John Marin, 'Bridge, Venice', etching, 1907, Zigrosser 59. Signed in pencil. Signed and dated 'Marin 07' in the plate, lower center; titled 'Le Pont Venezia' in the plate lower right. A superb, delicately inked impression, on antique cream laid paper, the full sheet with margins (5/8 to 3/4 inches); slight lightening to the paper within the original mat opening, otherwise in excellent condition. Printed by George Haskell, New York. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 5 x 7 1/16 inches; sheet size 6 5/8 x 8 11/16 inches. Literature: 'John Marin: Peintre Graveur', Charles Saunier, L' Art Décoratif, Paris, January, 1908 (illustrated). 'The Complete Etchings of John Marin', Carl Zigrosser, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969 (illustrated). Impressions of this work are in the following museum collections: Art Institute of Chicago (Stieglitz Collection), Cleveland Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST "How to paint the landscape: First, you make your bow to the landscape. Then you wait, and if the landscape bows to you, then, and only then, can you paint the landscape." —John Marin “I would say to a person who thinks he wants to paint, go and look at the way a bird flies, a man walks, the sea moves. There are certain laws, certain formulae. You have to know them. They are nature's laws and you have to follow them just as nature follows them... You don't create the formulae... You see them." —John Marin, conversation with Dorothy Norman...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

Materials

Etching

Rain on the Farm, Original Painting
Rain on the Farm, Original Painting

Rain on the Farm, Original Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Fernando Garcia presents a sweeping landscape of vibrant yellow fields with farmhouses dotting the distance. He uses the rain on the plains as the main...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Summer Reading, Oil Painting
Summer Reading, Oil Painting

Summer Reading, Oil Painting

By Sherri Aldawood

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In a beautiful, sunlit garden, a young woman immerses herself in the world of literature. Surrounded by flowers, she enjoys the company of words. Bathed in a hazy glow, the scene exudes a timeless and romantic aura.


About the Artist
Sherri Aldawood didn't intend to always paint flowers, but over time her love of gardens started to permeate her art. She focuses on the light and color of the flowers on the canvas. Sherri prefers alla prima, working with wet layers of paint instead of letting them dry. She keeps the paint as wet as possible by using walnut and clove oil...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Cloud Study 1" Original Oil Painting on Panel, Skyscape
"Cloud Study 1" Original Oil Painting on Panel, Skyscape

"Cloud Study 1" Original Oil Painting on Panel, Skyscape

By Robin Cole

Located in Denver, CO

Robin Cole’s “Cloud Study 1” is a compelling, 2025, oil on panel piece that depicts a skyscape at dusk. The painting embodies a tranquil scene, where the beauty of the sunset meets...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

19th Century Original Oil Malaysian Fishermen and Schooner
19th Century Original Oil Malaysian Fishermen and Schooner

19th Century Original Oil Malaysian Fishermen and Schooner

Located in Soquel, CA

19th Century Impressionist Original Oil Painting of Malaysian Fishermen and Schooner by Alberto Bonghi The painting is a depiction of a scene in Malaysia with a Schooner in backgro...

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1890s Impressionist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Summer Landscape Watercolor Original Painting on Paper

Summer Landscape Watercolor Original Painting on Paper

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Landscape Watercolor Original Painting Artist: Lin Qingyi Title: Summer Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 2024 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 7.5" x 3.5" x 0.1" inch ( 19x 9 x 0.1c...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

'Budapest, Váci Street in the Snow', France, Salon d' Automne, Legion of Honour
'Budapest, Váci Street in the Snow', France, Salon d' Automne, Legion of Honour

'Budapest, Váci Street in the Snow', France, Salon d' Automne, Legion of Honour

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed lower right, 'Kunffy' for Lajos Kunffy (Hungarian, 1869-1962); additionally titled, verso, 'Budapest 1942, A váci utca ...' A Hungarian winter landscape showing a birds-eye v...

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1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Antique American School Impressionist Landscape Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Antique American School Impressionist Landscape Nicely Framed Oil Painting

Antique American School Impressionist Landscape Nicely Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Impressive early American impressionist landscape painting. Oil on board. Housed in a period impressionist giltwood frame. Excellent condition.

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1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Carmel Watercolor Landscape -- Shore Cypress
Vintage Carmel Watercolor Landscape -- Shore Cypress

Vintage Carmel Watercolor Landscape -- Shore Cypress

By Margaret Eifler

Located in Soquel, CA

Vintage Carmel Watercolor Landscape -- Shore Cypress Beautiful watercolor of windswept Carmel Cypress by Margaret C. Eifler (American, 1910-1996), circ...

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1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Picnic Shade

Picnic Shade

By Donald S. Vogel

Located in Dallas, TX

Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...

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1980s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Autumn flowers
Autumn flowers

Simon KozhinAutumn flowers, 2017

$2,845Sale Price|20% Off

Autumn flowers

By Simon Kozhin

Located in Zofingen, AG

Autumn flowers in the middle lane are full of variety, an abundance of shapes and shades. The most delicate combinations create harmonious scales. Warm and cold shades on a gray day ...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Mid Century Nude Study
Mid Century Nude Study

Mid Century Nude Study

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful oil painting of nude study titled "The Red Table Cloth" by Bay Area, California artist Shirley Loyst (American, b-1928), circa 1960. Exhibition...

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1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Signed French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of a Man seated in Library
Signed French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of a Man seated in Library

Signed French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of a Man seated in Library

By Antique French

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: French School, indistinctly signed, dated 1910 Title: Portrait of a man seated in a library room of books. Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

A Quiet River - Oil on Canvas by A. Whipple
A Quiet River - Oil on Canvas by A. Whipple

A Quiet River - Oil on Canvas by A. Whipple

Located in Soquel, CA

A Quiet River - Oil on Canvas Oil painting depicting a river flowing through a grove of trees. Vibrant green trees surround the river, hues of deep greens make up the trees to the l...

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1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of John Rogers, A Sculptor for the Common Man
Portrait of John Rogers, A Sculptor for the Common Man

Portrait of John Rogers, A Sculptor for the Common Man

Located in San Francisco, CA

So American, this sculptor. Both a right brain and left-brain kind of guy. Working in the mid to late 19th century, John Rogers was innovative, imaginative, and stylistically a reali...

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Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Vintage oil painting on canvas by Anna, Farm Landscape, Framed
Vintage oil painting on canvas by Anna, Farm Landscape, Framed

Vintage oil painting on canvas by Anna, Farm Landscape, Framed

Located in Palm Coast, FL

This is an original vintage oil painting on canvas depicting a rural landscape. In the foreground, a rustic watermill sits beside a flowing stream, complete with a turning water whee...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Red Geraniums and Yellow Curtain Original Paul Schmitt California Impressionist
Red Geraniums and Yellow Curtain Original Paul Schmitt California Impressionist

Red Geraniums and Yellow Curtain Original Paul Schmitt California Impressionist

Located in Soquel, CA

Red Geraniums and Yellow Curtain Original Paul Schmitt California Impressionist Geraniums in an interior setting with a yellow curtain or drape behind by Paul A. Schmitt (American, 18983-1983). Oakland, California artist. Size 23.5"H x 16.5"W Signed lower left "Paul A. Schmitt" Exhibition label on verso, "Alameda Art Association, Paul A. Schmitt Oil Still Life No 10" Painter, watercolorist, illustrator and teacher, Paul Schmitt was born in Philadelphia, in 1893 and moved to San Francisco in 1898 where he lived until the 1906 earthquake took his family home. He then moved to the Fruitvale district of Oakland. He died of natural causes at the age of 90 in San Leandro, California. Paul Schmitt studied under Perham Wilhelm Nahl, at the California College of Arts and Crafts. He also learned various crafts, woodworking and carving skills from his father, Herman Schmitt, a German wood carver working in San Francisco. Herman's works are still found in various San Francisco public buildings including the city hall chambers and the garden court of the Palace Hotel. Schmitt joined twelve other local San Francisco artists to form the group called "The Thirteen Watercolorists", a group that eventually evolved into the Society of Western Artists. Their early members included Alfred Owles, Will Cameron, Maurice Logan, Maynard Dixon and many others. Paul worked with engineers and architects doing models of many projects. He was versatile in that he also did illustrations for various publications and advertisers. He fathered thirteen children. In the late 1930's he decided to accept a teaching position in the local adult schools where he retired in his eighties. Paul was very fond of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and yearly took his large family there on camping /sketching trips. He did a series of oils of the California missions. He also traveled extensively on sketching trips including Mexico where he did a series of Mexican churches...

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1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Winter day
Winter day

Winter day

By Simon Kozhin

Located in Zofingen, AG

In this painting, I aimed to capture the delicate balance between impressionism and realism, bringing a winter forest to life with oil. The soft light, quiet snow, and rich textures ...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

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