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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
Sola Puig 13 TRUMPET AND MIMOSA original impressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
TRUMPET AND MIMOSA original impressionist acrylic painting. SOLÁ paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, soaking up the colour, air, smell and the pure scent of hi...
Category

1990s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"WATERING HOLE" TEXAS 25.5 X 31.5
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 18 x 24 Frame Size: 25.5 x 31.5 Medium: Oil "Watering Hole" Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) I was always curious about Pedro Lazcan...
Category

1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Feather Fracture, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
It is an ORIGINAL painting not a print or reproduction or mass produced art! I personally pack my artworks. All necessary arrangements are made to make sure your paintings arrive saf...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"APPROCHING STORM" WESTERN FRAMED 27.5 X 33.5
Located in San Antonio, TX
Fred Darge (1900-1978) Dallas Image Size: 18 x 24 Frame Size: 27.5 x 33.5 Medium: Oil on Board "Approaching Storm" Biography Fred Darge (1900-1978) Friedrich Ernst Darge Born: March ...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Sola Puig 22 Trumpet Mimosas and Book Original impressionist
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
trumpet. Mimosas and book Original impressionist oil canvas painting. framed Sola PUIG, Joan (Barcelona 1950 ) Joan SOLÁ paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"BLUEBONNET PATH WITH HUISACHE" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FRAMED 25.5 X 31.5
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 18 x 24 Frame Size: 25.5 x 31.5 Medium: Oil "Bluebonnet Path" Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) I was always curious about Pedro Lazc...
Category

1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"HILL COUNTRY CREEK" TEXAS AUTUMN FRAMED 30.5 X 42.5
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Frame Size: 30.5 x 42.5 Medium: Oil "Hill Country Creek" Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) I was always curious about Pedro L...
Category

1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Flowering almond branch
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork belongs to my "Floral" series and was inspired by the art of Van Gogh. My floral artwork radiates striking color, spontaneity, liveliness, freedom and most importantly, ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Nocturnal Water Lilies, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
As night approaches, the colors of the sky reflect on the pond, with the silhouette of trees filtering the fiery sunset. Water lilies pick up different hues as ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Fine Edwardian British Society Portrait of an Elegant Lady Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady by John Arthur Machray Hay (Scottish, 1887-1960) signed and dated 1910 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 30 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, UK c...
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Sailboats at Anchor
Located in New Orleans, LA
We originally had the name of the actual bay in Canada this fine painting depicts, but have been unable to dig it up. At any rate, it shows a number of sailboats with sails lowered, ...
Category

1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Mid Century French Illustration Viola Canina Watercolour Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Botanical Sketch Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Willow blossoms
Located in Zofingen, AG
Not for long in April after the snow has melted there is no greenery. The first shoots appear almost as soon as the snow melts. And the first buds appear on the trees as the weather ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Sola Puig 9 Coast Marine the Tower original impressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
the tower original impressionist acrylic painting. SOLÁ PUIG paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, soaking up the colour, air, smell and the pure scent of his en...
Category

1990s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"SET OF 5 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE COWBOYS OF CUTOUT RANCH"
Located in San Antonio, TX
Walter Shelly Phillips (1867-1940) Chicago Illustrator Image Size: 11 x 16 Frame Size: 18 x 23 Medium: Ink and Watercolor on Paper Copyright 1915
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

"Afternoon Shawdows, Wyoming" Landscape painting by Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS
Located in Rockport, MA
A beautiful 12"x12" painting by Tom Nicholas. Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1934. From 1953 to 1956 he was a scholarship student at the School of V...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"ROUGH COAST" SEASCAPE SHORELINE FRAMED 25 X 31
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 18 x 24 Frame Size: 25 x 31 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dated 1967 "Rough Coast" Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) I was always curious abo...
Category

1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Morisot, Bibi dans sa voiture au bois, Berthe Morisot Seize Aquarelles (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Stencil on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Berthe Morisot Sei...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

Morisot, Le Cerisier, Berthe Morisot Seize Aquarelles (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Stencil on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Berthe Morisot Sei...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

"HILL COUNTRY HOME" TEXAS FRAMED 27.25 X 31.25 TEXAS HILL COUNTRY
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 20 x 24 Frame Size: 27.25 x 31.25 Medium: Oil "Hill Country Home" Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) I was always curious about Pedro ...
Category

1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

20th French Impressionist Pastel Painting Provence Dappled Light Garden Path
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category

1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Pastel, Wax Crayon

Morisot, Au Jardin des Tuileries, Berthe Morisot Seize Aquarelles (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Stencil on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Berthe Morisot Sei...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

Summer Afternoon Along the River, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A hazy day on the river :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Si...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Fine Edwardian British Society Portrait of a Distinguished Gentleman signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Distinguished Gentleman by John Arthur Machray Hay (Scottish, 1887-1960) signed and dated 1910 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 30 x 24 inches provenance: private co...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Birds Flying Over Dappled Light Over Still Harbour 1970s French Pastel Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Pastel, Wax Crayon

Sola puig Town on the Coast Bay Beach original impressionist
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Sola puig. town on the coast. bay. beach original impressionist original impressionist acrylic painting. SOLÁ paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, soaking up ...
Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Landscape painting by Rockport Artist Tom Nicholas b. 1934 "By the Sea, Acadia"
Located in Rockport, MA
Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1934. From 1953 to 1956 he was a scholarship student at the School of Visual Arts, New York City. In 1961 he received a...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Spruce in the forest
Located in Zofingen, AG
In the forest in winter, when the cold sets in and snow falls, everything turns into fairy-tale lace. The snow always falls on the branches differently as you enter the forest. Somet...
Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Sola Puig 9 Marine Coast Blue. original impressionist acrylic
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Surf original impressionist acrylic painting. SOLÁ paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, soaking up the colour, air, smell and the pure scent of his environment. ...
Category

1980s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sola Puig 6 Sitges Town Coast. Sea original impressionist acrylic
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Sitges original impressionist acrylic painting. SOLÁ paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, soaking up the colour, air, smell and the pure scent of his environment...
Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled (Young woman seen from the back)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Young woman seen from the back) Sanguine crayon, charcola and watercolor on paper, c. 1910 Signed with the estate stamp, Lugt 5169 lower left corner Provenance: Estate of ...
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Art

Materials

Charcoal

Morisot, Fillette et sa bonne sur un banc (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Stencil on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Berthe Morisot Sei...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

Morisot, Arbres roux, Berthe Morisot Seize Aquarelles (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Stencil on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Berthe Morisot Sei...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

"OLD FARM PLACE" FRAMED 15.5 X 19.5
By Frank Klepper
Located in San Antonio, TX
Frank Klepper (1890 - 1952) McKinney / Dallas Artist Image Size: 10 x 14 Frame Size: 15.5 x 19.5 Medium: Oil on Board "Old Farm Place" Biography Frank Klepper (1890 - 1952) Frank Ear...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Pink Roses in Silver, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
This is painted on a 3/4â€
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Original Antique oil painting on canvas, Rural Landscape, Unsigned, Gold Frame
Located in Framingham, MA
This oil painting depicting a serene rural landscape from an earlier century. The scene is composed of pastoral tranquility, featuring a gentle stream meandering under a simple woode...
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

The White Scarf (Self Portrait of the Artist)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The White Scarf (Self Portrait of the Artist) Oil on board, 1894 Signed and dated lower left: E M Heller '94 (see image) Framed in a metal leaf Whistler style frame, Frame: 23 x 18-...
Category

1890s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

American Impressionist Artist Charles Curtis Allen NA Two Trees Oil painting
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Two Trees oil/board, image is 11.13 x 15.13 unframed, could benefit from a cleaning. In as untouched purchased condition. Signed LL. Brief Biography from ASKART Charles Curtis Al...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

The South of France Coastal Sea View Large 1970's French Impressionist Pastel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category

1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Pastel, Wax Crayon

Vintage American School Modernist New England Landscape Framed Lake Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract landscape. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category

1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS, figure and landscape painting "Wash Day, Vermont"
Located in Rockport, MA
A wonderful 16"x20" Tom Nicholas. Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1934. From 1953 to 1956 he was a scholarship student at the School of Visual Arts, N...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Sola Puig 14 Majorca Cathedral Boat Port of Mallorca original impressionist
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Sola Puig. Majorca Cathedral. boat. Port of Mallorca original impressionist clouds and blue sky SOLÁ paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, soaking up the colour, ...
Category

1980s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Large 1970's French Impressionist Pastel Chateau In The Green Woodlands
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category

1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Pastel, Wax Crayon

Morisot, Montagne du Château à Nice vu de Cimièse (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Stencil on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Berthe Morisot Sei...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

Morisot, Jeune Femme sur le sofa, Berthe Morisot Seize Aquarelles (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Stencil on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Berthe Morisot Sei...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

Morisot, Bateau blanc dans le port de Nice (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Stencil on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Berthe Morisot Sei...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

Morisot, Les Tuileries, Berthe Morisot Seize Aquarelles (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Stencil on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Berthe Morisot Sei...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

Diptych Water Lilies-original impressionist landscape painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Immerse yourself in the tranquil beauty of Juan del Pozo's masterful diptych, "Water Lilies," where the artist seamlessly blends the realms of impressionism, floral, and landscape pa...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ruin. Side at sunset
Located in Zofingen, AG
The ruins of this ancient city on the territory of modern Turkey, this place is loved by tourists. The name of the city of Side is translated as pomegranate. It is not easy enough to...
Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Morisot, Le Goûter, Berthe Morisot Seize Aquarelles (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Stencil on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Berthe Morisot Sei...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

Morisot, Jeune femme assise avenue du Bois de Boulogne (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Stencil on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Berthe Morisot Sei...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

Time Traveler - Impressionist Pastel Wave Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Time Traveler 16.0 x 12.0 x 0.1, 1.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "Once in a blue moon, a painting just paints itself. That was the ca...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Pastel

Two Sails
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this dance of acrylic and oil, I've harnessed expressionism and impressionism to capture the fleeting essence of tranquility and motion. Through vibrant hues and bold strokes, I'v...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"Donna sul fiume" Olio su tavola cm. 50 x 67 1965
Located in Torino, IT
LEONID VAICHLIA (St. Petersburg, 1922) Works by Leonid Vaichlia can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United States and in the following museums: Mosca, T...
Category

1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

White Birds Flying Over Dappled Light Lakes 1970's French Impressionist Pastel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category

1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Pastel, Wax Crayon

Curve in the Road, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
An aerial view reveals a picturesque landscape of the South of France, with verdant greenery and farmland hugging a winding switchback road. While a zigzag path...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

The Staircase - The French Quarter - New Orleans Original Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
The Staircase - 1987 Original Oil on Masonite Original 1987 oil painting depicting a staircase behind a brick archway by Miriam Ragan (American, 1930-2014). The viewer looks onward toward the staircase, plants can be seen on the ceiling and in pots nearby. A window shade appears open to the right of the staircase. Warm hues of browns and greens make up this vintage piece. Signed "'87 Miriam Ragan" lower left. Presented in a wood frame. Frame: 11"H x 9"W Image: 6.5"H x 4.5"W Miriam (Brinkman) Ragan (American, 1930-2014) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. From a young age she took interest in painting, watching her father draw in his spare time. Miriam Ragan worked as a copywriter for a newspaper until she had the opportunity to study with famous artists John Campbell, Edgar Whitney...
Category

1980s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Mid Century French Illustration White Blossom Flower Watercolour Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
White Flower Sketch Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

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