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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
Antique American Impressionist Bustling Summer Day at the Beach Oil Painting
Antique American Impressionist Bustling Summer Day at the Beach Oil Painting

Antique American Impressionist Bustling Summer Day at the Beach Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American impressionist beach scene oil painting by Frank Leslie Spradling (1886 - 1972). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Handsomely framed in a gold giltwood molding. Excell...

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1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Mid 20th Century French Post Impressionist Rural Fields by River Large Painting
Mid 20th Century French Post Impressionist Rural Fields by River Large Painting

Mid 20th Century French Post Impressionist Rural Fields by River Large Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Rural Landscape French Post Impressionist artist, circa 1950 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 20 x 25 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound cond...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

In the Rough, Original Painting
In the Rough, Original Painting

In the Rough, Original Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Whether hiking, golfing, or going for a walk, seeing the warm grasses beyond the forest trees is always a treat. The underbrush snaps at your ankles, making hea...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Moonlit River Landscape - British Victorian 1899 Impressionist art oil painting
Moonlit River Landscape - British Victorian 1899 Impressionist art oil painting

Moonlit River Landscape - British Victorian 1899 Impressionist art oil painting

By Robert MacAulay Stevenson

Located in Hagley, England

This stunning Scottish Impressionist Victorian landscape oil painting is by noted Glasgow Boy artist Robert Macaulay Stevenson. Painted circa 1899 the composition is a rising moon ov...

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1890s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Sunset" (2022) Original Painting by Barbara Hack
"Sunset" (2022) Original Painting by Barbara Hack

"Sunset" (2022) Original Painting by Barbara Hack

Located in Denver, CO

"Sunset" by Barbara Hack is an original landscape painting depicting a brilliant sunset. This piece is framed and ready to hang. Barbara Hack’s work is an ongoing reflection on peo...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

Huge Signed Oil Painting Tranquil Italian Canal Venice Backwater Old Houses
Huge Signed Oil Painting Tranquil Italian Canal Venice Backwater Old Houses

Huge Signed Oil Painting Tranquil Italian Canal Venice Backwater Old Houses

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Venetian Backwater French artist, signed and dated 29/4/2000 oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 48.5 x 35 inches canvas: 46 x 32 inches condition: very good provenance: priv...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Quiet Afternoon, Itzchak Tarkay

Quiet Afternoon, Itzchak Tarkay

By Itzchak Tarkay

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Itzchak Tarkay (1935-2012) Title: Quiet Afternoon Year: Circa 2000 Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper Size: 13.5 x 10.75 inches Edition: 123/750, plus 100 Remarques Condition: ...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Art

Materials

Screen

Artichoke
Artichoke

Artichoke

Located in Zofingen, AG

A symbol of the heart, hidden beneath layers. The artichoke is more than a flower — it’s a metaphor for the soul: spiky on the outside, tender within. The painting invites you to pau...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL - PASTORAL LANDSCAPE LUSH GREEN FIELDS
FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL - PASTORAL LANDSCAPE LUSH GREEN FIELDS

FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL - PASTORAL LANDSCAPE LUSH GREEN FIELDS

By Maurice Mazeilie

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

"Summer Fields" by Maurice Mazeilie (French) oil painting on board, unframed stamped verso inscribed verso painting: 5.5 x 8 inches A delightful original oil painting by the French...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Multi Coloured Floral Bouquet, Still life Signed Oil Painting
Multi Coloured Floral Bouquet, Still life Signed Oil Painting

Multi Coloured Floral Bouquet, Still life Signed Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Multi Coloured Floral Bouquet signed by the artist 'L.Seeyer', late 20th Century Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner Oil painting on canvas, framed Frame size: 15 x 1...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Moorish Palace Gardens - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer
Moorish Palace Gardens - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer

Moorish Palace Gardens - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer

By Lucien Levy-Dhurmer

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Signed post impressionist oil on canvas landscape by French painter Lucien Levy-Dhurmer. The piece depicts the gardens of a Moorish Palace at evening. Painted in largely blues, there are some flowering trees in the front of the work below a much larger bare tree. Beyond that the palace sits below a starry sky. Mr. Jumeau-Lafond believes the work was likely painted in Morocco but he also stated that Dhurmer often used imagination to construct settings for his ideas. Signature: Signed lower left Dimensions: Framed: 39"x31" Unframed: 32"x24" Provenance: Private collection - France The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Jean-David Jumeau-Lafond A certificate of authenticity from Mr. Jumeau-Lafond is available upon request Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer did not follow the conventional route for education in fine arts but was nevertheless a pupil of the painters Raphaël Collin, Vio and Wallet. He was an ornamental painter in an earthenware factory in Golfe-Juan from 1887 to 1895, which influenced his use of pastel. He travelled to Italy in 1895. Around 1902 he painted the portraits of Rodenbach, Pierre Loti and Marguerite Moreno. Although he had not been instructed by Puvis de Chavannes or Gustave Moreau, he seemed to have much in common with those visionary 'painters of the soul' who had been exhibiting at the Salon de la Rose-Croix for several years: Edmond Aman-Jean, Louis Welden Hawkins, Henri Martin, Charles Maurin and Alphonse Osbert. Following the example of some of these artists, Lévy-Dhurmer admired Italian Renaissance art, evidence of which can be seen in pastels such as Woman with a Medal, Medusa, Circes and Florence. His translation of the Symbolist themes in the scores of Beethoven ( Appassionata), Fauré or Debussy into different hues made him seem like a visionary, but his aesthetic seems to have changed to some extent after 1900, when his landscape painting became more prominent. In fact, only his presentation and style changed. He continued to suggest feelings, interpretations and emotions but without relying on any traditional allegories. He became involved in the Intimist movement, along with Ernest Laurent, Charles Cottet, Henri le Sidaner and René Ménard, whose pastels presaged the Classicism of the 1930s. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris from 1882. From 1906 he was associated with the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He showed his works in individual exhibitions, notably in 1896 at the Galerie Georges Petit in Paris, which was a very successful exhibition and earned him admiration in artistic and literary circles alike. Several decades later the exhibition Around Lévy-Dhurmer ( Autour de Lévy-Dhurmer) at the Galeries du Grand Palais in Paris in 1973 revealed a tendency in art which had been largely unknown until then and which remained on the margins of the great innovative movements of the 20th century, but which was nonetheless of a quality which could not be ignored. Lévy-Dhurmer obtained a distinction from the Salon des Artistes Français in 1896 and a bronze medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. He became a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1902. Museum and Gallery Holdings Bayonne (Mus. Basque): Portrait of Pierre Loti (1896, pastel) Brest (MBA): Circes Detroit (AI): Vase with Dragonflies (1890, earthenware with iridescent glaze) Mulhouse: Harvest New York (Metropolitan Mus. of Art): Flower Pot (c. 1893, earthenware with metallic glaze) Paris (Mus. d'Orsay): Portrait of Georges Rodenbach (c. 1895, pastel on paper); The Woman with a Medal (1896, pastel on paper on card); The Lost Explorer...

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1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

In the Cesvaina's palace
In the Cesvaina's palace

In the Cesvaina's palace

Located in Riga, LV

Valery Baida was born in 1958 in Russia. From 1983 to 1989 he studied at the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography at the Faculty of Arts. Taken part in exhibitions since 1983....

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Big Sur Cove
Big Sur Cove

Big Sur Cove

By Jim McVicker

Located in Pasadena, CA

Provenance: Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "McVicker" on lower right Unframed: 16" x 12"; Framed:18.5" x 22.5" x 1"

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

Le Marche de Bachy, French Market, Signed Oil Painting
Le Marche de Bachy, French Market, Signed Oil Painting

Le Marche de Bachy, French Market, Signed Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Le Marche de Bachy French artist, 20th Century Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner, and titled verso Oil painting on canvas, framed Framed size: 24 x 28 inches Jolly...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Amsterdam
Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Amsterdam" c.1960, is an oil painting on canvas by Dutch artist Reinier Wynand Snapper, 1907-1988. It is signed and titled at the lower right corner by the artis...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Rocky Inlet, Monhegan, Maine
Rocky Inlet, Monhegan, Maine

Rocky Inlet, Monhegan, Maine

By George Adomeit

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Rocky Inlet, Monhegan, Maine Oil on canvas mounted on phenolic resin, c. 1940 Unsigned Signed with the estate stamp on the reverse (see photo) Condition: Excellent, recently cleaned ...

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1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Miss Kim in Bloom" - Original Floral Still-Life Oil Painting
"Miss Kim in Bloom" - Original Floral Still-Life Oil Painting

"Miss Kim in Bloom" - Original Floral Still-Life Oil Painting

Located in Denver, CO

About the Artist: Sheri Farabaugh began painting after successful careers in tax accounting and biochemistry. A love of drawing and painting as a child stayed with Farabaugh until t...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Impressionistic Rural Farm Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Spring Sparkle
Impressionistic Rural Farm Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Spring Sparkle

Impressionistic Rural Farm Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Spring Sparkle

By Michael Budden

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

Spring Sparkle Farm oil/panel 8x12 unframed, 13.38 x 17.38 framed, signed LL Spring Sparkle Farm is a beautiful impressionistic landscape oil painting that I did on location near m...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Emerald Silence
Emerald Silence

Emerald Silence

Located in Zofingen, AG

Emerald Silence captures the quiet beauty of a winter forest where a clear stream flows between snow-covered banks. Inspired by Impressionism, the painting focuses on light, atmosphe...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Mid-Century Big Sur Rocky Seascape
Mid-Century Big Sur Rocky Seascape

Mid-Century Big Sur Rocky Seascape

Located in Soquel, CA

Dynamic seascape along rocky Big Sur beach with surf by Willard Little (American, 20th century), circa 1940. Aqua blue water, both shallow and deep, reflects the golden sunlight. Are...

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1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Pair of Chickens, 10x12" oil on board

Pair of Chickens, 10x12" oil on board

By Lu Haskew

Located in Loveland, CO

Pair of Chickens by Lu Haskew Oil 10x12" image size This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed. Shipping price includes the custom pac...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Vintage 1930's French Impressionist Still Life Flower Bunch In Blue Vase
Vintage 1930's French Impressionist Still Life Flower Bunch In Blue Vase

Vintage 1930's French Impressionist Still Life Flower Bunch In Blue Vase

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Flower Bunch by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 18 high by 15 inches wide condition: o...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Artist's Family Portrait - British American Impressionist art oil painting
Artist's Family Portrait - British American Impressionist art oil painting

Artist's Family Portrait - British American Impressionist art oil painting

By James Jebusa Shannon

Located in Hagley, England

This stunning British American Impressionist portrait oil on canvas painting is by Sir James Jebusa Shannon circa 1905. The painting is of the artist and his wife Florence and daught...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Yellow Daffodils
Yellow Daffodils

Yellow Daffodils

Located in Zofingen, AG

I painted this piece in oil to capture the joy and motion of sunlight. Have you noticed how the light plays on a sunny day? These dancing yellow irises bring a sense of celebration a...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

In the Morning
In the Morning

In the Morning

Located in North Clarendon, VT

Well painted 1919 American School oil on board. Signed and dated lower right. Framed in a period frame. From an estate in Gloucester MA.

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1910s Impressionist Art

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Oil

“Impressionist Landscape, c. 1915-1920” California Forest American Impressionist
“Impressionist Landscape, c. 1915-1920” California Forest American Impressionist

“Impressionist Landscape, c. 1915-1920” California Forest American Impressionist

By Francis Stillwell Dixon

Located in Yardley, PA

“Impressionist Landscape, c. 1915-1920” by Francis Stillwell Dixon (American, 1879-1967). One of Dixon’s finest canvases, depicting a tranquil forest scene bathed in soft, dappled l...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

'Rochester, New York', National Academy of Design, Rockport Art Association, Oil
'Rochester, New York', National Academy of Design, Rockport Art Association, Oil

'Rochester, New York', National Academy of Design, Rockport Art Association, Oil

By Milton W. Holm

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed lower left, 'Milton W. Holm' (American, 1903-1999) and painted circa 1960. This notable American Impressionist was a long-time member of the Rochester Art Club and served as...

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1950s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

The Port of San Tropez
The Port of San Tropez

The Port of San Tropez

By Alexander L. Warshawsky

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The Port of San Tropez Oil on canvas, c. 1920 Signed lower right corner (see photo) Condition: Excellent, professionally cleaned Image/Canvas size: 25 3/4 x 32 inches Frame size: 30...

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1920s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Vintage American Impressionist Church Interior Architectural Framed Oil Painting
Vintage American Impressionist Church Interior Architectural Framed Oil Painting

Vintage American Impressionist Church Interior Architectural Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American school impressionist oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 13 by 16 inches overall. Handsomely framed in a gil...

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1930s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

October, pastel drawing
October, pastel drawing

October, pastel drawing

Located in Zofingen, AG

Beautiful soft pastel drawing. Autumn flowers and yellow - orange grass. Very romantic drawing by professional artist Anna Valshchikova. Framing is not included, but contact us...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Pastel, Archival Paper

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