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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
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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

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...

Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Cedar Vista, Original Painting
Cedar Vista, Original Painting

Cedar Vista, Original Painting

By David Forks

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Cedar trees, bluebonnets, and cacti grace a hilltop near Willow City, Texas. A body of water peeks through the edge of the grass-covered ground. The painterly...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

“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...

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, 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...

Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Silent Connection
Silent Connection

Silent Connection

Located in Zofingen, AG

Silent Connection explores a quiet bond between a woman and her dog. The figure gently holds the animal, creating a moment of tenderness and protection. The composition combines styl...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Echoes of Fall Impressionism Original oil Painting Ready to Hang
Echoes of Fall Impressionism Original oil Painting Ready to Hang

Echoes of Fall Impressionism Original oil Painting Ready to Hang

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Eduard Matevosyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism, Title: Echoes of Fall, Size: 30" x 24"...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

A Quiet Companion
A Quiet Companion

A Quiet Companion

Located in Zofingen, AG

A Quiet Companion captures a gentle moment of intimacy and reflection. A young woman sits quietly with a small dog resting on her arm, creating a scene filled with calm and tendernes...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

I was lost but I'm found
I was lost but I'm found

I was lost but I'm found

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior. ABOUT THE ARTWORK "I Was Lost But I'm Found" from the "PERICHORESIS...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

California Lupines and Poppies, c. 1930
California Lupines and Poppies, c. 1930

California Lupines and Poppies, c. 1930

By Angel De Service Espoy

Located in Pasadena, CA

Consigned to the gallery, Pasadena, California; By descent to a private collector, Encino, California; Acquired in 1997 by a private collector, Palo Alto and Oceanside, California; From Joan Irvine Smith Fine Arts, Inc., Laguna Beach, California. Signed "A. Espoy" on lower left Description In California Lupines and Poppies, Angel De Service Espoy captures the vibrant splendor of California’s springtime wildflowers with lyrical brushwork and atmospheric sensitivity. A hillside awash in blooming blue lupines and golden poppies slopes gently toward a distant view of rolling hills beneath a soft, clouded sky. Espoy’s confident handling of color and texture brings the landscape to life, evoking the fleeting beauty of the state’s native flora and the delicate transitions of light across the land. This intimate composition reflects the artist’s deep affection for California’s rural countryside and his enduring legacy as a painter of its most poetic vistas. Based on the painting’s style, subject matter, and scale, California Lupines and Poppies was most likely created between 1925 and 1940—a period when Espoy was actively painting California’s coastal and inland landscapes, particularly in the Monterey Peninsula and Carmel Highlands regions. The composition, with its gently rolling hills, distant haze, and vivid display of native wildflowers, closely aligns with Espoy’s known plein air works of the Central Coast. The loose yet confident brushwork, naturalistic light, and spontaneous floral groupings all support the likelihood that this piece was painted en plein air. Espoy often created small-format oils like this one outdoors as finished works in their own right or as preparatory studies for larger studio paintings. His style blends Realism and Impressionism, drawing upon the influences of his training under Joaquín Sorolla (1863–1923) and the French Barbizon School, resulting in works that balance truthful representation with a painterly, light-filled immediacy. Historical Significance Born in Spain and trained in Barcelona, Angel Espoy immigrated to the United States in the early 20th century, eventually settling in California, where he became known for his floral landscapes, maritime scenes, and depictions of the Pacific coastline. Espoy’s lupine and poppy paintings are among his most beloved subjects, reflecting the natural beauty of the state and the influence of California Impressionism. In the 1920s–1930s, Espoy’s work gained popularity among collectors who sought colorful, uplifting views of the West, particularly during the Depression era. His florals not only document California’s seasonal splendor but also contribute to the legacy of artists who elevated regional wildflowers to a fine art subject—following in the tradition of Granville Redmond, William Wendt, and Guy Rose. Today, Espoy’s flower-filled landscapes remain a favorite among collectors of early California art...

Category

1930s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

"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...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Flower Shed

Flower Shed

By Donald S. Vogel

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...

Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Antique French Impressionist Oil Painting Summer Meadows with Animals Grazing
Antique French Impressionist Oil Painting Summer Meadows with Animals Grazing

Antique French Impressionist Oil Painting Summer Meadows with Animals Grazing

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

"Summer Meadows" French Impressionist artist circa 1930'soil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 25 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: good and sound cond...

Category

Mid-20th Century 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

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Pastel, Archival Paper

untitled (Maine Landscape near Mt. Desert Island)
untitled (Maine Landscape near Mt. Desert Island)

untitled (Maine Landscape near Mt. Desert Island)

By Greta Allen

Located in Fairlawn, OH

untitled (Maine Landscape near Mt. Desert Island) Watercolor on paper, c. 1945-1955 Signed by the artist lower left (see photo) Provenance: Estate of the artist Condition: Excellent ...

Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Giovanni Boldini drawing of a lady, Italian 19th Century
Giovanni Boldini drawing of a lady, Italian 19th Century

Giovanni Boldini drawing of a lady, Italian 19th Century

By Giovanni Boldini

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

Giovanni Boldini (Italian, 1842-1931) Etude de femme au ruban noir Signed with atelier stamp (lower left), further inscribed, signed and dated by Emilia Boldini (the artist’s wife) `no 77 le_ atelier Boldini. Emilia Boldini Carbona 1931’ (on the reverse) Black crayon on paper 11.7/8 x 8.7/8 in. (30 x 22.5 cm.) Emilia’s inscription on the reverse from the year of his death. Giovanni Boldini was an Italian genre and portrait painter who lived and worked in Paris for most of his career. According to Time magazine, he was known as the "Master of Swish" because of his flowing style, exemplified by the confident strokes in this fine example. Boldini was born in Ferrara, the son of a painter of religious subjects, and in 1862 went to Florence for six years to study and pursue painting. He only infrequently attended classes at the Academy of Fine Arts, but in Florence, met other realist painters known as the Macchiaioli, who were Italian precursors to Impressionism. Their influence is seen in Boldini's landscapes which show his spontaneous response to nature, although it is for his portraits that he became best known. Moving to London, Boldini attained success as a portraitist, painting notable members of society including Lady Holland and the Duchess of Westminster...

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Crayon

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...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Autumn Evening, Art Deco Acrylic Painting by Erik Freyman
Autumn Evening, Art Deco Acrylic Painting by Erik Freyman

Autumn Evening, Art Deco Acrylic Painting by Erik Freyman

By Erik Freyman

Located in Long Island City, NY

A fashionable couple takes a walk with their dogs down a path in a colorful fall landscape by Erik Freyman. Autumn Evening Erik Freyman, Russian (1932–2018) Date: circa 2000 Acrylic...

Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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

View from Chelsea - original cityscape oil painting - contemporary impressionist
View from Chelsea - original cityscape oil painting - contemporary impressionist

View from Chelsea - original cityscape oil painting - contemporary impressionist

By Juan del Pozo

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, 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...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

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"

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

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

La Parisienne - Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting by Jean Beraud
La Parisienne - Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting by Jean Beraud

La Parisienne - Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting by Jean Beraud

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 ...

Category

1890s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Draped Figure, Seated
The Draped Figure, Seated

The Draped Figure, Seated

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The Draped Figure, Seated Lithograph on fine japanese paper, 1893 Signed in pencil with the butterfly (see photo) Signed in the stone with the butterfly on the sofa (see photo) Numbered: "No. 20" in pencil Printed by Thomas Way, London A beautiful impression with tonal variations in the stump work (shading) As published in: L'Estampe Originale, Paris, 1893, Album IV Edition: 107 impressions, this No. 20 There were an additonal 24 impressions printed by Way for Whistler and 20 impressions printed for the Fine Art Society, London Lacking the huge support sheet and embossed series stamp by Charpentier With the letterpress lower left: "T. Way. Imp London" The stone erased in 1904 The majority of the lifetime impressions are in public collections Condition: Excellent condition Hinges from original issuance of L'Estampe Originale verso at top as described in Spink Three hinges residue along right edge of the sheet from a later matting of the print Image size: 8 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches Sheet size: 11 3/8 x 9 1/16 inches Reference: Spink/Tadeschi 72, published edition Levy 74 Way 46 A superb Neoclassical lithograph...

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1890s Impressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Moonlight in Savoie France signed Cachoud
Moonlight in Savoie France signed Cachoud

Moonlight in Savoie France signed Cachoud

Located in Pasadena, CA

Oil on canvas by François Charles Cachoud (born in 1866 in Chambéry, Savoy and died in 1943) is a painter known today for his night effects and his chiaroscuro. Its artistic criteria...

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Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

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...

Category

1890s 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

"View of Arizona Desert near Wickenberg" Will Foote, Impressionist Western Scene
"View of Arizona Desert near Wickenberg" Will Foote, Impressionist Western Scene

"View of Arizona Desert near Wickenberg" Will Foote, Impressionist Western Scene

Located in New York, NY

Will Foote View of Arizona Desert near Wickenberg, circa 1927 Signed lower center; titled and dated on the reverse Oil on artist's board 12 x 16 inches Foote was born on June 29, 1874 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and died on January 27, 1965, in Sarasota, Florida. He was in Old Lyme, 1901-65; and in Cos Cob, 1903. Will Howe Foote was one of the earliest artists at Old Lyme and one who adopted the town as home. He first went there the summer of 1901 with his uncle, William H. Howe, a painter of cattle, who had been told about the beauties of the countryside by Henry Ward Ranger. Foote had himself heard of Old Lyme when he had met Clark Voorhees in France. He and his uncle were both from Grand Rapids, Michigan, where Foote's father was an executive in the furniture industry that made the city famous. Encouraged to be an artist by his father, he began his professional training at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1894. He became friends there with a fellow Michigan student, Frederick Frieseke, who would study with him again at the Art Students League in New York, where Foote worked in 1895-96 under H. Siddons Mowbray and Kenyon Cox. In 1897 he and Frieseke went to the Academic Julian in Paris, where Foote studied under Jean-Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. He was at Julian's until 1900, except for an Italian trip, summers at Laren, Holland, or Etaples, France, and a short period at Whistler's school in Paris. He exhibited twice at the Old Salon, and when he returned to the United States in 1900, he had a one-man exhibition in his hometown. Will Howe Foote's paintings were well received on his return from abroad. He exhibited frequently at the National Academy of Design and became an associate member in 1910. His awards included a bronze medal at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904 and a silver medal at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. Once he visited Old Lyme, Foote returned every summer. In 1902 he was hired as assistant to Frank DuMond at the Lyme Summer School of Art, which was sponsored by the Art Students League of New York. Sometime in 1903 he also taught a session in Cos Cob. After 1906, when the League moved its Lyme classes to Woodstock, New York, Foote continued in Old Lyme as a private instructor. In 1907 he was married to Helen Kirtland Freeman, whom he had met a year or two earlier when she had come to the Lyme art colony as a student of Henry Rankin Poore. Fellow artist William Chadwick was best man at the wedding. The Footes began building a house on Sill Lane in Old Lyme and upon its completion in 1909 spent every spring, summer and fall there, where Foote devoted full time to painting. The Gregory Smiths, old friends from Grand Rapids, arrived in Old Lyme in 1910 and became neighbors. Foote's early works in Connecticut, such as A Summer's Night reflect the artist's interest in soft, atmospheric scenes dominated by a single, overriding tone. The arrival of Childe Hassam and Walter Griffin...

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1920s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Where Sheep May Safely Graze
Where Sheep May Safely Graze

Where Sheep May Safely Graze

By Karl Dempwolf

Located in Pasadena, CA

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 10" x 20" FRAMED: 14.5" x 24.5" x 1.5" Signed " K Dempwolf" on lower left Artist Statement "I have painted cattle into ...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil, Wood Panel

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