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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British Impressionist Watercolor of a Loose Floral Arrangement of Pink Blooms
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of a Loose Floral Arrangement of Pink Blooms By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Signed: Yes D...
Watercolor
Building Clouds, Landscape, Sky, Impressionist, Sunset
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Paul Cornoyer, one of the premier painters of urban life in America at the turn of the 19th century, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1864. His early work was heavily influenced b...
Oil, Board
$1,900
In the Great Bereznyi Impressionism Original Oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Shandor Title: In the Great Bereznyi Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2016 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 23.5" x 27.5" x 1" inch ( 60 x 70 x 2cm) Presentation: Unfra...
Canvas, Oil
$472
Evening, Cud Hill, Cotswold Art, Textured English landscape painting, Modern Art
By Rupert Aker
Located in Deddington, GB
Evening, Cud Hill [2022] original Oil on canvas Image size: H:30 cm x W:40 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:40 cm x D:2cm Frame Size: H:33 cm x W:43 cm x D:3cm Sold Fr...
Canvas, Oil
Swedish Rural Landscape Fårö Gotland Oil Painting 1933
Located in Stockholm, SE
This charming landscape from 1933 depicts a farmstead on Fårö, the island situated north of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. In the foreground stands a characteristic stone barn with a tha...
Oil, Wood Panel
$912Sale Price|20% Off
Morning light, oil painting, winter landscape, fine art, nature, square
Located in Oslo, NO
“Morning Light” is a stunning oil painting on an MDF board measuring 30x30 cm. The artist has beautifully captured the tranquility of a winter morning, bathed in soft light and delic...
Oil, Panel
French Impressionist Rustic Bouquet of Sunflowers Still Life Gouache Painting
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunflower Bouquet signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 11.75 x 9.5 inches Gouache painting on cardboard, unframed Inscribed verso Condition: The painting is in good condition,...
Gouache
$24,000
"Street In Paris (Eglise St. Julien)" Jane Peterson, American Impressionism
Located in New York, NY
Jane Peterson Street In Paris (Eglise St. Julien), circa 1910 Signed lower right; artist's labels on the reverse Oil on canvas 24 x 18 inches Exhibited New York, Lincoln Glenn Galle...
Canvas, Oil
$2,650
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
$695
Ray Simonini, "Shared Horizon" 9x12 Impressionist Horse Farm Animal Oil Painting
By Ray Simonini
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
A small group of horses stands quietly in a sunlit field, their forms loosely defined through warm, earthy tones of sienna, umber, and ochre. The central figure, a dark, almost mahog...
Canvas, Oil
"Brinton Barn" - Impressionist Midwestern Still-Life and Skyscape, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
This beautiful original impressionist painting by Stephanie Hartshorn depicts a quaint white barn in the midst of a forest and plain, the blue sky dotted with wisps of clouds. This ...
Oil, Wood Panel
$796Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Desert Beach Dune Western American Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist desert beach dune oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Unsigned. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 24"L x 16"H.
Canvas, Oil
Day Flowers, Signed Floral Lithograph by Joan Paley
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Paley, a native of Connecticut, has studied Art at Connecticut College, the University of Hartford, and the Art Student's League of New York. The source of Paley's artistic insp...
Lithograph
Blue House with Sunflowers, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Painted en plein air in Wisconsin, this scene captures sunflowers blooming beside a blue house. Artist Karen d'Angeac Mihm highlights the contrast between the...
Oil
VERY LARGE 1960'S ITALIAN SIGNED OIL - IMPRESSIONIST VENICE TRANQUIL CANAL SCENE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian School, mid 20th century, indistinctly signed. Title: The Tranquil Canal, Venice. Beautiful green/ teal moody tones to the colour palette. Medium: oil pa...
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century "October Song" Minnesota Autumn Forest Landscape
By Harriet Rose Yule
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century "October Song" Minnesota Autumn Forest Landscape Highly detailed mid century landscape depicting a glorious autumn scene, of a tranquil stream running through a forest f...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Native places, Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Litvinov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Style: Classic Figurative Year: 2003 Title: Native places Size: 8.5" x ...
Canvas, Oil
Point Lobos, California Oil Painting, American Impressionist, 1925
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Point Lobos, California Oil on artist's board, c. 1925 Signed lower right: Wm J Edmundson (see photo) Condition: Very good condition Frame: Period McBeth Gallery style frame (see pho...
Oil
$1,275
Antique American Impressionist Ft Lauderdale Beach Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist beach scene oil painting by Carl W. Brandien (1886 - 1965). Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 9H by 12L.
Canvas, Oil
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...
Oil, Board
$2,362
Horace Mann Livens Hanover Square London gouache painting 1920 Edwardian
Located in London, GB
To view our other Modern British Art and our views of London scroll down to 'view all from this seller' and search. Horace Mann Livens (1862-1936) Hanover Square London (1920) Gouac...
Gouache
SOLA PUIG Green landscape with mountain Original impressionist painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
LANDSCAPE 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 environm...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,202Sale Price|69% Off
"Spring landscape" oil cm. 28 x 38 1934 green
Located in Torino, IT
Spring landscape, green, 19th century Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989) From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to technical and expressive...
Wood, Oil
$14,400Sale Price|20% Off
"Bassin des Tuilleries and the Louvre, Paris, " Jules Herve, French Impressionism
Located in New York, NY
Jules Herve (French, 1887 - 1981) Bassin des Tuilleries and the Louvre, Paris, n.d. Oil on canvas 18 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches Signed lower left; signed on the reverse Provenance: Dominio...
Canvas, Oil
FANTASY WITH FLOWERS 296 : (series 300+) mixed, paper, 42x59cm.
Located in Zofingen, AG
FANTASY WITH FLOWERS 296 : (series 300+) mixed, paper, 59x42. Original mixed media painting on heavy archival paper from the FANTASY WITH FLOWERS series. This enchanting artwork pres...
Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Portrait of a British Army General in Uniform - British exh. art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British Impressionist Edwardian military portrait oil painting is by noted artist Walter Ernest Webster. Painted circa 1910 it is a seated generous half length portrait, ...
Oil
$2,888Sale Price|20% Off
Mediterranean Village Landscape, Expressive Spanish Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Mediterranean Village Landscape, Expressive Spanish Impressionist Painting Artist: Josep Maria Riera i Aragó (Spanish, born 1954) Title: Mediterranean Village Landscape Date: 19...
Canvas, Oil
Paul Strecker (1898-1950). Interior, 1941. Oil on canvas, signed and date.
Located in Paris, FR
Paul STRECKER (Mainz, Germany 1898 – Berlin, Germany 1950) Interior, 1941 Oil on canvas Signed lower right Dated Nov 1941 on the reverse 38 x 61 cm Provenance: Wilhelm Strecker Col...
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Village Square with Fountain & Figures Signed Impressionist work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Village Square French School, early 20th century signed watercolor on artist paper, framed titled verso framed: 13 x 17 inches artist paper : 12.5 x 16.5 inches Provenance: priva...
Watercolor
$37,117
Rollesboise - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Maximillien Luce
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel riverscape by French impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. Painted in mainly blues and greens, the piece depicts a view of Rolleboise, a scenic cliffside commune...
Oil, Panel
Fruits Still life Impressionism Original Oil Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Shandor Title: Autumn Harvest Medium: Oil on Cardboard Year: 2020 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 16" x 28" x 0.2" inch ( 41 x 71 x 1cm) Presentation: Unframed, ...
Canvas, Oil
Fabulous winter Landscape Impressionism Original Oil Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Shandor Title: Fabulous winter Medium: Oil on Cardboard Year: 2022 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 18" x 27.5" x 0.2" inch (45 x 70 x 1cm) Presentation: Unframed,...
Canvas, Oil
$2,600
"Long Beach, Sag Harbor 04.16.2026" Oil painting, Impressionist Seascape, framed
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by Contemporary American Painter, Nelson H. White, known for his impressionist paintings of natural landscapes. "Long Beach, Sag Harbor 04.16.2026" was painted at a b...
Canvas, 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: 2020 Style: Impressionism Title: Warm Autumn Size: 8" x 10" x 0.8'' ...
Canvas, Oil
$3,560Sale Price|20% Off
English 20th century Yacht racing off the the Fast Lighthouse of Ireland.
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted English late 20th-century marine scene of a Yacht racing off The Fast Net Lighthouse which is situated off the coast of Ireland. Ian McLean wa...
Canvas, Oil
$319Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century California Landscape Oil Painting, 14x18 Inches, Unframed
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful landscape oil painting depicting a stately tree with green mountains in the background by California artist Genevieve Rogers (American, 20th Century). Unsigned but acquir...
Oil, Canvas
$282,000
"FORDING AT DUSK" G. HARVEY WESTERN. HORSES, RIVER, COWBOYS FRAME SIZE 44 X 62
By G. Harvey
Located in San Antonio, TX
G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones) (1933-2017) San Antonio, Austin, and Fredericksburg Artist Medium: Oil on Canvas Signed Image Size: 30 x 48 Frame Size: 44 x 62 1976 "Fording At Dusk"...
Oil
Luxembourg Gardens, Children Playing, Park Scene, Gouache
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Gardner, Massachusetts in 1876, painter, writer and teacher Emma Alice (Polly) Parker Nordell studied at the Rhode Island School of Design under Stacy Tolman and Sydney R. Burleigh, Art Students League under Frank DuMond and Robert Henri, Chase School of Art with William Merritt Chase in New York City and at the Academie de la Grand Chaumiere in Paris under the tutelage of Lucien Simon and Emile Menard...
Paper, Gouache
$1,400
Wheat Field Landscape Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Garry Nalbandyan Title: Wheat Field Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 16" x 20" x 0.8" inch (40 x 50 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wr...
Canvas, Oil
Boy Climbing a Structure
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Boy Climbing a Structure" c.1990 is an oil painting on panel by noted American artist Gunnar Donald Anderson, b.1927-2022. It is s...
Oil
Favorite Places landscape Impressionism Original Oil Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Shandor Title: Favorite Places Medium: Oil on Cardboard Year: 2022 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 20" x 23.5" x 0.2" inch (50 x 60 x 1cm) Presentation: Unframed,...
Canvas, Oil
$1,895
Sunny Day. Horizontal landscape painting, snow, blue sky, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
"Sunny Day" is a beautiful and atmospheric watercolor that captures the stark, quiet elegance of a winter landscape under clear, cool light. The title highlights the subtle but essen...
Paper, Watercolor
Autumn Landscape Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Peter Tovpev
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Peter Tovpev Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2017 Style: Impressionism Title: Autumn Landscape Size: 23.5" x 39.5" ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
Riverside Fishing Camp
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern impressionist painting by American artist Chuck Fee Wong featuring his signature use of bright colors. This work is a wonderful landscape with an interesting perspective per...
Canvas, Oil
Rocky Hedgerow, Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Jane Duncan Stogner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Over the past 50 years, Jane has garnered an excellent reputation as a professional artist, as well as an award-winning professor, and a leader in the art community. Jane paints subj...
Canvas, Oil
Vista de Cadaqués (Girona) - Óleo sobre tela - Firmado y enmarcado
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado por el autor en la parte inferior "Royo" Se presenta enmarcada la obra (el marco tiene alguna leve falta) El estado es bueno Medidas de la obra: 60 cm. De altura x 73 cm. ...
Oil
$958Sale Price|20% Off
Original Bruxelles Foire Internationale vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original linen-backed Bruxelles (Brussels) Foire Internationale oversize vintage travel poster. The poster features the most famous Grand Pal...
Lithograph
$3,500
Soft Shadows, Late 19th/Early 20th Century Landscape w/ Hay, Harvest Season
Located in Beachwood, OH
William H. Kinnicutt (American, 1865-1934) Soft Shadows Oil on canvas Signed lower right 16 x 20 inches 20.5 x 24.5 inches, framed See condition in photos William H. Kinnicutt was a...
Oil
$19,200Sale Price|20% Off
"Risen Moon" Frederick Judd Waugh, Coastal Landscape, Rocky Coast Marine Scene
Located in New York, NY
Frederick Judd Waugh Risen Moon Signed lower right, Grand Central Art Galleries Inc. label on verso Oil on board 25 x 30 inches Mainly known as a marine painter. Waugh's sea paintings were enthusiastically received; for five consecutive years, he was awarded the Popular Prize at the Carnegie International Exhibition. Waugh was the son of a well-known Philadelphia portrait painter, Samuel Waugh...
Canvas, Oil
$10,500
"RIVER VALLEY" MOST LIKELY PEDERNALES RIVER FREDERICKSBURG TEXAS AD GREER
By A.D. Greer
Located in San Antonio, TX
A. D. Greer (1904-1998) Austin Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Frame Size: 32 x 44 Medium: Oil on canvas "RIVER VALLEY" SIGNED LOWER LEFT Biography A. D. Greer (1904-1998) A.D. Greer (Au...
Oil
Diana Maxwell Armfield Flowers in a Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
Diana Maxwell Armfield was a British artist who was born in 1920. She is well listed with Auction results as high as $12,900. She is most notable for her beautiful still lifes of flo...
Oil
$992
Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Dusky River Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Charles Martin-Sauvaigo (French 1881-1970) * see notes below French Impressionist painter oil painting on wooden panel unframed size: 9.5 x 6.25 inches condition:...
Oil
$1,340Sale Price|20% Off
Nicely Framed Detailed American School Antique Beach Scene Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted early 1900s American impressionist beach scene. Oil on board. Framed. Signed verso. Great colors and very well painted. Excellent ready to hang condition.
Canvas, Oil
Winter Morning, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2023 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Winter Morning, Size: 14.5" x 2...
Canvas, Oil
Old House, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A country house stands solitary in an overgrown field, with traces of time passing evident in its exterior. The grass dances with the wind as the summer sky g...
Oil
$4,000
"On the Edge of Real Life" - Impressionist Cityscape, Oil Painting on Wood Panel
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
"On the Edge of Real Life" is a serene and intriguing oil painting from Calvin Lai's solo exhibition "Finding Shelter", depicting pedestrians crossing a vast inner cityscape, with th...
Oil, Wood Panel
LARGE OIL PAINTING By Robert Bradley NAVY ADMIRALTY NICE GOLD GILT FRAME
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING LARGE ROBERT BRAMLEY (NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY Very good condition for age , (see pictures) FINE MARTINE PAINTING ORIGINAL Description Description The Golden We...
Oil
Impressionist French River town landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
C. Andronis French River Landscape, signed and dated 1959 Oil on board Original carved French frame This luminous and expressive painting by C. Andronis captures the vibrant spirit...
Oil, Board
Autumn Waltz, Landscape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Contemporary art Landscape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on canvas Year: 202...
Canvas, Oil
Rural Brittany Harvest Fields Signed 20th Century French Impressionist Oil
By Claude Marin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Harvest Fields by Claude Marin (French 1914-2001) signed and dated 90 oil on artist card stuck on board, unframed board: 9 x 10.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris, France...
Oil