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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"The Wild Coast - Big Sur" Contemporary Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Wild Coast - Big Sur" Contemporary Seascape in Oil on Canvas Vibrant coastal seascape by notable California artist Erin Gafill (American, b. 1963). Brightly colored hills casca...
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th C Antique Scandinavian Impressionist Seascape Oil Painting Sailboats
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exceptional and atmospheric seascape was painted in oil on canvas in the early 20th century by the renowned Swedish artist Astrid Wahlstedt (1877 - 1946). The canvas captures a ...
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Le lavoir de Billancourt by Alfred Sisley
Located in New Orleans, LA
Alfred Sisley 1839-1899 British Le Lavoir de Billancourt Signed “Sisley” (lower left) Oil on canvas A master of the landscape, Alfred Sisley is one of the founders of the French ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,200
October 10: Plein Air Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas of Fall Foliage
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern impressionist style plein air landscape painting on canvas "Field Painting, October 10, 2025" oil on canvas 12 x 12 inches Signed, verso The contemplative paintings of Thomas...
Canvas, Oil
ZhenPeng Sun Landscape Original Oil Painting "Spring Flower"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Spring Flower Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 10 x 10 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is...
Canvas, Oil
$47,000
"Portrait of Louis Prang" William Merritt Chase, Impressionist Portrait
Located in New York, NY
William Merritt Chase Portrait of Louis Prang, 1884 Signed center right "WM M Chase" Oil on canvas 41 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches Provenance The artist Louis Prang Gift from the sitter to R...
Canvas, Oil
$1,703Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Menton French Riviera Cote d'Azur Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Menton, South of France signed by the Hungarian artist, Laslzo Ritter (1937-2003) oil on canvas, framed Framed: 22 x 28 inches Canvas : 18 x 24 inches Inscribed verso Provenance: pri...
Oil
Oregon Trail, Vintage 1970s Western Figural Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative oil painting of pioneers traveling by wagon train across the vast western plains by California artist Harry Roerade (American 1908-1987), circa 1...
Paper, Watercolor
"Cake, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Cake" is an original, handmade oil pain ting that depicts a red velvet cake sliced in half with white frosting and red flowers. About the Artist: Clyde Steadman g...
Oil, Board
"Sheepish" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Sheepish" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto painting of a sheep gathered on a green hillside.
Oil, Panel
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
"Still life with flowers"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A cool, luminous palette distinguishes this broad floral arrangement, centred on a rounded blue- green vase set across a reflective turquoise surface. Yellow and white blossoms form ...
Canvas, Oil
FANTASY WITH FLOWERS 280: (series 300+) mixed, paper, 59x42.
Located in Zofingen, AG
FANTASY WITH FLOWERS 280: (series 300+) mixed, paper, 59x42. Original mixed media painting on heavy archival paper from the FANTASY WITH FLOWERS series. This enchanting artwork prese...
Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil
"Mothers and Children on the Beach" - Colorful Bright Impressionist in Oil Paint
By Don Hatfield
Located in Carmel, CA
Don Hatfield (American, born 1947) "Mothers and Children on the Beach" Unknown Oil paint, canvas, stretcher bars Signed on the bottom right of the painting. Don Hatfield’s 'Mothers ...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$1,290Sale Price|40% Off
San Gabriel Foothills and Lake original Plein Air Oil Painting By Lionel Edwards
Located in Soquel, CA
San Gabriel Foothills and Lake By Lionel Edwards San Gabriel Lake by Lionel Louis Edwards (American, 1874-1954). Oil on canvas illustration board. San Gabriel Lake. Impasto layers an...
Canvas, Oil
Seryona River Oil Painting, Plein Air Landscape, 2010, Impasto Art
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
This oil painting captures a Seryona river landscape with rhythmic intensity, painted en plein air by the artist in the Kaluga region in the spring of 2010. Broad brushstrokes define...
Canvas, Oil
$535Sale Price|20% Off
Parisian Street Café Scene with Diners and Trees Original City Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Parisian Street Café Scene with Diners and Trees Original City Watercolour By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Signed: Bottom right Medium: Watercolor on paper, mounted Size: 14 inche...
Watercolor
$1,400
Winter Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Budden Winter Woodland Interior IV
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Winter Woodland Interior IV oil/canvas panel 12 x 9 image unframed, 18.5 x 15.5 framed. signed LR A beautiful little winter study of light and shadow falling across this scene of tre...
Oil
$920Sale Price|20% Off
The Road to the Ocean. Coastal landscape, ocean view, plein air, textured
Located in Oslo, NO
his painting was created en plein air on Oahu’s North Shore in early summer. "I was struck by the vivid green grass pushing through volcanic rock—bright circles of life set against...
Canvas, Oil
'Winter Sunset' AIC, ASL, NAD, PAFA, New York, Boston, New England, Connecticut
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'R. Emmett Owen' for Robert Emmett Owen (American, 1878-1957) and painted circa 1915. Displayed in a substantial, carved, giltwood frame Framed dimensions: 30 x 1...
Oil, Board
La Danse à la Campagne, 2e planche (Dancing in the Countryside, 2nd Plate)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
‘La Danse à la Campagne’ is an etching by Impressionist artist, Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The print depicts a dancing couple drawn from the same milieu as the famous 1883 Dance painting...
Etching
$1,757Sale Price|48% Off
Flowers - Late 20th Century Still Life Oil Pastel by Edwin Mendoza - Figurative
By Edwin Mendoza
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Edwin Mendoza was born in Alexandria. He spent his younger years in Fontainebleau, France where he lived and studied. He studied at St Martin’s School of Art in London. Exhibited at...
Canvas, Oil Pastel
$389Sale Price|56% Off
Shetland Fishing Nets and Lobster Pots with Ruin by the Sea 1985 Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Shetland Fishing Nets and Lobster Pots with Ruin by the Sea 1985 Watercolour by John Steane (b.1931) Size: 15.75 inches (height) x 20 inches (width) Inscribed verso: “Shetland...
Watercolor
$2,400Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionistic Seascape Venice Painting Michael Budden Moonlight on the Canal
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Moonlight on the Canal, Venice oil/panel 12 x 16 unframed, 18.38 x 22.38 framed Signed LR Moonlight on the Canal is a beautiful oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contempo...
Oil
"Flower Stand by the Madeleine" French Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Pierre Thibault was a renowned French artist and known for his figurative paints depicting Parisian life in the 20th Century. Mainly street scenes of the bustling city of Paris and i...
Canvas, Oil
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
Rocky Seascape Oil Painting Milton James Burns Salmagundi Club
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Rocky Seascape oil on panel The image measures 10 x 14 unframed, 12.5 x 16 framed in original frame as purchased. signed lower left. Milton James Burns 1853-1933, Founding Salmagundi Artist member in ready to hang condition. Minor craquelure in white impasto areas of the surf. Frame abrasion in upper and lower edges of canvas. A few pinpoints of in-paint show up under UV. This scene looks to me to be Black Head, on Monhegan perhaps, as Burns visited the island to draw, etc. as listed below. The following is from "The Jean and Graham Devoe Williford Charitable Trust" Milton Burns...
Oil
$3,800
Oil on Canvas Painting of Mediterranean Beach Scene, Signed, 34x40 cm
Located in New York, NY
A luminous Mediterranean beach scene by Eliseo Meifrén Roig, this oil on canvas captures the artist’s celebrated ability to render atmosphere, light, and movement with remarkable spo...
Canvas, Oil
"1962d" - Miniature Landscape and Still-Life, Oil Painting on Coin
Located in Denver, CO
This unique miniature painting is framed at 4 inches by 4 inches, and is wired and ready for hanging. About the Artist: Bryanna Marie draws her inspiration from the everyday beauty ...
Oil
Party, Abstract Figurative Original oil painting, one of a kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Hayk Gasparyan Work: Original oil Painting, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen, Year: 2024 Style: Abstract, Figurative Title: Party Size: 30.5" x 17" x 0.8'' inch (77x43x2 cm...
Oil, Canvas
$600
Spring Fever, Psychedelic Lithograph by Ronald Julius Christensen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Spring Fever Ronald Julius Christensen, American (1923–1999) Date: 1980 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 295 Size: 42 x 29.5 in. (106.68 x 74.93 cm)
Lithograph
$729Sale Price|20% Off
1930's French Impressionist Beached Blue Fishing Boat Under Cloudy Skies
By Simone Forge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Beached Fishing Boat Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed board: 13 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: great condition For more any m...
Oil
French Landscape With River, Impressionist Oil on Canvas 1904, Framed
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Landscape With A River And Trees Artist signed and dated 1904 lower right, canvas 16x26 inches. Painting previously relined and restored, antique frame. Eugéne REGAGNON (1875-1957) ...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
"Paris, De Grands Augustins" 20th Century Impressionistic Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A stunning depiction of a lively scene in Paris "De Grands Augustins". There is a boat situated on the water near the busy street as figures are scene throughout. The tree lined stre...
Canvas, Oil
$951Sale Price|20% Off
Gloucester Harbor Antique American Oil Painting Fishing Boat Framed 1930
Located in Buffalo, NY
A gorgeous American impressionist painting of Gloucester Harbor. Unsigned but by a very skilled hand. The canvas is 20" x 16" housed in a period frame.
Oil, Board
"Still Life of Fruit and Flowers, " Oil on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressionist still life by French painter Léon Garraud depicts a table set with a plate of peaches and a vase of pink peonies and delicate white flowers. The warm palette of or...
Canvas, Oil
Sunset on the Cheshire Plain - Large Impressionist Horses in Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large signed and dated 1943 English impressionsit oil on board depicting horses in a landscape at sunset, by William Ongley Miller. Excellent quality and condition atmos...
Oil
On the Beach - Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil Painting by Dorothea Sharp
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figures in landscape circa 1920 by English impressionist painter Dorothea Sharp. This incredible piece depicts bathers enjoying a day at the beach. In the foreground is a seated woman wearing a hat who is knitting or embroidering, and by her side a baby sleeps on a blanket in the shade of the rocks. Signature: Signed lower left Dimensions: Framed: 22"x26" Unframed: 14"x18" Provenance: Private collection - Australia Dorothea Sharp was a landscape, flower and figurative painter. She studied both in London and in Paris. Dorothea Sharp studied art in Richmond before joining London's Regent Street Polytechnic, where her teachers included David Murray and George Clausen. She also studied in Paris where she was introduced to the work of the Impressionists and in particular Claude Monet. She was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists (from 1907), the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (1922) and the Society of Women Artists (1908). She lived in London, working at studios in Maida Vale. In the 1920s and 1930s she travelled in France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. In 1928 she was appointed an honorary member of the St Ives Society of Artists and from 1940 to 1946 she settled in St Ives, where she produced many plein air paintings of beach scenes...
Canvas, Oil
The Blue Lubéron - 21st Century Impressionistic Plein air Landscape Painting
By Jos Leurs
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Jos Leurs The Blue Lubéron 60 x 80 cm acrylic on canvas Jos Leurs is a Dutch Impressionistic Plein Air Painter who lived in France for almost 30 years. Since 2011 he lives in Holla...
Acrylic
Picnic in May, Impressionist Oil Painting by Andre Racz after Pal Szinyei Merse
By André Racz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Andre Racz, Romanian (1914 - 1994) - After Pal Szinyei Merse, Hungarian (1845 - 1920) Title: Picnic in May Year: of original: 1873 Medium: Oil on...
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of A Young Woman In A Hat
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Portrait of A Young Woman In A Hat From the artist estate, unsigned oil on canvas board, painting size 13x9in. Dewitt McClellan Lockman, N.A. (July 30, 1870-July 1, 1957). A native ...
Board, Canvas, Oil
"Beach Scene with Figures and Sailboats" Impressionistic Oil Painting in Holland
Located in New York, NY
A wonderfully rich beach scene done in Zandvoort Holland in the Mid-20th Century depicting figures in the sand. Some figures are by the water with sailboats as kids play in the dista...
Oil, Canvas
White Greyhound. Landscape format, 30x60 cm, warm tones, oil painting.
By Julia Chaduneli Prodiashvili
Located in Oslo, NO
A white greyhound stands next to a pitcher of water, slender and tall, like a living line drawn by the confident hand of an artist. Her slender silhouette is filled with quiet dignit...
Canvas, Oil
Vintage French Impressionist Paris Street Scene Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American impressionist Paris street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 13 by 15 inches overall. Handso...
Oil, Board
$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
le Petit Ville Impressionist landscape painting of France, trees, river, cottage
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 24" x 28" Dyf’s handling of light is particularly evocative in le Petit Ville. Here, Dyf presents a serene vision of rural life. A bright, expansive sky, filled with dr...
Canvas, Oil
Golden Koi, Linen Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, 80x110 cm.
Located in Zofingen, AG
Golden Koi, Linen Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, 80x110 cm. Rakhmet Redzhepov Dive into a dazzling, kaleidoscopic underwater dream with this breathtaking contemporary masterpiece titled "Gold...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$1,838Sale Price|20% Off
Gordes Village Luberon Provence Huge Original French Oil Painting on Canvas
By Guy Benard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Guy Benard (French b.1928) signed lower corner. Painter from Rouen, Normandy, exhibited throughout France. Title: Gordes (Luberon Valley, Provence) Medium: signed oil on canvas, unframed and inscribed verso size: 39 x 39 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overall very good and sound condition. Arles is a historic city located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southern France. It is situated on the banks of the Rhône River and is known for its rich Roman heritage, picturesque streets, and vibrant cultural scene. Arles has a fascinating history that dates back to Roman times. It was an important Roman provincial capital and became a major trading center. Many well-preserved Roman monuments can still be found in the city today...
Oil, Canvas
Boat Oxford Md Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Fresh Paint
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Fresh Paint oil/panel 11 x 14 unframed 16.5 x 19.5 framed signed LL Fresh Paint is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a bea...
Oil
Emile Albert Gruppe, Autumn Landscape in the Mountains, Oil on Canvas
Located in Austin, TX
By Emile Albert Gruppe (1896-1978) 30" x 36" Oil paint on canvas Framed Size: 38" x 44" This painting by Emile Gruppe, titled "Autumn Landscape in the Mountains," captures a peacef...
Canvas, Oil
$1,301Sale Price|20% Off
Spring birches. 1990. Cardboard, oil, 70x95 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Spring birches. 1990. Cardboard, oil, 70x95 cm Edgars Vinters (1919-2014) Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He pain...
Oil, Cardboard
$1,650
Spring Lights, Portrait Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2022 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Spring ...
Canvas, Oil
Mystic Traveler, Original Painting
By Sally Adams
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A cardinal perches on a thin wire, its bright red plumage standing out against the gray sky. The bird seems like a visitor from another realm, briefly passing...
Acrylic
Alfred S. Mira Oil Painting “Rain (Gay Street, Greenwich Village)” NYC Scene
Located in Rockport, MA
This evocative oil painting titled Rain (Gay Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan) is by American artist Alfred S. Mira (1900–1981), known for his moody and expressive depictions of ...
Oil
French Mountain Landscape Blue Valley Watercolor Ink Painting Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mountain Landscape Blue Valley Watercolor Ink Painting Bernard Labbe Artist: Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) Medium: Watercolor and ink on artists paper laid on...
Watercolor
West Coast, Seascape, Impressionism, 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: West Coast, Size: 30" x 44.5" ...
Canvas, Oil
$729Sale Price|20% Off
1950's French Signed Oil Sunlit Village in Provence French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunlit Village in Provence mid 20th century signed oil on board, unframed Board : 7.5 x 10.75 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condition Descripti...
Oil
"Spring Time" Colorful Countryside Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful impressionist pastoral landscape with beautiful color tones throughout. Waltsak has portrayed this piece in a most intimate yet energetic way and has packed much feeling ...
Oil, Canvas
"Saint-Tropez Port" Harbor Scene Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
As a French Impressionist artist, most of Harry Deditch Dansky works were produced in the Mid-20th Century. He was known for his vibrant compositions and with a passion to portray li...
Canvas, Oil
"Chase Creek" Oil Painting, Neo-Impressionist Landscape, Signed, Framed
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a local road on Shelter Island, NY by Ben Fenske. Painted with Fenske's wide, urgent brushstrokes in his neo-impressionist style. An asphalt road stretches along t...
Linen, Oil