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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
"Corner of my Garden" Leon Foster Jones, Impressionist, Blooming Spring Flora
"Corner of my Garden" Leon Foster Jones, Impressionist, Blooming Spring Flora

"Corner of my Garden" Leon Foster Jones, Impressionist, Blooming Spring Flora

Located in New York, NY

Leon Foster Jones Corner of my Garden, 1902 Signed and dated lower left Oil on canvas 26 x 25 inches Provenance Goldfield Galleries, Los Angeles, California Private Collection, Virginia Beach, Virginia Leon Foster Jones was a painter of landscapes, an etcher, a lithographer, and an educator. He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, his father held the position of overseer in one of the hosiery mills in the Manchester area. In approximately 1901, he married Josephine Currier. During the initial years of their marriage, the couple resided in Concord, New Hampshire. They made Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York their permanent home in 1910, although the artist had begun working there as early as 1907. Numerous sources indicate that throughout his life, Jones gained recognition primarily for his paintings and etchings featuring historical sites across Long Island. His artistic education included four years at the Cowles Art School in Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied under Joseph Rodefer DeCamp...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Coastal Painting with Boats and Houses near Plougonvelin Brittany
French Coastal Painting with Boats and Houses near Plougonvelin Brittany

French Coastal Painting with Boats and Houses near Plougonvelin Brittany

By Fanch Lel

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: French Coastal Painting with Boats and Houses near Plougonvelin Brittany by Fanch Lel Signed: Bottom left corner Size: 15 x 18 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, u...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Greenhouse in Bloom

Greenhouse in Bloom

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...

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1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Self-portrait (portrait of man)
Self-portrait (portrait of man)

Self-portrait (portrait of man)

By Wesley Lea

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Wesley Lea (1914-1981). Self-portrait, ca. 1940. Oil on canvas, 12 x 17 inches. Signed lower left center "WESLEA" as was his practice in 1930s-40's. Unframed.

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

French Impressionist Watercolor of Venetian Canal Scene Ponte de le Bande
French Impressionist Watercolor of Venetian Canal Scene Ponte de le Bande

French Impressionist Watercolor of Venetian Canal Scene Ponte de le Bande

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: French Impressionist Watercolor of Venetian Canal Scene Ponte de le Bande By Maurice Mazeilie (French 1924-2021) Medium: Watercolor and pencil on paper, unframed Size: 6.5 x 8...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Chemin a travers champs - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Paul Vogler
Chemin a travers champs - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Paul Vogler

Chemin a travers champs - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Paul Vogler

By Paul Vogler

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1890 by French impressionist painter Paul Vogler. The piece depicts a view of a path running through a golden hay field on a bright summer's day....

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1890s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Autumn in Tsaritsyno Park
Autumn in Tsaritsyno Park

Autumn in Tsaritsyno Park

By Simon Kozhin

Located in Zofingen, AG

This plain air painting by Ala Prima vividly conveys the tranquil beauty of Tsaritsyno Park in autumn, depicting a path covered with golden maple leaves. The composition is expertly ...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spring Landscape
Spring Landscape

Spring Landscape

By John Wells James

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Spring Landscape, 1921 Oil on canvas 36 x 42 1/4 inches 91.4 x 107.3 cm Signed and dated lower left: John Wells James / 1921 Provenance Private collection John Wells James painted ...

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1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique French village market scene in Brittany
Antique French village market scene in Brittany

Antique French village market scene in Brittany

Located in AIGNAN, FR

Antique oil painting on stretched canvas of a Breton marketplace by French artist Alfred Victor Founier signed in the lower right. A very charming and animated piece of art by a wel...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Amsterdam Oil on Canvas Painting, Impressionist, 20th Century, Framed
Amsterdam Oil on Canvas Painting, Impressionist, 20th Century, Framed

Amsterdam Oil on Canvas Painting, Impressionist, 20th Century, Framed

Located in Genève, GE

This oil on canvas by artist Jean-Jacques Boimond (1930-1995) depicts a picturesque, tranquil scene, probably of Amsterdam, as indicated on the back of the canvas by the artist. The ...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Outside the Silence. Landscape, trees, path, light, impressionism
Outside the Silence. Landscape, trees, path, light, impressionism

Outside the Silence. Landscape, trees, path, light, impressionism

Located in Oslo, NO

Step just beyond the daily hum and find yourself Outside the Noise. This intimate landscape, created in a single breath of brushwork under open skies, captures the quiet rhythm of n...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Studio interior with black cat" Oil cm. 76 x 66 1983 Oil
"Studio interior with black cat" Oil cm. 76 x 66 1983 Oil

"Studio interior with black cat" Oil cm. 76 x 66 1983 Oil

By Gleb Savinov

Located in Torino, IT

Black Cat,Cat,yellow Gleb SAVINOV (Kharkiv prov., Ua 1915 – St. Petersburg 2000) Gleb Alexandrovich Savinov was born in Ukraine and spent part of his childhood in Saratov. His father, Alexander Ivanovich Savinov (1881–1942), a talented painter, draftsman and teacher, was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1922 they moved from Saratov to Petrograd. In 1928-1930 Savinov started working in the studio of his father while still attending school. In 1934, after graduating from high school he enrolled at the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied with, among many others, Alexander Osmerkin. In 1940 Savinov graduated and married his classmate and talented artist Olga Bogaevskaya. This happy family and creative union lasted sixty years. Since that year Gleb Savinov participated in art exhibitions with portraits, historical and genre paintings, landscapes, interior scenes, still lives. He served during the Great War and in 1944 he was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists. In 1945-1947 he taught in the Repin Institute, then from 1949 to 1979 in the Vera Mukhina...

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1980s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Sentinel" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Original Oil Painting
"Sentinel" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Original Oil Painting

"Sentinel" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Original Oil Painting

By Judd Mercer

Located in Denver, CO

Judd Mercer's (US based) "Sentinel" (2022) is an original handmade oil painting depicting a large lone tree on a mountainside. Artist bio/statement Judd Mercer is a contemporary la...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Le Marche de Bachy, Signed Oil Painting on Canvas, Impressionist Style
Le Marche de Bachy, Signed Oil Painting on Canvas, Impressionist Style

Le Marche de Bachy, Signed Oil Painting on Canvas, Impressionist Style

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

"In Gold and Fire"
"In Gold and Fire"

"In Gold and Fire"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

This artwork expresses feminine strength and quiet confidence. The red background conveys intensity, while gold accents symbolize inner value and resilience. The turned figure repres...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Private View Gallery Scene with Art Lovers and Paintings on Display Watercolour
Private View Gallery Scene with Art Lovers and Paintings on Display Watercolour

Private View Gallery Scene with Art Lovers and Paintings on Display Watercolour

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Private View Gallery Scene with Art Lovers and Paintings on Display Watercolour By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Signed: Bottom right Medium: Watercolor on paper, mounted Size: 10....

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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Vintage French Signed Oil Painting Lilac Flowers in Original Mid Century Frame
Vintage French Signed Oil Painting Lilac Flowers in Original Mid Century Frame

Vintage French Signed Oil Painting Lilac Flowers in Original Mid Century Frame

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Still Life of Flowers French School, mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed in original frame. framed: 17.5 x 29 inches canvas : 12 x 24 inches provenance: private collection,...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

British Impressionist Watercolor of Village Pathway with Cottage and Figures
British Impressionist Watercolor of Village Pathway with Cottage and Figures

British Impressionist Watercolor of Village Pathway with Cottage and Figures

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of Village Pathway with Cottage and Figures by Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Dimensions: 11...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

The Bouquet Of Aromatic Lilacs - lilacs still life painting
The Bouquet Of Aromatic Lilacs - lilacs still life painting

The Bouquet Of Aromatic Lilacs - lilacs still life painting

Located in Zofingen, AG

The modern and stylish still life with lilacs will become a wonderful decoration of any interior! The painting is 100% hand painted using high quality oil paints on canvas. The uniq...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

Farmers Working in Sunlit Landscape Beneath a Deep Blue Sky French Oil Painting
Farmers Working in Sunlit Landscape Beneath a Deep Blue Sky French Oil Painting

Farmers Working in Sunlit Landscape Beneath a Deep Blue Sky French Oil Painting

By Fanch Lel

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Toiling in the Fields by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches oil painting on board, unframed condition: the painting is in very good condition. It has previously bee...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Pond Waterlilies Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Pond Waterlilies Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Pond Waterlilies Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

By Vahe Yeremyan

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Pond Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 10" x 19" x "0.8 inch (25 x 48 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wrapped on W...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Clown with Balloons
Clown with Balloons

Clown with Balloons

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Clown with Balloons" c.1980 is an oil painting on canvas by American artist Chuck Oberstein, 1935-2002. It is signed at the lower left co...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Panamint Valley Desert Landscape
Panamint Valley Desert Landscape

Panamint Valley Desert Landscape

By Mike Wright

Located in Soquel, CA

Gorgeous, restful desert landscape of Panamint Valley by Santa Cruz, California artist Mike Wright (American, 20th Century). Presented in a black painted a...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blooming water lilies 2
Blooming water lilies 2

Blooming water lilies 2

Located in Zofingen, AG

75CM X 75CM (29,5" x 29,5") 2025 The image of fish according to Chinese traditions is a symbol of prosperity, great wealth, fertility, harmony, and happiness. And what is interesting...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Autumn Recedes, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Autumn Recedes, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Autumn Recedes, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Shapoval Ivan Leontyevich Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Style: Impressionism Year: 2008 Title: Spring is Coming Size: 23...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Landscape', New York, Boston Art Club, London, PAFA, AWS, NAD, Benezit
'Landscape', New York, Boston Art Club, London, PAFA, AWS, NAD, Benezit

'Landscape', New York, Boston Art Club, London, PAFA, AWS, NAD, Benezit

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed lower right, 'Rhoda Holmes Nicholls' (British-American, 1854-1948) with dedication 'To my dear friend Marietta M. Andrenes'. Framed dimensions: 16.75 H x 1.25 D x 10.5 W inche...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Blooming yard of Greece"
"Blooming yard of Greece"

"Blooming yard of Greece"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Original Oil painting by Ukrainian artist Evgeny Chernyakovsky "Blooming yard of Greece" 70.0 X 80.0 CM / 27.5 X 31.5IN HIGH QUALITY oil on canvas Signed on the front and back Dated...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist Tablescape Still Life Watercolour
French Impressionist Tablescape Still Life Watercolour

French Impressionist Tablescape Still Life Watercolour

Located in Cotignac, FR

French Impressionist watercolour on paper view of a colourful tablescape still life by Henri Clamen. The painting is not signed but was acquired form the atelier of the artist with o...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Dyakovo gorodische
Dyakovo gorodische

Dyakovo gorodische

By Simon Kozhin

Located in Zofingen, AG

In April, sometimes it can still be quite cold, especially if the wind blows from the river, your hands freeze almost instantly. This picturesque hill in Kolomenskoye Park has an anc...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Birch"  Oil cm. 35 x 48 1984  Snow, Forest, white
"Birch"  Oil cm. 35 x 48 1984  Snow, Forest, white

"Birch" Oil cm. 35 x 48 1984 Snow, Forest, white

By Boris LAVRENKO

Located in Torino, IT

Birch,Snow, Forest, white, Art, shipping free Boris Lavrenko (Rostov, 1920 – St. Petersburg, 2001) Works by Boris Lavrenko can be found in various private collections in Europe, ...

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1980s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Morning Sunlight in The Patio, Mission San Fernando, Impressionist
Morning Sunlight in The Patio, Mission San Fernando, Impressionist

Morning Sunlight in The Patio, Mission San Fernando, Impressionist

By Alson Skinner Clark

Located in Grand Rapids, MI

Alson Skinner Clark (American, 1856 - 1949) Signed: Alson Clark (Lower, Left) " Morning Sunlight in The Patio " Mission San Fernando Oil on Canvas 30" x 32" Housed in its original 3 1/2" Newcomb...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

ZhiQin Yu Impressionist Original Oil Painting "Lost Beauty - Lotus"
ZhiQin Yu Impressionist Original Oil Painting "Lost Beauty - Lotus"

ZhiQin Yu Impressionist Original Oil Painting "Lost Beauty - Lotus"

Located in New York, NY

Title: Lost Beauty - Lotus Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 23.75 x 19.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Autumn evening
Autumn evening

Autumn evening

By Simon Kozhin

Located in Zofingen, AG

This plain air sketch is a quiet autumn landscape painted in Opalikha, masterfully capturing the image of a calm forest scene. In the center of attention is a majestic oak tree, the ...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

"Underwater Reef"
"Underwater Reef"

"Underwater Reef"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

The painting reveals a vibrant, almost fairytale-like world of an underwater reef, where sunlight, filtering through the water, disperses into soft golden streaks. They illuminate th...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

To the river
To the river

To the river

Located in Zofingen, AG

The painting is sold on a stretcher. The painting depicts nature in the golden evening time - when the sun gently touches the earth with its warmth. The rays pass through the treeto...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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Find a wide variety of authentic Impressionist art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue and other colors. Many Pop art Paintings/style/impressionist/?creator=richard-szkutnik>paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Vahe Yeremyan, Richard Szkutnik, Iryna Kastsova, and Mitchell Funk. Frequently made by artists working with Oil Paint, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Impressionist art, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $225 and tops out at $7,200, while the average work sells for $1,423.