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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"Summer Contrasts.2"
Located in Zofingen, AG
Summer is a wonderful time of year, filled with sunshine, vibrant colors, and the enchanting aromas of Mediterranean cuisine. And how delightful morning coffee is in a small provinci...
Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic
Where Summer Lingers
Located in Zofingen, AG
Medium: Acrylic on canvas Size: 92 × 92 cm Presentation: Stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. In this work, the artist explores a state of inner freedom that emerges when ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,800
"Blooms in Paris" Impressionistic Floral Still Life in style of Claude Monet
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts an impressionistic scene of Peonies in a Blue Parisian Ceramic Vase, a poetic piece with beautiful details. The work reminds us of Claude Monet, with impression...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Pistachio Dessert." Collection: "Summer Contrasts."
Located in Zofingen, AG
Style and features of the painting • Direction: Pop Art / Modern expressive stillife. 。Color palette: The work is built on the contrast of rich, complementary colors - a bright blue round table...
Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic, Oil
$2,870
Rural Motive Landscape Impressionism Original Oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Shandor Title: Rural Motive Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2021 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 23.5" x 35.5" x 1" inch ( 60 x 90 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gall...
Canvas, Oil
Pink Lily Blossom, Impressionism, Oil Still Life, Flowers, Dark Floral, Bouquet
Located in Oslo, NO
This oil on canvas panel offers a powerful and intimate look at a blooming pink lily rising from a shrouded, dark background. Balancing classical moodiness with contemporary expressi...
Canvas, Oil
Yachts in Portese. Sunset, landscape, oil painting, lake, yachts, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting is painted with oil paints on canvas in the style of modern impressionism and is ready to hang on the wall. It is equipped with hooks, the sides are painted with dark pa...
Canvas, Oil
Spring Landscape Impressionism Original Oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Shandor Title: Spring Medium: Oil on Hardboard Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 20'' x 31.5" x 0.3" inch (50 x 77x 1cm) Presentation: Unframed, Type: ...
Canvas, Oil
Carl Johansson Ångermanland Landscape Oil on Panel 1938
Located in Stockholm, SE
This landscape from 1938 depicts the countryside around Ramsele in Ångermanland, northern Sweden. A winding country road leads the viewer into the composition, passing open fields an...
Oil, Board
"Lilac Mist."Green collection.
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting depicts a lake in the morning hours, as the mist slowly clears and the sun begins to filter through the branches of trees and bushes. This is one of the magnificent lake...
Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic
$600
La Plage a Deauville, Signed Impressionist Lithograph by Georges Lambert
Located in Long Island City, NY
La Plage a Deauville by Georges Lambert, 1919 - 1998 Date: circa 1977 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Image Size: 19 x 27.5 inches Size: 21 x 29.5 in....
Pencil, Lithograph
$345Sale Price|20% Off
British Countryside Landscape Dramatic Sky Green Fields Watercolor Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Countryside Landscape Dramatic Sky Green Fields Watercolor Painting Artist: British School (mid 20th century) Medium: watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed Si...
Watercolor
"A Cool Evening."
Located in Zofingen, AG
A summer evening, a gentle breeze, the singing of birds, and the anticipation of relief from the summer heat. How can one convey these sensations and transform them into colors? The ...
Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic
Reliable Presence
Located in Zofingen, AG
Original painting by Natalia Yangalycheva Size: 96 × 109 cm Additional 5 cm of canvas on each side for stretching and framing Medium: Acrylic on canvas The artwork will be shipped ro...
Canvas, Acrylic
Flowers and Sunflower, Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas, Framed
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, created in oils en plein air in Kolomenskoye Park, an enchanting garden unfolds before the viewer. The scene breathes with the freshness of a summer morning. Soft g...
Canvas, Oil
$1,174Sale Price|40% Off
Path through Trees in Forest with Figures, Northern Ireland, Oil On Canvas, 1980
By Allan Ardies
Located in Preston, GB
Path through Trees in Forest with Figures, Northern Ireland, Oil On Canvas, Circa 1980, by 20th Century Artist, Allan Ardies (1918 - 2014) Art measures 26 x 18 inches Frame measur...
Canvas, Oil, Wood, Paint
"Summer Contrasts."
Located in Zofingen, AG
Miniature painting is like a litle pearl in a collection of paintings. It was created specifically so that you can decorate your room and harmoniously place it in combination with pa...
Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic
Sunset Landscape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Garry Nalbandyan Title: Cloudy Day Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 12" x 18.5" x 0.8" inch (30 x 47 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery W...
Canvas, Oil
A Canal in Venice (American Impressionist Venetian Landscape Painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
A Canal in Venice by American artist Frank LeBrun Kirkpatrick (1853-1917) Watercolor on paper, image measuring 15 x 21 inches; framed measurement: 25 x 31 inches. Signed by the art...
Paper, Watercolor
"A July Day."Green collection.
Located in Zofingen, AG
The beauty of Impressionism lies in the fact that the artist can convey their sensations and their perception of color and light within a short period of time. When creating a painti...
Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic
$777Sale Price|20% Off
Soft Coastal Harbour with Boats and Pastel Village Reflections French Oil
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Soft Coastal Harbour with Boats and Pastel Village Reflections French Post Impressionist Oil Painting by Fanch Lel signed lower left oil on board, unframed Board: 13 x 16 inches Prov...
Oil
Early Evening, LA Skyline
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 6" x 8" FRAMED: 9.5" x 11.5" x 1.5" SIGNED: Lower Left
Oil, Panel
Asters in Bloom
Located in Zofingen, AG
A magnificent demonstration of contemporary Russian impressionism, this original still life by Andrey Dmitriev is a true feast of texture and color. An overflowing, luxurious bouquet...
Canvas, Oil
"Water lilies"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
"Water lilies" Original Oil painting by Ukrainian artist Evgeny Chernyakovsky 65.0 X 80.0 CM / 25.5 X 31.4 IN HIGH QUALITY oil on canvas Signed on the front and back Dated 2026 Good...
Canvas, Oil
$567Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Harbor Scene with Boats and Waterfront
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Harbor Scene with Boats and Waterfront By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting o...
Oil
$118Sale Price|20% Off
Stylised Woodland Landscape Trees Riverbank Decorative Gouache Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Stylised Woodland Landscape Trees Riverbank Decorative Gouache Painting Artist: Unknown artist (mid 20th century) Medium: Gouache on artists paper, unframed Size: 3.25 x 6 inc...
Gouache
Pearl Sanskrit 4 Acrylic on Plexiglass Modern Art Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Pearl Sanskrit 4 Medium: Acrylic on Plexiglass Year: 2026 Style: Modern Art Dimensions: 64.5" x 29.5 " x 0.2'' inch (164 x 75 x 0.5cm) Two Panels Present...
Canvas, Oil
British School, early 20th century, Portrait of an Officer, oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
British School, early 20th century Portrait of an Officer of the East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry c. 1915-1918 Oil on canvas Dimensions: 85 x 65 cm (H 33.46 in. x W 25.59 in) (unfr...
Oil
$5,500
Impressionistic Painting Michael Budden Evening Retreat Egret Marsh Coastal
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Evening Retreat Egret This image measures 24 x 48 unframed and 30 x 54 framed. Evening Retreat Egret is an oil painting on Masonite panel by award winning contemporary artist Michae...
Oil
Matisse Blue Nude II Serigraph, Impressionist, Offset Print, 1990s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This second edition of Henri Matisse’s Blue Nude III is an authorized open-edition print, recreated with the permission of the Estate of Henri Matisse. The printing quality is superb...
Offset
Charles Allan Winter. Landscape
By Charles Allan Winter
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charles Allen Winter: 1869-1942. Very well listed American artist with Auction results over $114,000. He mostly painted in the Gloucester Massachusetts and St. Louis Missouri area. T...
Oil
Vintage Signed Oil Painting on Canvas, 20th Century Landscape
By Jean Perret
Located in Cotignac, FR
Provençal hillside landscape with Cypress trees and houses in oil on board by French artist Jean Perret. Signed bottom right. This painting captures a serene landscape, characterize...
Oil, Board
$259Sale Price|20% Off
Altea Spain Coastal Church Mediterranean Landscape Watercolor Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Altea Spain Coastal Church Mediterranean Landscape Watercolor Sketch Artist: English School (early to mid 20th century) Medium: Watercolor on artists paper, unframed Size: 7.7...
Watercolor
Lake View Landscape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Lake View Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 44.5" x 30.5" x 1" inch (113 x 77 x 3cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wrap...
Canvas, Oil
$2,400Sale Price|20% Off
"Farmhouse in Winter" Impressionist Landscape Scene Oil Painting on Board Framed
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful impressionist-style winter landscape with beautiful color tones throughout. Waltsak has portrayed this piece in a most intimate yet energetic way and has packed much feel...
Oil, Board
Echoes of Water Cityscape Impressionism Original Oil Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Shandor Title: Echoes of Water Medium: Oil on Canvas Hardboard Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 12" x 8" x 0.2" inch (30 x 20 x 1cm) Presentation: Unfra...
Canvas, Oil
$4,465
The Grand Mirror, Impasto Botanical Oil Painting, Fine Art, Irises Water Garden
By Elena Lukina
Located in Zofingen, AG
"The Grand Mirror" by Elena Lukina (2024), from the series "Liquid Reflections: The Floating Garden". This authentic fine art oil painting is executed on professional Caravaggio can...
Canvas, Oil
French mid century Impressionist landscape of Olive trees in the Côte d'Azur
Located in Woodbury, CT
ean-Luc Gérard Olive Trees, Côte d’Azur Circa 1930 Oil on Canvas Signed and inscribed on the reverse Presented in an ornate French-style frame This vibrant and richly textured lands...
Canvas, Oil
$1,030Sale Price|37% Off
Large Post-Impressionist Night Café Terrace Scene Oil Painting After Van Gogh
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Large Post-Impressionist Night Café Terrace Scene Oil Painting After Van Gogh, Expressive Impasto Oil on canvas Post-Impressionist style Contemporary European school Dimensions: 120...
Oil
"Evergreen", American Realist Lithograph by Chris Forrest 1980
Located in Soquel, CA
"Evergreen", American Realist Lithograph by Chris Forrest 1980 Colorful lithograph of chickadee's perched on branches by American artist Chris Forest (b. 1946.) Three chickadee's re...
Lithograph, Wove Paper
$361Sale Price|20% Off
Paris Café Scene Watercolour Bar Restaurant Interior Figurative Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris café interior scene, watercolour (20th century) Watercolour on paper, unframed. Size: 14.75 x 12.25 inches (height x width) Unsigned. Condition: good vintage condition with vis...
Watercolor
The Space Between Words
Located in Zofingen, AG
Set against a luminous landscape of water, distant houses, and vibrant fields, two women occupy the same space while remaining immersed in their own inner worlds. One gazes across th...
Canvas, Acrylic
Neptuno Figurative Art Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative Art, Large Painting Artist: Oleg Kateryniuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2023 Style: Contemporary Art Title:...
Canvas, Oil
New Orleans, Pirate's Alley French Quarter landscape painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Nestor Fruge (1916-2012). Pirate's Alley, French Quarter, New Orleans, ca. 1970. Watercolor on paper, 14.5 x 20.5 inches. Measuring 21.5 x 27.5 inches framed. Born in Bayou L...
Watercolor
River with water lilies
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The painting evokes a sense of peace, a dissolution of form and light. The viewer seems to be looking at the surface of a quiet pond, reflecting the sky, trees, and clouds. Water lil...
Oil
$2,340Sale Price|40% Off
"Junitag (Day of June) - Locarno" by Jakob Wagner - Oil on Canvas - 88x125 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork signed by the artist. Sold with frame (101 x 140 cm) Jakob Wagner (1861–1915) was a Swiss painter known for his serene landscapes, tranquil waterscapes, and evocative scene...
Canvas, Oil
$900Sale Price|40% Off
Barbedienne Foundry Portrait of a Bearded Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Jean-Baptiste Baujault (1828-1899). Portrait of a Bearded Man, ca. 1880's Cast bronze on bronze base. Measures 12.75 x 5.25 x 4.5 inches. Created by the Ferdinand Barbedienne foun...
Bronze
$201Sale Price|20% Off
French school Riverside Landscape with Reeds oil painting Anonym
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️ French school Riverside Landscape with Reeds oil paintingl⬅️ ⏩It is unsigned, anonymous⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Si...
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$960Sale Price|20% Off
Rio de Janeiro Brazil Beach Landscape Seascape Pair
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
A pair of mid-century Impressionist beach landscapes depicting Rio de Janeiro , ca. 1960. Oil on canvas, each measures 12 x 16 inches; 15 x 19 inches framed. Signed indistinctly lo...
Canvas, Oil
$310
MID/LATE 20th Century ORIGINAL impressionist colourful oil painting LONDON VIEW
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: P J V Russell ? (Mid/Late 20th century) British TITLE: "View From A London Window" SIGNED: labelled verso MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 45 x 35cm inclusive frame CONDITION: ...
Oil
Olof Arborelius Ships in Moonlight Italian Coastal Scene
Located in Stockholm, SE
This moonlit harbor scene is painted with remarkable spontaneity and freedom. A dark sailing vessel rises against a glowing path of reflected moonlight, while the surrounding boats, ...
Canvas, Oil
"The Hill Pasture" 1901 by Ida Josephine Burgess, Michigan Hills Impressionist
Located in Yardley, PA
A large, sweeping Michigan summer vista by the accomplished American painter, Ida Josephine Burgess (1855-1934). Burgess gives us a high vantage point over a lush hill pasture descen...
Canvas, Oil
$3,405
The Turn of the River Impressionism Original Oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Shandor Title: The Turn of the River Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2023 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 23.5" x 31.5" x 1" inch (60 x 80 x 2cm) Presentation: Unfram...
Canvas, Oil
Large Fox Hunting Oil Painting Horse Rider Equestrian Scene English Sporting Art
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This impressive large oil on canvas painting depicts a dramatic fox hunting scene, capturing a rider in a classic red hunting coat mid-jump as the horse clears a rustic fence. In the...
Oil
$2,749Sale Price|20% Off
Large Victorian Signed Oil Harvest Wheat Sheaves Rural Scene & Figures framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Corn Field" by Alfred Bennet (British, 1861-1916) This beautifully executed oil on canvas painting titled "The Corn Field", signed and dated 1886 by British artist Alfred Benne...
Oil
The Long Summer Evening
Located in Zofingen, AG
Two figures sit quietly by the water, suspended in a moment that feels both ordinary and timeless. Facing the glowing landscape, they share a silence that needs no words. Across the ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Giverny, American Impressionist, Karl Albert Buehr, Expatriot, 1910
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Karl Albert Buehr (1866-1952) Giverny Landscape Oil on board, c. 1910 Unsigned Condition: Excellent Image size: 5 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches Frame: 11-1/2 x 12-3/4 x 1-1/2" Provenance: Estat...
Oil
$1,500
FRUIT FOR SALE - Beautiful Example From The Gearhart's "Let's Pay" Series
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCES H. GEARHART and Sisters (THE GEARHARTS) FRUIT FOR SALE c.1928 Color block print. Signed “The Gearharts” and titled. This is an original block print from “Let’s Play”, an...
Woodcut
American Impressionist Northeastern Winter Watercolor Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
This atmospheric piece showcases the characteristic style of American painter, author and art educator Philip W. Metzger. SCENE: The painting depicts a stark, icy winter scene along...
Paper, Watercolor
$1,620Sale Price|20% Off
Sunflower Meadow Field Landscape French Impressionist Large Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fields of Gold Sunflower Field Landscape French Impressionist Style Oil Painting by Georges Bordonave (French, contemporary) signed and dated 1992 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 20 x 26 inches private collection, western Paris, France very good condition; presents exceptionally well A radiant French landscape alive with colour and movement, this 1992 oil on canvas by Georges Bordonove...
Oil