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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Odd Fellows No. 44 / watercolor framed
Located in Burlingame, CA
Family and friends cooling off in a lazy river on Odd Fellows Beach, from important Bay Area figurative contemporary artists Mary Robertson, who is associa...
Watercolor
Dutch landscape with cows resting underneath a tree and windmill on the horizon
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Aris Knikker (1887 - 19662) Dutch landscape with cows resting underneath a tree and windmill on the horizon Signed lower right A. Knikker Oil on canvas Di...
Canvas, Oil
View of Khust Landscape Impressionism Original Oil Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Shandor Title: View of Khust Medium: Oil on Hardboard Year: 2018 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 16" x 18" x 0.3" inch (41 x 46 x 1cm) Presentation: Unframed, Ty...
Canvas, Oil
$320Sale Price|20% Off
Escuela valenciana (XX) - Óleo sobre tabla - Paisaje con figura
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado por el artista en la parte trasera y fechado del año 1901 Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un marco de la época de la obra (algunas faltas visibles en la enmarcación) Medi...
Oil
$450
Impressionistic Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Early Spring Flower Farm
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Durr's Flowers oil/panel 7.75 x 11.88 unframed, not a standard size signed LL Durr's Flowers is a plein air oil painting on canvas panel that showcases the beautiful light of an ear...
Oil
$2,750
"Alice in Wonderland, Central Park, New York" Kamil Kubik, Autumn Landscape
By Kamil Kubik
Located in New York, NY
Kamil Kubik Alice in Wonderland, Central Park, New York, circa 1975 Signed lower right Pastel on paper 18 3/4 x 24 3/4 inches Provenance Private Collection, New York The 1998 New York Yankees were one of the best baseball teams ever, comprising players such as Jorge Posada, Tino Martinez, Chuck Knoblauch, Scott Brosius, Derek Jeter, Chad Curtis, Bernie Williams, Paul O'Neill, Andy Pettitte, David Wells...
Paper, Pastel
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
Flags Along the Avenue, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero captures a Midtown Manhattan scene in low winter afternoon light. The flags' vibrant red and blue attract attention, contrasting with the ...
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
$870Sale Price|20% Off
1970's French Impressionist Oil Etretat Cliffs Coastline with Fisherfolk Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Etretat signed by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) dated 1970 oil painting on canvas, unframed unframed: 20 x 24 inches condition: very good p...
Oil
$960Sale Price|20% Off
Winter Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Budden Sunlight & Shadow Winter Trees
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Sunlight & Shadow, Winter Trees oil/canvas 9 x 12 image unframed, 15.5 x 18.5 framed signed LL Sunlight & Shadow is an impressionistic landscape oil painting that focuses on the tra...
Oil
"Iteration" - Original Oil Landscape Painting on Panel
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer (b. 1982) creates landscape paintings that capture fleeting, dramatic moments of light to evoke a sense of awe and wonder. "Light is everything—my main ingredient, setti...
Oil, Panel
$396Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Framed Impressionist Beach Scene Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist beach scene oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Framed. No signature found.
Canvas, Oil
Sunflowers Near The Blue Curtain - sunflowers still life painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sunny floral still life with sunflowers in vase is wonderful and stylish home decor. The sunflower plant is known to each of us. It rises on a powerful thick stem with wide, rough le...
Canvas, Oil
$598Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Composition Bold Geometric Forms Textured Layers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bold Geometric Forms gouache on artist paper, unframed painting: 23 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condition For more any more information ...
Gouache
Spirit Herbal Fairies. Original oil painting on canvas 70 x 90 cm
Located in Zofingen, AG
Description about painting “Spirit Herbal Fairies” . Collection "Spirit Herbals" In this painting I focus on what gives us resource and taste for life. I invite the viewer to get to ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,850
'Sunset, San Francisco Bay', Impressionist Seascape, Russian American
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Victor Papkov (Russian-American, 20th century); stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity and titled, 'San Francisco Sunset'. A dramatic Impressionist oil seasca...
Oil, Board
$532Sale Price|20% Off
French Coastal Landscape with White Cottages and Rocky Shoreline
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Coastal Landscape with White Cottages and Rocky Shoreline by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 6.25 inches (height) x 9.5 inches (width) Gouache painting on paper, unfra...
Gouache
Field Landscape 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: 2024 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Field Size: 15.5" x 31.5" x 0.8...
Canvas, Oil
$880Sale Price|20% Off
Autumn Trees - Mid Century Small-Scale Landscape, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Autumn Trees - Mid Century Small-Scale Landscape, Signed Oil Painting Vivid mid century landscape of autumn trees blurring into colorful abstraction by Helen Gleiforst (American, 19...
Masonite, Oil
Sunset on Ocean Impressionism Original Painting Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Sunset on Ocean Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 42.5" x 67.5" x 1" inch (108 x 174 x 3cm) Presentation: Unframed, Galle...
Canvas, Oil
Frants Henningsen Oil Study of Cattle Danish Plein Air Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
This small oil study by Frants Henningsen is striking in its simplicity and immediacy. A single cattle dominates the foreground, resting in the grass with a sense of physical weight ...
Oil, Panel
$44,000
"MORNING HAZE" G. HARVEY (1933-2017) WEST TEXAS MOUNTAIN SCENE 34 X 46 FRAME SIZ
By G. Harvey
Located in San Antonio, TX
G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones) (1933-2017) San Antonio, Austin, and Fredericksburg Artist Image Size: 24 x 26 Frame Size: 33.5 x 45.25 Medium: Oil ON CANVAS 1966 "Morning Haze" Sig...
Oil
$2,483Sale Price|32% Off
Impressionist Oil on Canvas, The Salmon Pool, Canonbie, Scotland
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century oil on canvas view of a salmon river by Miss D L Murray. The painting is signed bottom left and there is an artist's label with title to th...
Canvas, Oil
$26,000
"Town Line Moonlight" Large Seascape Painting, Black White Grey, Framed, 57x77in
By Terry Elkins
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Town Line Moonlight" is an oil painting by Contemporary American artist Terry Elkins (b. 1951, Mississippi). A large scale composition of the full moon over the ocean at Townline Be...
Canvas, Oil
$1,352
Impressionistic English River Autumn Winter Landscape Original Oil Painting
Located in Preston, GB
Impressionistic English River Autumn Winter Landscape Painting Original Oil painted en plein air, a highly varnished artwork on deep edge canvas. Art measures 12 x 16 inches Unfra...
Canvas, Cotton, Epoxy Resin, Varnish, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
La Campagne, Île-de-France Golden Landscape painting of the French Provence
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 28" x 33" - Signed bottom right 'Dyf' In this work Dyf turns his attention to the quiet poetry of the French countryside just beyond Paris, a region long celebrated for...
Canvas, Oil
Large Scale Ballet Painting, Oil on Canvas, Impressionist, 1980s
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-1476 Ballet Painting, large scale of oil on canvas of classical dancers, signed by Sari lower right Displayed in a wood frame with metal trim.Marks on the frame
Oil
$1,522Sale Price|20% Off
Fine French Impressionist Signed Oil Figures on Mediterranean Beach Boats at Sea
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: 'Mediterranee' Medium: ...
Oil
Abstract Contemporary Art Avant- Garde Original Painting Ready to Hang
By Ara Tevkantz
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Large size Contemporary Art Avant- Garde Original Acrylic Painting Ready to Hang Artist: Ara Tevkantz Title: Abstract Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Year: 2000 Style: Abstract Art, Avant-...
Silk, Oil
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
"Champagne and Tunes" Impressionist Oil Painting Interior Scene with Grand Piano
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
A charming depiction of an interior scene with Piano and Chandelier. A cozy impressionistic scene with warmth and feeling. A sophisticated scene with stunning details and beautiful brushwork. Whisical, this piece captures the essence of a Parisian living room...
Oil, Canvas
Filipino Fishing Village at Sunset - Tropical Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Filipino Fishing Village at Sunset - Tropical Landscape in Oil on Canvas Bold sunset landscape of a fishing village by an unknown Filipino artist (20th Century). A bright sunset cas...
Canvas, Oil
A Cozy Courtyard in Vaduz. Landscape Paintings, town impressionism Liechtenstein
Located in Oslo, NO
"This sketch is painted in the style of modern impressionism with oil paints on canvas en plein-air." said Anna Shesterikova about this artwork. "I created it in the capital of the P...
Oil
Love in the golden Lights by K.Husslein Impasto Botany Plant Painting
Located in DE
In Katharina Husslein's floral-themed paintings, her profound connection to nature and deep inspiration drawn from flowers are unmistakable. Through her textural and abstract approac...
Canvas, Oil
Little Beach, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Only accessible at low tide, Little Beach has a quiet enduring presence. I worked to create this by the solidity of the cliffs, the open space of the beach, and the tones in the imag...
Oil
Vintage Still Life Oil Painting by W. Adam C.1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage Still Life Oil Painting by W. Adam C.1970 Original oil on canvas Dimensions 20" wide x 24" high The frame measures 27.25" wi...
Canvas, Oil
Spring's gentle awakening by K.Husslein Impasto tree naturePainting
Located in DE
In Katharina Husslein's floral-themed paintings, her profound connection to nature and deep inspiration drawn from flowers are unmistakable. Through her textural and abstract approac...
Canvas, Oil
$3,482Sale Price|20% Off
"Spring" Oil cm. 60 x 44 1968 flowers, spring, green purple
Located in Torino, IT
flowers, spring, green purple Signature in Cyrillic characters at the bottom right Boris Lavrenko (Rostov, 1920 – St. Petersburg, 2001) Works by Boris Lavrenko can be found in var...
Canvas, Oil
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
French Impressionist Parisian Park JARDIN DES TUILERIAS
By Gabriel Spat
Located in New York, NY
For sale is this painting that captures the essence of a bustling park, various individuals are depicted strolling along verdant pathways under the shade of towering trees. The artis...
Oil
Harbor Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Harbor Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 11" x 14.5" x 0.8" inch (28 x 37 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wrapped o...
Canvas, Oil
$413Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Coastal Scene with Sailboats
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Coastal Scene with Sailboats By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 7 x 9.25 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on board, unf...
Oil
“October Morning Matunuck" c. 1925 by Frank Convers Mathewson Rhode Island Oil
Located in Yardley, PA
About this work: “Birches and Huckleberry, October Morning Matunuck" c. 1925 by Frank Convers Mathewson (American, 1862-1941). A stunningly beautiful autumn view of Matunuck, Rhode ...
Oil, Board
The Line That Doesn't Hold
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this work, the artist explores the idea of boundaries as something fluid rather than fixed. What appears as a division is, in fact, a space of transition — a place where control a...
Canvas, Acrylic
Aspen Abstract Landscape Original oil Painting, Framed Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Snow Covered Medium: Oil on Canvas Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Aspen Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Contemporary Art Dimensions: 41.5" x 56.5" ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
American Impressionist New England Rockport Bernard Corey Oil Painting Farm
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Rural Farm in Spring Snow 10 x 16 unframed, 15. 25 x 21.13 framed signed LR and on back as pictured. Here is a wonderful Bernard Corey when he perfected his paintings of farm views w...
Oil
$333
Shepherd’s Purse, Charlie Davies, Contemporary Botanical Prints, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Charlie Davies Shepherd’s Purse Original botanical etching Soft ground etching on paper Image Size: 35 cm x 35 cm x 1 cm Sheet/Canvas Size: 50 cm x 50 cm x 1 cm Unframed Free Shippin...
Paper, Etching
$2,576
Trafalgar Square-original impressionism cityscape painting- contemporary artwork
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...
Canvas, Oil
«Stella» Original portrait study.Acrylic painting . Square . Impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork is a striking portrait showcasing a figure seated against a vibrant backdrop. The artist employs bold brushstrokes and a rich palette, blending earthy tones with dynamic...
Canvas, Acrylic
$9,800
John Joseph Enneking Impressionist Oil Painting, Flowering Garden 1888
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist oil painting of an antique Cape house with flowering garden by American painter and illustrator John Joseph Enneking (1841-1916). Enneking was born in Minster, Ohio and took his first art classes at St. Mary’s College in Cincinnati, later moving to Boston, where he studied lithography and painting with Samuel Gerry...
Oil, Panel
$824
Sunset on the East Coast. Singapore. Vertical landscape painting, sun, sky
Located in Oslo, NO
"Sunset on the East Coast. Singapore" is an expressive watercolor that captures the iconic, moody atmosphere of the city's beloved coastline at twilight. The painting is a masterful...
Paper, Watercolor
Bouquet in Bloom
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 40" x 31" - Signed 'Pierre Ambrogiani' bottom right 'Bouquet in Bloom' is a vibrant celebration of colour, texture and painterly freedom, demonstrating why Pierre Ambro...
Canvas, Oil
$1,250Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Oil Painting Marseille Sunny Harbour with Fishing Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Marseille Harbor French artist, circa 1952 signed oil on board, framed Framed: 29 x 24 inches Board : 24 x 19 inches Provenance: private collection, the South of France Condition: ve...
Oil
$734Sale Price|46% Off
1950s French Post Impressionist Signed Provencal Village Wide View Coast Line
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Oil
Vendeurs de Fleures le Long de la Seine, Paris
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Mixed Media on Paper, Paper size: 11 x 15 inches Framed size: 19.5 x 23.5 inches Signed Lower Left
Paper, Mixed Media
$1,050Sale Price|25% Off
Old Manila Street Scene, Mid Century Modern Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Old Manila Street Scene, 1960s Figurative Landscape Beautiful mid century modern figurative landscape by Didi Fernandez (Filipino, 20th Century). This charming 1966 old Manila street scene, in the style of the well-known Filipino painter Cesar Buenaventura...
Canvas, Oil
'Monterey Coast', California Impressionist, Paris, St. Ives, Laguna Beach, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A fresh and breezy view of the much-loved Pinnacle Point in Monterey painted with the artist's characteristic freshness and vigor and dating to the 1920's. Initialed lower right, 'G....
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$3,000
"The Beach at Stoupa" oil painting, White umbrellas in Greece, Mediterranean Sea
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"The Beach at Stoupa" is a plein air painting depicting a popular beach in Stoupa, Greece. Stoupa (Greek: Στούπα) is a village on the coast of the southern Peloponnese peninsula in G...
Oil, Panel
Old Bobbin Mill on the Spey, Scotland watercolor 19th century
Located in Hillsborough, NC
William Beattie-Brown is a 19th century Scottish artist, and a master landscape painter using tonal color in a naturalistic style. 'Old Bobbin Mill on ...
Watercolor
Clouds
Located in Zofingen, AG
Beneath the sky painted with heavy gray clouds, a vast green meadow stretches endlessly. The air is warm, carrying the scent of fresh grass and earth. Scattered across the field, cow...
Oil, Cardboard