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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Vase de fleurs - Impressionist Still Life Oil Painting by Leon Detroy
By Leon Detroy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed still life oil on canvas circa 1920 by French impressionist painter Leon Detroy. The work depicts a ceramic vase filled with flowers in reds, pinks and yellows and set agains...
Canvas, Oil
Incoming Spring Rain: large oil painting, dramatic landscape with clouds in blue
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a large, glorious and dramatic oil painting of a dark, cloud-filled sky. It is painted on all edges so there is no need for framing. It is wired with all installation hardware and ready to hang. Signed on the back. Bucks County, PA landscape artist Kirby Fredendall...
Canvas, Oil
$855Sale Price|25% Off
Teacup and Iris, unframed oil on board, 16x20"
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Teacup and Iris, by Lu Haskew Oil 16x20" image size Still Life Painting This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed. Shipping price inc...
Oil
"Bathsheba" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Bathsheba" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto painting of a nude female model in an interior setting.
Oil, Panel
Avenue Des Champs Elysees
Located in Sheffield, MA
Antoine Blanchard French, 1910-1988 Avenue Des Champs Elysees Oil on canvas 18 ¼ by 21 ¾ in, w/ frame 29 by 32 ¼ in Signed lower right Inventory Number: 01874 Antoine Blanchard is...
Canvas, Oil
Les Foins, Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting by Pierre Eugène Montézin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pierre Montezin, French (1874 - 1946) - Les Foins, Year: 1938, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 23.75 x 31.75 in. (60.33 x 80.65 cm), Frame Size: 31.25 x 39.5 inc...
Oil
$961Sale Price|20% Off
Winter Serenity. Winter landscape, river, snow, calm, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
This impressionistic oil painting was created en plein air, capturing the tranquil beauty of a winter landscape. A fallen tree stretches across a snowy riverbank, its bare branches c...
Oil, Wood Panel
Óleo sobre tela - Al atardecer en la montaña
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado por el artista en la parte inferior Estado de conservación bueno La obra se presenta sin enmarcar Medidas obra: 65 cm altura x 81 cm ancho. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::...
Oil
French School Desert Landscape Mountain Hills Watercolor Sketch Mid Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French School Desert Landscape Mountain Hills Watercolor Sketch Mid Century Artist: French School (mid 20th century) Medium: Watercolor on artists paper, unframed Size: 7.75 x...
Watercolor
$2,200
Flowers on a Red Canvas, Impressionism, 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: 2018 Style: Impressionism Title: Flowers on a Red Canvas, Size: 39....
Canvas, Oil
"Monhegan Island, Maine, " Edward Dufner, American Impressionism Landscape View
Located in New York, NY
Edward Dufner (1872 - 1957) Monhegan Island, Maine Watercolor on paper Sight 16 x 20 inches Signed lower right With a long-time career as an art teacher and painter of both 'light' and 'dark', Edward Dufner was one of the first students of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy to earn an Albright Scholarship to study painting in New York. In Buffalo, he had exchanged odd job work for drawing lessons from architect Charles Sumner. He also earned money as an illustrator of a German-language newspaper, and in 1890 took lessons from George Bridgman at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. In 1893, using his scholarship, Dufner moved to Manhattan and enrolled at the Art Students League where he studied with Henry Siddons Mowbray, figure painter and muralist. He also did illustration work for Life, Harper's and Scribner's magazines. Five years later, in 1898, Dufner went to Paris where he studied at the Academy Julian with Jean-Paul Laurens and privately with James McNeill Whistler. Verification of this relationship, which has been debated by art scholars, comes from researcher Nancy Turk who located at the Smithsonian Institution two 1927 interviews given by Dufner. Turk wrote that Dufner "talks in detail about Whistler, about how he prepared his canvasas and about numerous pieces he painted. . . A great read, the interview puts to bed" the ongoing confusion about whether or not he studied with Whistler. During his time in France, Dufner summered in the south at Le Pouleu with artists Richard Emil Miller...
Paper, Watercolor
$3,218Sale Price|34% Off
Antique 19th century English Impressionist classical landscape with figures
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding English Impressionist landscape with figures strolling under trees with the sea beyond. Joseph Vickers de Ville was a son of the farmers Joseph and Mary Deville. He was...
Oil, Wood Panel
'Returning from the the Fields' by Évariste Carpentier, Kuurne 1845 – 1922 Liège
By Evariste Carpentier
Located in Knokke, BE
Évariste Carpentier Kuurne 1845 – 1922 Liège Belgian Painter “Returning from the Fields” Signature: signed lower left 'Év Carpentier' Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: image size ...
Canvas, Oil
$4,856
Coral Peonies June-original realism floral still life painting-contemporary Art
By Robert Lemay
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
$2,080Sale Price|20% Off
Stopping to water the driven horses Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous European figurative of a simpler time. Horses being watered in the plains by Janos Viski (Hungarian/American 1891-1965), circa 1940. Signed lower ...
Linen, Oil
Greek post impressionist signed oil painting by George Cosmadopoulos (1895-1967)
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: George Cosmadopoulos (1895-1967) Greek TITLE: "Greek Landscape With Sheep & Shepherd" SIGNED: lower left MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 38cm x 46cm inclusive of frame CONDITIO...
Oil
Vintage Signed Impressionist Landscape with Woman Reading Framed Oil on Canvas
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage signed impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in fluted cove giltwood molding. ...
Oil, Canvas
"KENDALL COUNTY RANCH" BLUEBONNET LONGHORN FRAMED 53 X 73
Located in San Antonio, TX
Eric Harrison (Born 1971) Texas Hill Country Artist Image Size: 40 X 60 Frame Size: 53 x 73 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Signed 2015 "Kendall County Ranch" Longhorn Bluebonnet Eric Harrison (Born 1971) Texas Hill Country Artist Bluebonnet painting...
Oil
Clown, Medrano Circus, France
By Benton Scott
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Clown, Medrano Circus, France" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Benton Scott, 1907-1983. It is signed at the middle right side by the...
Oil
Windmills in Holland - Original etching - Ed. Durand Ruel, 1873
By Claude Monet
Located in Paris, IDF
Claude MONET (after) Windmills in Holland, 1873 Original Etching Engraved by Gaucherel under the supervision of Monet Printed signature in the plate (with misspelled signature Monnet) On laid paper 20,5 x 30 cm (c. 8 x 12 in) INFORMATION : This etchings was edited in 1873 by Galerie Durand Ruel...
Etching
Cake
Located in Zofingen, AG
Original oil painting on canvas, still life painting made under natural light. This artwork is painted using high-quality fine linen canvas. Signed on the front and back of artwork. ...
Canvas, Oil
$6,700
"Hilltop Debut" (2026) - Rocky Mountain Landscape and Farmhouse, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Seth Winegar's "Hilltop Debut" is an original, handmade oil painting on board, the composition of which consist of a backsplash of the foothills of the Rockies, forestry, and a river...
Oil
$1,064
Quiet Horizon Landscape impressionist oil painting on canvas fine art tradition
Located in Oslo, NO
Quiet Horizon is a contemplative landscape that captures the vastness and calm of an open countryside beneath a changing sky. Broad fields stretch toward a distant horizon, painted i...
Canvas, Oil
Sparkling snow, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting, Oil on Canvas Size: 53 W x 53 H x 2 D cm Ships in a Box :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the ar...
Oil
$1,374Sale Price|20% Off
Pont Marie Bridge Paris River Seine 1950's Mid Century French Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Le Pont Marie, Paris French Impressionist artist, signed and dated 58' oil on canvas, framed in original Montparnasse frame. framed: 28 x 35 inches canvas: 22 x 29 inches Provenanc...
Oil, Canvas
East River (Unititled)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
East River (Untitled), c. 1940s, oil on canvas signed lower right, 18 x 24 inches Isabella Markell was a painter, etcher, and sculptor, who is best known for her New York City scen...
Canvas, Oil
"Cruise Room #8, " Bar Scene in Red by Jim Beckner
By Jim Beckner
Located in Denver, CO
Jim Beckner's (US based) "Cruise Room #8" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting a Denver landmark born the day after the repeal in 1933. The Cruise Room is Denver's longest...
Canvas, Oil
"Composition #59" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Jeremy Mann's "Composition #59" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a dark city setting filled with fog and passerby. About the artist: Je...
Oil, Panel
"The Awakening" Early Spring Landscape of Mt Hamilton Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Awakening" Early Spring Landscape of Mt Hamilton Oil on Masonite Early Spring landscape by Palo Alto, California artist "Florice" Florence P. Wideman (Hoffman) (American, 1893-1...
Masonite, Oil
$1,040Sale Price|20% Off
HANS WACKER-ELSEN Germany (1868-1958) Antique oil on canvas Seascape, Gold Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is an antique original oil painting on canvas depicting a seascape - Figures in a sailboat in the open water. Signed in a lower-left corner H. Wacker, DF. DF - "Duesse...
Oil
$371Sale Price|20% Off
Still Life, Fruit, Flowers and Classic Jug, Colourful Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life, Fruit, Flowers and Classic Jug, Colourful Oil Painting by Pamela Cawley, British 20th century oil painting on board, unframed board: 18 x 15 inches Stunning original Im...
Oil
$511Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionist French Harbour Scene with Lighthouse and Fishing Boats at Piriac
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist French Harbour Scene with Lighthouse and Fishing Boats at Piriac By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 10.5 x 7.5 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframe...
Oil
$18,000
Path: Impressionist Style Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas of Summer Forest
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern impressionist style plein air landscape painting on canvas of path through the forest "Path" oil on canvas 60 x 66 x 1.5 inches Signed, verso The contemplative paintings of ...
Oil, Canvas
$1,863Sale Price|20% Off
Huge 20th Century French Signed Oil Fishing Boats in South of France Harbour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/School: G. Lefevre, French School (20th Century), signed Title: Fishing Ports Moored In A Southern Port, wonderful blue sea and sky colours with rising mountain beyond and gr...
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of African American Family
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This impressionist painting by Virginia artist Walter Biggs captures a moment of quiet strength and familial connection. A seated man rests outside with his hat in hand, while a youn...
Canvas, Oil
Hook Mountain, Yellow Sky, Impressionist Lithograph by John Beerman
By John Beerman
Located in Long Island City, NY
John Beerman, American (1958 - ) - Hook Mountain, Yellow Sky, Year: 2008, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: PP, Size: 22.5 x 34 in. (57.15 x 86.36 cm)
Lithograph
Coastal Landscape with Wind Swept Trees & Sea Horizon French Post Impressionist
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Coastal Landscape with Wind Swept Trees and Sea Horizon French Post Impressionist Oil Painting by Fanch Lel signed oil on board, unframed Board: 13 x 16 inches Provenance: from the a...
Oil
Where love meets light 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
Soft Impressionist Landscape with Cypress Trees and Figures Along a Sunlit Path
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Soft Impressionist Landscape with Cypress Trees and Figures Along a Sunlit Path French Post Impressionist Oil Painting by Fanch Lel oil on board, unframed Board: 13 x 16 inches Prove...
Oil
Nocturnal Water Lilies, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
As night approaches, the colors of the sky reflect on the pond, with the silhouette of trees filtering the fiery sunset. Water lilies pick up different hues a...
Oil
A black and white cat play with a mouse, from Le Chat Noir
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in Fairlawn, OH
A black and white cat play with a mouse, from Le Chat Noir Gillotage chromotype, 1898 Signed in the image lower right (see photo) An impression of this image is in the collection of ...
Other Medium
$1,200
"Backyard Rocker" - Original Gouache Still-Life Painting on Illustration Board
Located in Denver, CO
Artist Statement: "We have a metal rocker in the backyard that has a certain aesthetic about it that I like to use amongst the flowers when they are in full bloom. It's an old chair ...
Paper, Pastel
Still life
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The painting was created in CHINA, during an internship in the city of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province in 2008-2009
Canvas, Oil
J. Boynton Gouache On Paper Double Side Painting "Palm Trees Near Beach"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Palm Trees Near Beach Medium: Gouache on paper Style: Impressionist Size: 11" x 8" Frame Size: 19" x 16" Signature: J. Boynton Note: the double side refers to the backs...
Paper, Gouache
$483Sale Price|20% Off
Figures Drinking in a Cosy Wooden Warm Lit Pub British Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Warm Lit Pub Interior Signed By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Medium: Watercolor on artists paper on board, framed - glass covered Framed: 16 x 18.5 inches Watercolour: 10 x 12 inches C...
Watercolor
$1,080Sale Price|20% Off
Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air
Located in Soquel, CA
Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air Santa Cruz Sandstone Cliffs and crashing waves near Natural Bridges circa 1950 by an unknown California artis...
Masonite, Oil
$2,474Sale Price|20% Off
Olive Trees in Manosque, Provence, Large French Modernist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: A. Davy, French School, late 20th century Title: Olive Trees, Manosque (Provence). Medium: signed, oil painting on canvas, framed and inscribed verso. Size: ...
Oil
$984Sale Price|20% Off
1960's French Signed Oil Painting Boats Moored in Old Harbor Town earthy colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, indistinctly signed inscribed, titled and dated verso oil on board, framed framed: 16 x 19 inches board: 10.4 x 14 inches private collection, France the painting is i...
Oil
Lunch with a Muse
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting is part of the Modern Muses series, where simple everyday scenes become spaces of subtle emotional presence. The faceless figure sits at a table beside her elegant comp...
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,000Sale Price|20% Off
Evening Glow Antique American Impressionist California Landscape Oil Painting
By Alexis Matthew Podchernikoff
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive American impressionist landscape by Alexis Matthew Podchernikoff (1886 - 1933) . Great colors and nicely painted. Housed in a period giltwood frame. Oil on canvas....
Canvas, Oil
$984Sale Price|20% Off
French Provençal Landscape House Garden Oil Painting Mid Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Signed (unidentified) Medium: Oil on canvas Period: Second half of the 20th century Frame: Framed Condition: Good condition Description A lively and characterful French oil ...
Oil
Daffodil No. 7, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Daffodil No.7 from 9 paintings of my series of Daffodils. The oil paint, I have applied in bold and thick paint, giving the flowers a very good sense of light and shadow. This Seri...
Oil
California Golden Poppies and Blue Oaks - Rural Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Golden Flowers and Blue Oaks - California Rural Landscape in Watercolor on Paper Vibrant landscape by listed California artist Marie Williams (American, 1878-1969). Yellow flowers c...
Paper, Watercolor
$516Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionist French Village Scene with Church and Thatched Cottages
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist French Village Scene with Church and Thatched Cottages by Fanch Lel Signed: Bottom right corner Size: 15 x 18 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unf...
Oil
$1,435
"Sunflowers in a blue vase" Original impressionistic still life. Oil painting
Located in Oslo, NO
Through impasto strokes and vivid oils, I've brought to life a dance of sunflowers, capturing their raw, sunlit essence. In a harmonious clash of warmth against cool blues, the emoti...
Canvas, Oil
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
Early 20th Century American Impressionism -- Old Lyme New England Farm
By George M. Bruestle
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous early 20th Century American Impressionist landscape of New England Farm by George M. Bruestle (American, 1871 - 1939), Circa 1914. Signed lower left and on verso. Presented in gilt-toned wood frame. Image size: 8"H x 10"W. George Matthew Bruestle is an American Realist/Impressionist painter known for his intimate landscapes. Born and raised in New York City, Bruestle studied at the Art Students' League of New York in 1886 at the young age of fifteen and later in Paris. That same year, Bruestle visited Essex, CT and eventually purchased a second home in Hadlyme, Old Lyme as the Art Colony formed. Bruestle's main studio was in New York City. Inspired by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot [1796-1875] and other French landscape painters, Bruestle's style was a mix of Early Realism and Early Impressionist techniques. He was an adept draftsman and his paintings favored earlier European examples but, later took on a brighter Impressionist palette and brushy quality of the Old Lyme Art...
Oil, Board
$604Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Rustic Bouquet of Vibrant Orange Roses in a Deep Blue Vase
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rustic Orange Bouquet by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 10.5 x 8.75 inches Oil painting on cardboard, unframed Condition: The painting is in good condition, with minor signs of agi...
Oil
$3,000
Autumn Palette, Landscape Impressionism Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Landscape Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Signed to lower right Medium: Oil on Canvas Ye...
Canvas, Oil
$1,005
Cold Day. Pastel landscape painting, snow field, sky, autumn, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
In this pastel work, "Cold Day", the artist explores the rhythmic interplay between the raw earth and the first snow. The composition is grounded by a warm, sienna-toned field, punct...
Paper, Pastel
$730
Serene Cove Ripples, Mediterranean Seascape Diptych in Blue & White, Cyanotype
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Serene Cove Ripples" is a gorgeous original cyanotype diptych showing calming sea ripples in a Mediterranean cove. Deta...
Lithograph