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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"Little Busker" by Shawn Sullivan, Oil Painting of Gray Bird in Busker's Case
Located in Denver, CO
Shawn Sullivan's (US Based) "Little Busker" is an original, handmade oil painting in the trompe-l'œil style that depicts a grey bird perched in a busker's red lined case surrounded b...
Oil, Panel
Early 1900's French Impressionist Oil Sea View Villa & Gardens South of France
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Sea View Villa, South of France by L. Descatoire (19th-20th century) French School signed oil on board, unframed board: 7 x 9.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Cond...
Oil
Ochre Forest, Landscape, 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: 2019 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Ochre Forest, Size: 36" x 33.5"...
Canvas, Oil
$541Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Coastal Village Scene, Vue de Roscoff
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Coastal Village Scene, Vue de Roscoff By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 5.75 x 7.75 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting o...
Oil
$198Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Watercolor of View Along the Seine with Bridge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Watercolor of View Along the Seine with Bridge By Maurice Mazeilie (French 1924-2021) Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed Size: 5 x 7 inches (Height x W...
Watercolor
English Newlyn school Impressionist Fishermen sorting fish in Mevagissey Harbour
Located in Woodbury, CT
Roland Fisher “Fishermen in Mevagissey Harbour”, circa 1930 Oil on canvas Signed lower right This compelling maritime scene by Roland Fisher captures a moment of industrious calm a...
Canvas, Oil
Woman Picking Flowers, Oil-Paint, Californian Sacramento Artist, Impressionist
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
Edward Richie Butler Sacramento 1855 - 1916 Lüderitz Flower Girl Oil on canvas Signed lower left Size: 46 x 33.5 cm Frame: 70.5 x 47.5 cm Good condition (see photos) Viewing and c...
Oil
$530Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Fishing Boats and Coastal Cottages
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Fishing Boats and Coastal Cottages by Fanch Lel Signed: Bottom left corner Size: 14.5 x 18.5 inches (height x width) Oil painting on b...
Oil
Coin de Port - Signed Impressionist Landscape Oil on Canvas by Luigi Loir
By Luigi Loir
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas impressionist landscape by French painter Luigi Loir. This work depicts a view of a port on a grey winter's day. Signature: Signed lower right Dimensions: Fram...
Canvas, Oil
$1,386Sale Price|20% 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
Antique Hudson River School Bald Eagle Kaaterskill Falls Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
19th century Hudson River School landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, ready ...
Oil, Board
Girl in stockings
Located in Edinburgh, GB
"You can teach a girl femininity for a long time, but stockings will do it instantly."
Canvas, Oil
'Summer at the Lake'. French Oil on Canvas Landscape.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French oil on canvas landscape of trees, landscape and the mountains beyond a lake by Maurice Schwab also known as 'Grawil'. The painting is signed bottom right and presented on a ...
Canvas, Oil
$15,902
January
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
In my artwork, I have poured the quiet serenity of a winter's embrace. The oils carry the crisp chill of the air and softness of freshly fallen snow. I played with light's delicate d...
Canvas, Oil
$836Sale Price|41% Off
Reclining Woman oil on board painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Reclining Woman Artist: Ramon Pichot Soler (Barcelona, 1924 – 1996) Medium: Oil on panel (double-sided work: main painting + study on the reverse) Dimensions: 41 × 33 cm — (16...
Oil
$16,000
"Walking To The Bus Stop" (2025) Animal Still-Life, Oil and Wax Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Artist Statement Walking to the Bus Stop was inspired by time spent in the Austrian Alps, where daily life unfolds quietly alongside animals and land. The painting captures a moment...
Cotton, Oil
$679Sale Price|20% Off
Figures with Umbrellas Walking Through The Rainy Market Town French Oil
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Strolling Through the Rain signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) size: 15 x 18 inches dated 91 gouache painting on board, unframed condition: the painting is in very good condition. I...
Gouache
"Glittering Forest, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 40" x 30"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape limited edition print depicts a forest, with trees with thin trunks in the foreground, and leaves that seem to incorporate almost every color. Bursts...
Digital, Giclée
$2,800
"Near Galway" (2025), Original Impressionist Southern Irish Landscape Painting
By Jim Beckner
Located in Denver, CO
Jim Beckner's (US based) "Roadway II" is an original, handmade oil painting on canvas that depicts a steep deep green Irish hillside, adorned with stone on the outskirts of Galway, I...
Canvas, Oil
Lake Como oil painting, Lake Como on canvas, Narek Arakelyan.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
This vibrant and atmospheric oil painting by Narek Arakelyan beautifully captures the charm of Lake Como with its luminous water, sunlit architecture, and serene boats gliding across...
Oil
Late 19th Century Normandy French Market Engraving
By Charles John Watson
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming engraving of the market in Aumale, France in Normandy by Charles John Watson (British, 1846-1927), circa 1880. Signed within engraving and below by artist. Presented under g...
Paper, India Ink
"Defined Imagination", Colorado Landscape Oil Painting
By Gordon Brown
Located in Denver, CO
Gordon Brown's "Defined Imagination" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts am atmospheric landscape. "My paintings are all about light and mood," says Colorado native ...
Oil
A Boat at Noon, Serene Landscape Painting, Oil on Canvas, 18x38.5 cm
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
A solitary boat floats on a serene sea, with shimmering reflections of the sky and surroundings. Distant mountains provide a picturesque backdrop. This sketch, painted by an artist f...
Canvas, Oil
$579Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Seascape of Moored Boat at Sunset with Yellow Sky
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Seascape of Moored Boat at Sunset with Yellow Sky By Fanch Lel Size: 13 x 16.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condition: The pai...
Oil
Quiet Sunday (Blue), Hand-painted Impressionist Lithograph by Wayne Ensrud
By Wayne Ensrud
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique hand-painted lithograph of a colorful Bouquet of Flowers by Wayne Ensrud, American (1934). Quiet Sunday (Blue) Wayne Ensrud, American (1934) Date: 1980 Hand-Painted Lithogra...
Acrylic, Lithograph
Danseuses Orientales
Located in Sheffield, MA
Alphonse Jongers French, 1872 – Danseuses Orientales Oil on canvas 36 by 28 ½ in, w/ frame 45 ½ by 37 ¼ in Signed & dated 98 Jongers studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Pari...
Canvas, Oil
$478Sale Price|20% Off
"Easter set" Four round canvases . Oil painting . Realism
Located in Oslo, NO
Imbued with the essence of spring, I've captured the tender gaze of these enchanting creatures through my brush strokes. Merging realism with a touch of impressionism, I brought the ...
Oil, Archival Pigment
California Lupine Fields - Landscape with Wildflowers
Located in Soquel, CA
California Lupine Fields - Landscape with Wildflowers Impressionistic landscape of California by Kathleen Murray (American, b. 1957). This piece depicts foothills and Sycamore trees...
Canvas, Oil
Summer Days Impressionist
Located in New York, NY
Edward Dufner is one of America's finest American Impressionists. This is an exceptional work by him. The technique is exquisite with the brushwork being refined and sophisticated,...
Watercolor, Gouache
$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
Fanasy with Flowers 167
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 300+ pictures) paper 59x42cm On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media. Sold and sent unframed -V...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
"Flowers, Showers" - Original Gouache Landscape Painting on Paper
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
“Flowers, Showers” is a plein air painting by Judd Mercer, created on location in Morrison, Colorado, USA. The piece depicts a lush woodland clearing with wildflowers, aspens, and fa...
Paper, Gouache
$386Sale Price|20% Off
Elegant Portrait of Young Lady Paris School Mid 20th Century Listed Artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady original pencil drawing on paper by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below piece of paper is 8.5 x 6 inches In good condition, though with minor o...
Crayon, Pencil
"Misstep" Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract landscape painting by Bri Custer, titled Misstep, explores the tension between movement and stillness through expressive mark-making and a sunlit, tonal pa...
Canvas, Oil
$7,000
"Rising Moon" Dennis Sheehan, Dusk Marsh Landscape, Purple Sky, Full Moon
Located in New York, NY
Dennis Sheehan Rising Moon, circa 2025 Signed lower left Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Dennis Sheehan was born in Boston in 1950. His work is based upon the Barbizon School with fai...
Canvas, Oil
$3,000
"Palo Corona, Carmel Valley" Contemporary realist plein air painting, California
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Palo Corona, Carmel Valley" is a contemporary realist plein air painting in California. Artist Bio Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, Cali...
Oil, Panel
The Forest Brook - original sunny landscape, winter painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The impressionist winter painting is a beautiful wall decor, the painting is full of different colours, combinations of warm and cold shades are professionally captured by the artist...
Canvas, Oil, Board
Spring mood oil/cardboard, 42x52 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Spring mood oil/cardboard, 42x52 cm
Oil, Cardboard
1940s English Country Cottage Landscape
By Henry T. Harvey
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful 1940s genre landscape of traditional English cottage painted in the European style by Henry T. Harvey (English/American, 1908-2000). Signed lower right corner. Presented in...
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Impressionist Crashing Wave Beach Seascape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American impressionist seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Framed. Measuring: 20.5 by 30.5 inches overall. Handsomely framed in white wood molding. Excell...
Oil, Canvas
$653Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage 1930's French Impressionist Still Life Flower Bunch In Blue Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flower Bunch by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 18 high by 15 inches wide condition: o...
Oil
$3,849
"Wheat Under the Storm", Captivating Stormy Landscape of pre-Harvest Fields
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
A golden wheat field stretches across the canvas under a bruised and restless sky, the grain bent slightly by an unseen wind that seems to arrive just ahead of the rain. Tire tracks ...
Canvas, Oil
Eleanor Woolley, Sunset with Violet Sky, Original Landscape Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Sunset with Violet Sky by Eleanor Woolley [May 2021] Original Oil Paint on Canvas Image size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:15 cm x W:15 cm x D:3.8cm Sold Unfra...
Canvas, Oil
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Edgar Degas, Dancer with Tambourine, from Dance Drawings, 1936 (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite engraving after Edgar Degas (1834–1917), titled Danseuse au tambourin (Dancer with Tambourine), originates from the celebrated album Degas Danse dessin (Degas Dance Dr...
Engraving
Dessert in the Garden
Located in Missouri, MO
Provenance: This is an early painting by Huldah Mae Cherry (also known as Huldah Cherry Jeffe), done in her "Impressionist years" and painted after a painting by another American I...
Canvas, Oil
Sunset in Idaho
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original Oil Painting signed by the Artist in the lower right corner.
Oil
"Orchids"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This is a delicate, emotional painting, executed in the technique of impasto painting, where the paint is applied in thick, relief strokes, creating a tangible texture and volume. I...
Oil, Canvas
$828Sale Price|20% Off
1930’s French Impressionist Oil Painting - Red Flowers in a Vase
By Primo Dolzan
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Red Flowers in a Vase P.Dolzan, French School, Early 20th Century Oil painting on canvas, framed Signed, lower right hand corner Canvas size: 10.5 x 13.75 inches Frame size: 15.5 x 1...
Oil
$790
Sea Sponges and Algae, Abstract Marine Organic Painting, Green and Purple Pastel
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sea Sponges and Algae is a luminous painting that celebrates the delicate beauty of marine life through a vibrant palette of pastels and soft organic forms. Inspired by the rhythmic ...
Gouache, Handmade Paper
Mid Century Three Sisters Peaks - Majestic Oregon Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Three Sisters Peaks - Majestic Oregon Landscape Enchanting landscape of the Three Sisters volcanic mountain peaks in Oregon by N. Mueller (American, 20th Century). The t...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Day at the Beach - Mid 20th Century Dutch Impressionist Seaside Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century Dutch post-impressionist oil on panel depicting figures having a day at the beach, by Adrianus Cornelis Van Noort. A family on the beach, gazing toward ...
Oil
Lunch at the Club, Mixed Media, Drawing , Archival Frame, Texas Artist, Lindbergh
Located in Houston, TX
"People, the human figure, fascinate me. Regardless of age or social status, I take particular interest in grasping the one moment that belongs solely to an individual." - Rosemary Mahoney...
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Carbon Pencil
Moonlight Walk Painting: Winter Landscape, Oil on Canvas, 40x40 cm
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
This captivating painting, a plain air study created by the artist in Kolomenskoye Park in Moscow, depicts a quiet winter scene dominated by a large, branching poplar tree standing m...
Canvas, Oil
$684Sale Price|20% Off
Pair of Docked Fishing Boats in Empty Beach Bay French Landscape Oil Painting
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paired Boats at Bay by Fanch Lel Size: 16 x 13 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board , unframed Condition: Good condition overall with minor surface handling marks and light ...
Oil
$950
Je vous Enverrai le Prophete, Signed Folk Art Lithograph by Theo Tobiasse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Theo Tobiasse, French/Israeli (1927 - 2012) Title: Je vous Enverrai le Prophete Year: Circa 1980 Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil Edition: HC Image Size: 20 x 27 inches S...
Lithograph
Sunset magic 5 Colorful Sea Water Impressionist Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sunset Magic 5. Warm water, serenity of waves, shine of the ocean, and evening sun glare gliding on the water create an atmosphere of relaxation and romance. Made in the style of rea...
Acrylic
Picnic Shade
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...
Canvas, Oil
$8,400Sale Price|20% Off
Thomas Moran 1912 Grand Canyon Chromolithograph, “Hermit Rim” View
By Thomas Moran
Located in Denver, CO
This early 20th-century color chromolithograph by celebrated American landscape artist Thomas Moran (1837–1926) captures the awe-inspiring vistas of the Grand Canyon from Hermit Rim....
Lithograph, Color
$3,400
Cedar Haven
Located in Atlanta, GA
Aruna Rao is a Florida-based painter specializing in luminous coastal landscapes in oils. Her work captures the interplay of light, color, and atmosphere, evoking a sense of place an...
Linen, Oil
$9,000Sale Price|33% Off
Barcarolle.
By James McBey
Located in Plano, TX
Barcarolle. 1926. Etching. Carter 233. 14 7/8 x 8 3/8 (sheet 17 1/4 x 10 1/4). Edition 80, #xxv. Print Collector's Quarterly 24 (1938): 428; Eric Denker, Reflections & Undercurrents: Ernest Roth...
Drypoint, Etching