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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$3,750
American Impressionist scene of a sail boat on a river in New England
Located in Woodbury, CT
Charles Bertie Hall, Yacht sailing in a river. Owning an Impressionist marine landscape by Charles Bertie Hall, an English/American Impressionist painter, offers a unique opportuni...
Oil, Canvas
$950Sale 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
The Artists Garden Signed Original French Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Guy Benard (French b.1928) signed lower corner. Painter from Rouen, Normandy, exhibited throughout France. Title: Le Jardin du Peintre Medium: signed oil on canva...
Oil, Canvas
G. Harvey "The New Filly" Western Snow Scene, Cowboys, Horses 36 x 42 framed
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 30 Frame Size: 36 x 42 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signed Lower Right 1975 "The...
Oil
Desert in Bloom (San Bernardino Mountains), c. 1925
Located in Pasadena, CA
Consigned to the gallery, Pasadena, California; By descent to a private collector, Encino, California; Acquired in 1999 by a private collector (Palo Alto, San Carlos, and Oceanside, ...
Pastel, Archival Paper
Sunset in Turunc
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
The heat of the day is already leaving, taking with it the worries of the past day. A tired fisherman hurries to the port with a catch. The singing of cicadas still does not cease, a...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$706Sale Price|40% Off
COSMIC ELEPHANT
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto. acrylic on canvas. The magic flow reality... A dreamy, deep-blue elephant walking through a starlit sky, blends cosmic energy with gentle symbolism....
Canvas, Acrylic
Countryside Farmette Painting by Mystery European Artist
Located in New York, NY
Mystery European Artist Untitled (Countryside Farmette), c. 1880 Oil on canvas 12 x 10 in. Framed: 16 x 13 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Canvas, Oil
Boat, Nautical 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: 2023 Style: Impressionism Title: Boat Size: 25.5" x 38" x 0.8'' inch...
Canvas, Oil
Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Le Chapeau Épinglé (2e planche).
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French 1841-1919) Le Chapeau Épinglé, 2e planche (Delteil 30) Lithograph in colours on laid paper. Signed in stone. From the edition of 200 59.9 x 49.6cm (shee...
Lithograph
"Femme nue assise" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original soft ground etching. Catalogue reference: Delteil 12. Executed in 1906, this is a lifetime impression published in 1909 in Berlin by Cassirer for "Kunst und Kunstler...
Etching
$4,453
The Bluebird - original impressionism cityscape oil painting - contemporary Art
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...
Oil, Panel
British Impressionist Watercolor of a Seascape with Dramatic Sky and Cliffs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of a Seascape with Dramatic Sky and Cliffs By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Dimensions: 11....
Watercolor
Venice Market Scene With Figures and Canopies Original Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Venice Market Scene With Figures and Canopies Original Watercolour Painting By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Signed: Bottom right corner Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed Size:...
Watercolor
$9,600Sale Price|20% Off
"Entre Acte - Ballerinas at the Opera, " Jules Herve, French Impressionism
Located in New York, NY
Jules Herve (French, 1887 - 1981) Entre Acte - Ballerinas at the Opera Oil on canvasboard 10 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches Signed lower left Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida...
Oil, Board
Done By Nature, Abstract Art Original Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Voskan Galstian Work: Original Acrylic Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Year: 2023 Style: Abstract Art, Subject: Done By Nature, Siz...
Canvas, Acrylic
$329Sale Price|36% Off
1930s French Impressionist Watercolour of Children in an Idyllic Country Scene
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Impressionist watercolour on paper view of children in an idyllic country scene by Henri Clamen. Signed bottom right. Acquired from the atelier of the artist with other signed works. Pencil annotation top right and to the back of the paper. A charming view of two children waiting in the shade of a beautiful summers day by the side of a country lane. An archway through to a farmyard and a farmhouse beyond. Dappled light through the overhead leaves and branches. In the lane to the left a hay wain...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Óleo sobre tela - Tranquilidad rural
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: 81 cm altura x 100 cm ancho. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::...
Oil
Sunset. Gumbet Harbor
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
This plain art painting depicts a calm seascape at dusk, painted in soft pastel tones. The painting depicts a quiet harbor in the village of Gumbet in Turkey, where the quiet waves r...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Cuernavaca Procession 1935, Figurative Landscape
By Goldie Anita Powell Harding
Located in Soquel, CA
Early work of figures moving along the street in Cuernavaca to the Cathedral in Mexico by Goldie Anita Powell Harding (American, 1892-1974). Circa 1935. Tempera on Masonite. In a per...
Masonite, Tempera
$400Sale Price|73% Off
Roses growing on Stucco Wall
Located in Atlanta, GA
Item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting. Item includes frame; Fernando Ibañez Alcaraz was born in Alcoy, Alicante (Spain) in 1969. Growing ...
Canvas, Oil
Ronald Original Oil Painting Tall Ship at Sea Maritime Nautical Ocean Seascape
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This captivating oil painting on canvas, signed Ronald, depicts a majestic tall ship sailing under full wind across a deep blue ocean. The artist’s controlled brushwork and attention...
Oil
James Brown British Impressionist oil painting, Lucien Pissarro circle
Located in Harkstead, GB
This beautiful painting is a keynote in the development of what has become known as British Impressionism. The artist was a very good friend and painting companion of Lucien Pissarro...
Canvas
Vibrant Summer, landscape oil painting, one of a kind, ready to hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Landscape oil Painting Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2019 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Vibra...
Canvas, Oil
$3,106
Moon Night. Horizontal landscape painting, purple, blue, sky, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
"Moon Night" is a captivating and deeply atmospheric watercolor that evokes the quiet mystery and profound beauty of the landscape under a midnight sky. The painting uses a dramatic,...
Paper, Watercolor
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Edgar Degas, Spinning Dancer, from Dance Drawings, 1936 (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite engraving after Edgar Degas (1834–1917), titled Danseur tournant (Spinning Dancer), originates from the celebrated album Degas Danse dessin (Degas Dance Drawings), pub...
Engraving
$2,428
Afternoon Pause, Sloane Square- original impressionism London cityscape painting
By David Farren
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, Acrylic
A Summer Afternoon at the Coast
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Beautiful arts and crafts impressionist watercolor on paper by Ethel Walton Everett. You can almost feel the ocean breeze and smell the salty air. Initiated lower right, and framed i...
Watercolor
$587
Blackstone Quay Sunlit Italy Landscape May 1998 Signed Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Blackstone Quay Sunlit Italy Landscape May 1998 Signed Watercolour Painting By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Signed: Bottom left Medium: Watercolor on paper Size: 11 inches (height...
Watercolor
Sola Puig Still-life Flowers. original impressionist canvas Vertical
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
still life. jug of flowers. original impressionist oil canvas painting. framed Sola PUIG, Joan (Barcelona 1950 ) Joan SOLÁ paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, ...
Canvas, Oil
Venice Santa Maria Cityscape Impressionism Original Painting Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Venice Santa Maria Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 36" x 48" x 1.5" inch (91 x 122x 3cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gall...
Canvas, Oil
A black cat playing with a Snowman, from Le Chat Noir
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in Fairlawn, OH
A black cat playing with a Snowman, from Le Chat Noir Gillotage chromotype, 1898 Signed in the image lower right (see photo) Cats were a symbol of freedom and bohemia in Montmartre, ...
Other Medium
Sunset on Tsaritsynsky Pond. March
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
Enclosed in an ornate golden frame, this exquisite painting captures a quiet winter landscape bathed in soft, warm hues. The full-scale study is dominated by snow-covered land and a ...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
House In The Green - Original Acrylic On Paper
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
House In The Green - Original Acrylic On Paper Original acrylic painting depicting a white house in the woods surrounded by greenery by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Two white ...
Paper, Acrylic
"Mountain river"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Original Oil painting by Ukrainian artist Evgeny Chernyakovsky "Mountain river" 50.0 X 60.0 CM / 19.6 X 23.6 IN HIGH QUALITY oil on canvas Signed on the front and back Dated 2025 G...
Oil
$4,236
Frosty Evening. Horizontal landscape painting, ice, snow, river, sunset
Located in Oslo, NO
"Frosty Evening" is an exquisite and deeply atmospheric watercolor that captures the icy stillness and profound beauty of a winter dusk. The painting evokes the crisp air and the qui...
Paper, Watercolor
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 ...
Oil, Cardboard
$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
$1,045
Brittany Coastline Boats Moored at Sea Signed 20th Cent French Impressionist Oil
By Claude Marin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishing Boats at Brittany by Claude Marin (French 1914-2001) signed and dated 81 oil on artist card stuck on board, unframed board: 7.5 x 9.5 inches Provenance: private collection, P...
Oil
Bargemon Provencal Village Landscape 1950s French Post-Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Bargemon", Provence, France by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Oil
$750
Impressionistic Mountain Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Vermont Hills I
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Vermont Hills 1 oil/panel 8n x 10 unframed 13.5 x 15.5 framed Vermont Hills I is an oil painting on canvas panel that showcases the beautiful light shinning on a Vermont mountain sce...
Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting Provence Tall Tree Pathway
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on board, unframed measures: 16.75 high by 10.75 inches wide condition: overall very g...
Oil
Lugano Lake Viewi oil, Landscape Paintings, Impressionism mountain nature
Located in Oslo, NO
This is an original oil painting created during a plein air session on the shores of Lake Lugano. Inspired by the serene meeting of mountains and water, I painted it directly from na...
Canvas, Oil
L'Enfant au Biscuit (Jean Renoir) - Lithograph by Pierre Auguste Renoir - 1899
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 100 prints, not signed. One of the most celebrated graphic works of Renoir, showing his son, the future Director Jean Renoir. Belogs to the suite “L’Album d’estampes orig...
Lithograph
Meadow. 1992. Cardboard/oil. 31x42 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Edgars Vinters (1919-2014) Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints landscapes in different seasons and flowers. In 1970 the significant place...
Oil, Cardboard
Evening Sun, View of Visby, c. 1896
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative evening view of Visby by Axel Lindman captures Visby in the warm, fading light of the setting sun. Rendered with atmospheric sensitivity, the silhouette of Visby’s med...
Canvas, Oil
Monet's Waterlily Pond Giverny Japanese Bridge, Vintage French Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed front and back, dated verso 1984. Title: Monet's Waterlily pond at Giverny, with the Japanese footbridge. Medium: signed oil painting on boa...
Oil
"Morning on the Dnieper"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The painting ‘Morning on the Dnieper’ conveys the quiet, almost meditative atmosphere of dawn. The space is filled with soft light spilling over the calm water. The sky is a delicate...
Oil, Canvas
"Beaches 7, " Beach Scene with Umbrellas by Jim Beckner
By Jim Beckner
Located in Denver, CO
Jim Beckner's (US based) "Beaches 7" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting a beach scene with colorful striped umbrellas shading lounging beach goers. About the Artist: ...
Canvas, Oil
$470Sale Price|50% Off
Mediterranean Children Oil on Canvas, Signed, Contemporary, 19.7x24"
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Mediterranean Children Artist: J. Palmero Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 19.7 x 24 inches Support: Canvas Framing: Unframed Period: Contemporary Signature: Located at th...
Canvas, Oil
"All Roads Lead Home" Original Oil Painting by Michael Carson
Located in Denver, CO
Michael Carson's (US based) "All Roads Lead Home" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed in a black float frame. About the Artist: Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painte...
Wood Panel, Oil
Provence Landscape Fine French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Red Roof Houses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Guy Benard (French b.1928) signed lower corner. Painter from Rouen, Normandy, exhibited throughout France. Title: Provence Medium: signed oil on canvas, unframed ...
Oil
The girl from Saint Tropez: American artist in the South of France portrait
Located in Norwich, GB
Alexander Warshawsky was born in Cleveland, Ohio on March 29, 1887. He studied painting at the Cleveland School of Art and the National Academy of Design in New York City. Warshawsky...
Paper, Gouache
"Sonem" (2023) - Japanese Armor Realist Still-Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Elena Burykina's "Sonem" (2023) is an original, handmade oil painting on panel. Artist Statement: Full Mask (Somen) Inscribed by Myochin Munemitsu Japanese Steel Edo period, 17th to...
Oil, Panel
British Original Watercolor of a Rustic Windmill and Village Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Original Watercolor of a Rustic Windmill and Village Scene By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Signed: Yes Dimensions: ...
Watercolor
"Brunch at 12 Chairs" Plein Air Restaurant Oil Painting in Soho New York City
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
"With shades of Pierre Bonnard’s Parisian street vistas and Edward Hopper’s New York shopfronts, American impressionist Cindy Shaoul’s oil paintings depict the much-loved locales and...
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
New York Skyline the West Side with Hudson River - Vintage New York
By Frank S. Hermann
Located in Miami, FL
Rooftop view of the upper West Side Manhattan as it looked in the 1930s. There is a rough indication of a billboard and a glimpse of the Hudson River. The cluster of buildings depic...
Oil, Gouache, Board
$988
Still Life with Gerberas and Roses oil on canvas Impressionism fine art flowers
Located in Oslo, NO
“Still Life with Gerberas and Roses” reflects the artist’s love for observing flowers in natural light and capturing their quiet presence through expressive, textured brushwork. Insp...
Canvas, Oil
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
Querelle d'amoureux. (Quarreling). 1
By James Tissot
Located in Plano, TX
En plein soleil. (In the Sunlight). 1881. Etching and drypoint. Tissot 54, Béraldi 45, Wentworth 54. 7 13/16 x 11 1/2 (sheet 11 1/4 x 15). Edition about 100. Mat line and two hinge s...
Drypoint, Etching
Large French Contemporary Oil Painting Monet's Giverny Landscape, signed titled
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, indistinctly signed, dated 2006 Title: titled verso, landscape showing the valley at Giverny Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed, signed canvas...
Oil