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.
Find a collection of authentic Impressionist art on 1stDibs.
$391Sale Price|20% Off
British Impressionist Watercolor, Waterfront Scene with Sailboats and Boathouse
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor, Waterfront Scene with Sailboats and Boathouse by Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Dimensions:...
Watercolor
$1,116Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Still-Life with Wine and Fruit
By Dorothy Miller
Located in Soquel, CA
A classic still life in the style of Cezanne with fruit, wine jug and antique tea towel situated on a galvanized metal topped table by D. (Dorothy) Mil...
Oil, Fiberboard
Ochre Clouds Coastal Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Ochre Clouds Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 29" x44" x 1" inch (74 x 112 x 3cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wrappe...
Canvas, Oil
Dancing of Love
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil canvas, I've melded expressionism and impressionism to capture the sheer vibrancy of emotion. Through a kaleidoscope of color and texture, I invite viewers on a sensory j...
Canvas, Oil
Adobe Structure
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original painting signed by the Artist on the lower right.
Watercolor
Couple, 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, Title: Couple Size: 26" x 34" x 1'' inch,...
Canvas, Oil
Messy Room Figurative Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vadim Zang Title: Messy Room Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2022 Style: Figurative Impressionism Dimensions: 8" x 10" x 0.8" inch (20 x 25...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$7,893Sale Price|20% Off
EASTER AT THE BEACH .sunny morning
By Yuri Krotov
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Yuri Krotov was born 1964 in Grivenskaya Cossack Settlement, Krasnodar Territory, located close to the Azov Sea. At the age of 8 he met a local painter G.A. Polugaev who became his ...
Oil
"Sentinel" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Original Oil Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Sentinel" (2022) is an original handmade oil painting depicting a large lone tree on a mountainside. Artist bio/statement Judd Mercer is a contemporary la...
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,000
Fishing Boats, 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: 2022 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Fishing Boats, Size: 18" x 28" ...
Canvas, Oil
Inspiration by light 6.
Located in Zofingen, AG
Inspiration by light 6. The deep, mysterious ocean beckons to reveal its secrets. Warm water, small waves, tranquil views, the sparkle of the ocean, and sun glare on the water create...
Acrylic
Stirling River Landscape Scotland - Scottish Impressionist 1910 art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely Scottish Stirlingshire Impressionist landscape is by noted artist Joseph Morris Henderson. Painted circa 1910 the composition is a river landscape with the river in the foreground and cows in the fields beyond. In the distance one can see some dwellings and hills beyond those, all beneath a summers sky. The impressionistic brushwork and colouring are just lovely. This is an excellent large example of Henderson's work and of Scottish landscape art...
Oil
$538Sale Price|20% Off
1930'S FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST SIGNED OIL - FISHERMEN ON WOODEN PUNT ON RIVER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1930's, indistinctly signed to the lower corner. Title: River Landscape with Fishermen from wooden punt. Medium: oil painting, on canvas. S...
Oil
$2,496Sale Price|20% Off
Illuminated
By John McLeod
Located in Denver, CO
Nude figure with candlelight
Oil
Double Sided Standing and Seated Figure Studies Graphite Drawing French School
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Double Sided Standing and Seated Figure Studies Graphite Drawing French School Artist: French School (20th century) Medium: Graphite pencil drawing on artists paper, double-si...
Pencil, Graphite
Double Sided Seated Female Figure Study Graphite Pencil Drawing French Paper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Double Sided Seated Female Figure Study Graphite Pencil Drawing French Paper Artist: French School (20th century) Medium: Graphite pencil drawing on artists paper, double-side...
Pencil, Graphite
Le Village de Crozant - Impressionist Landscape Oil - Baptiste Armand Guillaumin
By Jean Baptiste-Armand Guillaumin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist landscape oil on canvas by French painter Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin. This stunning piece depicts a view of Crozant a commune located in the department of C...
Canvas, Oil
Wacker Drive in the Rain, Oil Painting
By Yangzi Xu
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A street in Chicago comes alive on a rainy afternoon. The wet pavement reflects the city lights, creating a shimmering effect as cars and pedestrians move thr...
Oil
"Boat at dawn"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Original Oil painting by Ukrainian artist Evgeny Chernyakovsky "boat at dawn" 50.0 X 70.0 CM / 19.6 X 27.5 IN HIGH QUALITY oil on canvas Signed on the front and back Dated 2026 Good...
Canvas, Oil
$2,765Sale Price|30% Off
Early 20th century Hungarian portrait of a terrier dog and her puppy in oils
Located in Woodbury, CT
Gabrielle Rainer Istvanffy was a Hungarian painter of animal paintings. Her chosen subjects were mostly dogs and cats and mostly white and off-white breeds. This piece is a very pretty and cute painting...
Canvas, Oil
"Victor Street Scene (3rd Street)" - Impressionist Cityscape, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Born in 1954, Susie Hyer creates diverse visual works spanning landscapes, seascapes, and still lives that embody her technical precision and compositional focus. Working profession...
Canvas, Oil
Fanasy with Flowers 160
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
$3,484Sale Price|20% Off
Waterlily Pond Impressionist Floral Landscape Acrylic Rob de Haan
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title Waterlily Pond Impressionist Floral Landscape Acrylic Rob de Haan Key Details Artist: Rob de Haan (Dutch, b. 1943), signed Medium: Acrylic on boar...
Acrylic
Seated Nude Posing
By Moses Soyer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Moses Soyer, American (1899 - 1974) Title: Seated Nude Posing Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed u.r. Size: 21 x 17 inches Frame: 26 x ...
Oil
$55,000
"Main Street, Rockport, Cape Ann " Anthony Thieme, Summer Street Scene Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Anthony Thieme (1888 - 1954) Main Street, Rockport Oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches Signed lower right Anthony Thieme was born in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam in 1888. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam, at the Royal Academy at the Hague, as an apprentice to George Hoecker, a well known stage designer in Düsseldorf, Germany, and to Antonio Mancini, an Italian Impressionist. After completing his studies, Thieme journeyed throughout Europe and South America, working in stage design to support his travels. Thieme first came to the United States in 1917 and initially worked as a set designer and book illustrator first in New York and later in Boston. By the late 1920s, Thieme had married and moved from Boston to Cape Ann in Rockport, Massachusetts, an emerging art colony. Like the other Rockport artists...
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist Oil Painting of Barn and Sheep, Late 19th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions: In excellent overall conditions, with no repaint under UV light, original canvas and frame. Signed Lower left "Ls Reinhardt". Dimensions with the frame are approximately...
Oil
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
California Landscape Painting, Signed Rowena R. Smith, Circa 1930s
By Rowena R. Smith
Located in Soquel, CA
California Landscape Painting, Signed Rowena R. Smith, Circa 1930s Beautiful California landscape painting of a path to the beach by listed Berkeley, California artist Rowena R. Smit...
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Large Panoramic Seascape Coastal Sunset Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Image size, 30L x 24H.
Canvas, Oil
Saint Sebastian, Figurative, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Litvinov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Style: Classic Figurative Year: 1991 Title: Saint Sebastian Size: 16" x...
Canvas, Oil
$538Sale Price|20% Off
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model (lady in stockings and suspenders) Portrait of a Nude Lady reclining French School, circa 1970's indistinctly signed double sided oil painting on card, unframed si...
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
$653Sale Price|65% Off
French 19th Century Impressionist Oil Pink and Yellow Roses in In Red Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Roses in Vase Still Life French late 19th Century school Signed by S. Valentin and dated 1895 oil on board, unframed board: 14 x 11.5 inches provenance: private collection, France co...
Oil
"Summer Clouds, " Bernard Corey, 20th century, impressionist, landscape, oil
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Bernard Corey gained national recognition for his beautifully rendered landscapes paintings of the New England countryside and shore. Even in his early eighties, the artist rarely mi...
Oil
$3,750
Antique American Framed Impressionist Venice Sunset Cityscape Gondola Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist sunset landscape oil painting by Louis Saphier (1875/77 - 1954). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 30 by 43 inches overall, and 24 by 36 pai...
Canvas, Oil
Magic Melody, Figurative, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Litvinov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Style: Classic Figurative Year: 1999 Title: Magic Melody Size: 22.5" x ...
Canvas, Oil
Charming drawing trees with buildings with a church beyond, Eugene Boudin
Located in GB
This delicate drawing, attributed to Eugène Boudin, carries the quiet immediacy and observational sensitivity that define the artist’s approach to landscape. Executed in a soft, econ...
Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
Listed Artist Samuel West (1810-1867) Antique oil on canvas, Dated 1860 Portrait
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an Antique oil painting on canvas 19 century depicting a portrait of a British Gentleman by Listed British-Irish Artist Samuel West (1810-1860). C...
Oil
$3,550
Autumn Palette, 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: 2022 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Autumn Palette, Size: 30" x 45"...
Canvas, Oil
$1,088Sale Price|20% Off
Large Latvian Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Snow on Winter Woodland Path
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Winter Woodland by Edgars Vinters (Latvian 1919-2014) *see below for details signed & dated 1994 oil on board, framed framed: 33 x 27 inches pai...
Oil
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
Voiliers a Saint-Tropaz, Urbain Huchet
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Urbain Huchet (1930) Title: Voiliers a Saint-Tropaz Year: Circa 1990 Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Edition: 15/25, plus proofs Size: 29.5 x 21.25 inches Condition: Good ...
Lithograph
$8,374Sale Price|25% Off
Venice Landscape Italian Oil on Canvas Painting in Gilt Wood Frame, Belle Epoque
Located in Firenze, IT
This delightful turn of the century (early 20th century) oil on canvas painting represents an Italian landscape with one of the most famous squares in the world: Piazza San Marco in ...
Canvas, Oil
$820
Funky Coral Textures, Reef Forest in Pastel Tones, Gouache Crayon on Paper, 2025
Located in Barcelona, ES
This vibrant yet softly nuanced composition draws inspiration from coral ecosystems, translating underwater biodiversity into expressive, organic forms rendered in delicate pastel to...
Paper, Wax Crayon, Acrylic
$16,549Sale Price|20% Off
'Theatre Du Chatelet, Paris' a framed gouache painting
Located in St. Albans, GB
Theatre Du Chatelet A stunning gouache by one of France's premier artists specialising in Parisian scenes. Eugene Galien LALOUE (1854 - 1941) Eugène Galien Laloue was particularly...
Gouache
Soft Wind in the Pines, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A young man sits under the shade of trees, sketching intently en plein air. The composition features artist Onelio Marerro's former student engaged with natur...
Oil
$816Sale 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
Mid Century Pink & White Roses in Crystal Vase Still-Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate mid century still-life of white and pink roses in crystal vase with a soft, lime green background by listed California artist Helen Mae Enoch Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997)...
Canvas, Oil
'View of Rouen', French Impressionist, Paris Salon, Prix Rosa-Bonheur, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'André Prévot-Valéri' (French, 1890-1959) and painted circa 1920. André Prévot-Valéri was the son of the landscape painter, August Prévot-Valéri (1857-1930), and...
Oil, Board
Snowy River Landscape, Impressionist Painting by Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour
By Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour, French (1874 - 1939) Title: Untitled - Snowy River Landscape Year: circa 1920 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 21.5 in. x 29 in. (54.61 ...
Oil
American Impressionist Landscape, attributed to Charles Harold Davis ca 1920’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a lovely oil on canvas painting that was attributed to Charles Harold Davis when I purchased it about ten years ago. It is unfortunately not signed. The scene is a view throu...
Oil
$1,636Sale Price|20% Off
Аutumn. 2000, oil on board, 80x99 cm
By Janis Kalnmalis
Located in Riga, LV
Аutumn landscape by the river. 2000, oil on board, 80x99 cm Janis Kalnmalis (1939) Received professional education in the LVM of Riga department of decoration and graduated in 1960...
Oil, Board
Vintage San Juan Capistrano Mission Landscape
By Jane R. Hofstetter
Located in Soquel, CA
A rich, painterly scene of the mission at San Juan Capistrano, California by listed artist Jane R. Hofstetter (American, 20th century). Signed "J. ...
Canvas, Oil
$60Sale Price|20% Off
John Singer Sargent 'An Out-of-Doors Study' 2001- Vintage
By John Singer Sargent
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This poster features An Out-of-Doors Study by John Singer Sargent, a luminous example of his impressionistic brushwork and masterful handling of light. Part of the Brooklyn Museum’s ...
Offset
Tahoe Vista, c. 1945
By Conrad Buff
Located in Pasadena, CA
Consigned to the gallery, Pasadena, California; By descent to a private collector, Encino, California; Acquired in 1997 by a private collector, Palo Alto, San Carlos, and Oceanside, ...
Oil, Panel
Venice View, Coastal, 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: 2021 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Venice View...
Canvas, Oil
English Countryside River Landscape Bridge Trees Watercolor Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: English Countryside River Landscape Bridge Trees Watercolor Painting Artist: British School (mid 20th century) Medium: watercolor painting on ar...
Watercolor
Bouquet in a fashionable vase.
Located in Zofingen, AG
The picture is painted in a light and elegant style. A composition of flowers in a fashionable vase looks impressive . In this work, the artist managed to convey a bright and at th...
Canvas, Acrylic
Vermont Landscape (Diptych) - Colorful Abstract Nature Oil Painting
By Beth Munro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beth Munro’s original paintings, whether composed of still life, landscape, or abstract forms, focus on pattern, color, and texture. Munro is inspired by everything from the impressi...
Canvas, Oil
"The Venice Carnival"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The painting depicts a stylised portrait of a woman, executed in a textured, almost sculptural style. The woman’s face is rendered in a generalised manner: her features are softly bl...
Canvas, Oil
$5,171Sale Price|20% Off
Huge Mid 20th Century French Cubist Signed Oil Fisherman with Boats Harbor Quay
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Composition Cubiste aux Pecheurs by Marguerite Lacroux (French/ Swiss 1898-1972) signed oil on canvas, framed in original wooden studio frame framed: 32.5 x 40 painting: 31.75 x 39 ...
Oil, Canvas
Still life with flowers and fruit
Located in Zofingen, AG
Impressionist still life with flowers and fruit My paintings express movement towards rebirth, light and sun, renewal, associated with spring. This idea of movement and renewal is ex...
Oil, Cardboard