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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$1,080Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Carmel Watercolor Landscape -- Shore Cypress
By Margaret Eifler
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Carmel Watercolor Landscape -- Shore Cypress Beautiful watercolor of windswept Carmel Cypress by Margaret C. Eifler (American, 1910-1996), circ...
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Chihuahua and a sweet donut
Located in Zofingen, AG
Bold, vibrant, and full of joy-this dynamic oil painting captures a playful chihuahua soaring through a cosmic burst of color, chasing an appetizing donut. The energetic brushstrokes...
Canvas, Acrylic
$587Sale Price|20% Off
French Coastal Landscape with Windswept Trees at Golfe du Morbihan Brittany
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Coastal Landscape with Windswept Trees at Golfe du Morbihan Brittany by Fanch Lel Signed: Bottom right corner Size: 14.75 x 18.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting o...
Oil
$713Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century French Impressionist Signed Oil Rural French Village Road & Houses
By Claude Marin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old French Town by Claude Marin (French 1914-2001) signed and dated 84 oil on artist card stuck on board, unframed board: 7.5 x 9.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris, ...
Oil
$631Sale Price|20% Off
Fisherman at Low Tide A Coastal Scene of Labor and Reflection Landscape
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fisherman at Low Tide by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches oil painting on board, unframed condition: the painting is in very good condition. It has previously bee...
Oil
$850Sale Price|29% Off
Mid Century French Original Pastel Painting of a Mediterranean Coastal View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: "Mid Century French Original Pastel Painting of a Mediterranean Coastal View" Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper Size: 19.75 (heigh...
Oil Pastel
Sphere Definition 3 Abstract Art Original Painting Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Sphere Definition 3 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Year: 2025 Style: Abstract Art Dimensions: 37.5" x 6.7.5" x 2" inch (96 x 172 x 5cm)3 Presentation: Framed,...
Canvas, Acrylic
$615Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Equestrian Parade with Jockeys and French Flags
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Equestrian Parade with Jockeys and French Flags By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 13 x 16.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on cardboard, unframed Con...
Oil
Spring in Poltava Region, landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Boris Serdyuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Style: Impressionism Year: 2020 Title: Spring in Poltava Region Size: 23.5"...
Canvas, Oil
$2,684
The quiet between mountains by K.Husslein Impasto Landscape oil 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
" Summer Evening Southwest Texas " 1909 Texas Hill Country Julian Onderdonk
Located in San Antonio, TX
Julian Onderdonk "Summer Evening S. W. Texas" Texas Hill Country (1882 - 1922) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 9 x 12 Frame Size: 15 x 18 Medium: Oil on panel Dated 1909 "Summer Evening S. W. Texas" "A Texas Painter Worked Under the Radar in New York," By Eve M. Kahn, March 6, 2014, The New York Times Onderdonk, a San Antonio native who died of an intestinal ailment in 1922, at 40, is best known for painting swaths of Texas bluebonnets. Those canvases can bring more than $500,000 each, while his New York scenes usually end up in the five-figure range. Onderdonk’s parents were painters in San Antonio, and in 1901, when he was a teenager, they sent him to New York for training. Through 1909, he lived in various Manhattan apartments and Staten Island houses. He then returned to Texas, but continued to spend months at a time in New York. In 1902 he had married a Manhattan teenage neighbor, Gertrude Shipman. While she focused on raising their daughter, Adrienne, and worrying about their strained finances, “he created more than 600 works of art, often producing a painting or two a day,” Eyewitnesses recorded his prolific pace in New York, but Onderdonk works bearing those dates rarely turn up. The puzzling gap in his productivity is explained in family correspondence that the Bakers uncovered: The artist admits that he was signing pieces with pseudonyms. He mostly used Chas. Turner and Chase Turner and occasionally resorted to Elbert H. Turner and Roberto Vasquez. Julian Onderdonk was the son of the important Texas landscapist, Robert Onderdonk. He was the father's pupil at age 16. Sponsored by a Texas patron, he studied at the Art Students League in New York when he was 19, the pupil of Kenyon Cox, Frank DuMond, and Robert Henri. He also studied with William Merritt Chase on Long Island. In 1902, having lost his Texas patron because he married, he asked $18 for 12 paintings at a Fifth Avenue dealer in New...
Oil
'Roses in a Green Vase' by Hubert Glansdorff (1877 – 1963)
Located in Knokke, BE
Hubert Glansdorff Brussels 1877 – 1963 Knokke Belgian Painter 'Roses in a Green Vase' Signature: signed lower left and dated 1941 'Glansdorff 41' Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: image size 80 x 100 cm; frame size 107 x 127 cm Biography: Hubert Glansdorff was born in Ixelles, Belgium, in 1877. He was a Belgian figurative painter whose work encompassed genre scenes, seascapes, floral still lifes, female figures, nudes, and portraits. Over the course of his career, he developed a distinctive painterly language that combined academic training with a luminous, colour-rich sensibility. From an early age, Glansdorff showed a natural inclination toward pictorial expression. The picturesque aspects of life and landscape emerged organically in his work rather than as a calculated artistic choice. His visual world was shaped by instinct as much as by study, resulting in compositions that often feel immediate and atmospheric. He initially admired the Flemish Primitives, whose influence can be felt in his attention to structure and tonal harmony. However, Glansdorff gradually evolved toward a more personal form of Luminism, characterised by warm light effects, vibrant colour, and a heightened sensitivity to atmosphere. His palette became increasingly rich and expressive, particularly in his floral compositions for which he gained considerable recognition. Glansdorff studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts, where he worked alongside and was influenced by artists such as Joseph Stallaert. During his formative years, he also developed friendships with contemporary artists including Joris De Bruyne, Alphonse Blomme, and Albert Alleman. He became a member of the Cercle Artistique et Littéraire de Bruxelles, an important artistic circle in the Belgian capital. In 1904, he exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in Brussels, presenting works such as Armenian Fiddler. Later, in 1920, he participated in exhibitions at the Cercle Artistique et Littéraire, the Salle Studio, and the Salon d’Automne, alongside artists such as Pierre Abattucci, Firmin Baes...
Canvas, Oil
Sunny Summer, landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Shapoval Ivan Leontyevich Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Style: Impressionism Year: 2016 Title: Sunny Summer, Size: 23.5"...
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist Landscape, Les Alpilles en Provence, Hommage à Yves Brayer
By G Ricard
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French Impressionist Fauvist Color-Field watercolour on clay paper landscape by G Ricard. The painting is signed bottom left and painted on the reverse of an exhibition poster for ...
Watercolor
$499Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionist Promenade Scene with Red Parasols in Aix en Provence
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Promenade Scene with Red Parasols in Aix en Provence By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 10.75 x 8.5 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condition...
Oil
$780Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American Impressionist New York Cityscape Signed Modern Oil Painting
By Kamil Kubik
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century impressionist cityscape oil painting by Kamil Kubik (1930 - 2011) . Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Nice view of the Empire State Building!
Canvas, Oil
$1,856Sale Price|20% Off
Large Mid 20th Century European Signed Oil Painting Golden Green Meadows
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Golden Light in Summer Meadows European artist, mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed label verso framed: 29 x 35 inches canvas: 24 x 30 inches Provenance: private collection...
Oil
Contempury view of the Statue of Liberty with yachts in the East River
Located in Woodbury, CT
Charles Bertie Hall (Anglo-American, 20th/21st Century) Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor Oil on board, signed lower right, from the artist’s studio Presented in a new hand-made Eng...
Oil, Board
$466Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Horse and Carriage Ride through the Country
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Horse and Carriage Ride through the Country by Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 8.75 inches (height) x 10.75 inches (width) Medium: Oil on boar...
Oil
"Fantasy with Flowers 228" Mixed , paper, 59x42cm, Unframed
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. For sale and sent unframe...
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Watercolor
$32,952Sale Price|20% Off
My Lady's Train Scottish 1901 exh Impressionist landscape oil painting children
Located in Hagley, England
This superb Scottish Edwardian Impressionist exhibited figurative landscape oil painting is by noted artist William Steward MacGeorge. It was painted in 1901 and exhibited at the Roy...
Oil
$1,250
Still Life, Fruits, Handmade Artwork Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2011 Style: Contemporary Art Title: Still Life Size: 2...
Canvas, Oil
Summer Landscape Watercolor Original Painting on Paper
By Lin Qingyi
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Landscape Watercolor Original Painting Artist: Lin Qingyi Title: Summer Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 2024 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 7.5" x 3.5" x 0.1" inch ( 19x 9 x 0.1c...
Paper, Watercolor
Roal English Seascape Oil Painting Vintage Ocean Waves Coastal Marine Art
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This atmospheric seascape by Roal English captures the power and beauty of the open ocean. Rolling waves crash against partially submerged rocks while sof...
Oil
$760Sale Price|20% Off
Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Dressed in Garnett Washington Monument
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Dressed In Garnett Washington Monument oil/panel 14 x 11 unframed signed LL Dressed In Garnett Washington Monument is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contempora...
Oil
House in Center Bridge
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Kenneth Nunamaker (1890-1957) House in Center Bridge Oil on canvas on board, 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm) Signed lower left: K. Nunamaker Inscribed on verso: K. Nunamaker / New Hop...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$5,000
After Storm, Seascape Original Oil Painting on Linen, Coastal, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen, Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism Title: After Storm Size: 29" x 39" x 0.8'' ...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$741Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage French Oil Painting Wide Landscape Of Lake Flowing Along The Town
By Leon Hatot 1
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed Size: painting: 13 x 20 inche...
Oil
$1,800Sale Price|20% Off
'Monterey Coastline', Carmel, Big Sur, Pacific Ocean, California Impressionist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Delia' for Delia Bradford (American, 20th century) and painted circa 2005; additionally signed, verso, on stretcher bar, 'Delia Bradford'. A fresh and breezy vi...
Canvas, Oil
"A Perfect Day by the Lake" Impressionist Cafe w Figures Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical oil painting depicting a Courtyard Scene with a cafe of figures in France by Luigi Cagliani. As an Italian Impressionist artist, most of Cagliani's works were produced in...
Canvas, Oil
$2,636Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Oil Lady in Pretty Flower Garden on Bench
By Louise Alix
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Flower Garden by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below oil painting on canvas unframed measures: 28.5 inches high by 34.5 inches wide condition: overall very good and ...
Oil, Canvas
"August " Original painting by Liudmila Shabazova
Located in Zofingen, AG
Still life in abstract style. The work is done with broad strokes, rich in color and captivates us to remember all the colors of summer. ...
Acrylic, Canvas
Misty Landscape with Figures, Impressionist Oil on Canvas, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Lawrence Mazzanovich (American, 1872-1959) American, San Francisco, CA- Tryon, NC “Misty Landscape with Figures” Early 20th century Oil on canvas Size: 18 x 24 in. Framed: 22.5 x 2...
Canvas, Oil
Midsummer Night. Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
'Midsummer Night' Acrylic and marble plaster on canvas board 50x50 cm image 56 x 56 Framed I create the picture first in plaster, made from marble dust and a binding agent. This p...
Oil
$783Sale Price|20% Off
Green escape, oil on canvas, framed, landscape, impressionistic, interior
Located in Oslo, NO
Green Escape offers a serene retreat into nature, painted from life in 2024. This plein air landscape, created in the expressive alla prima technique, reflects the freshness and vita...
Canvas, Oil
$2,691Sale Price|20% Off
Very Large 19th Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait Bearded Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Bearded Man French Impressionist artist, late 19th century, unsigned oil on canvas, framed framed: 38.5 x 30.5 inches canvas: 36 x 28 inches provenance: private collect...
Oil, Canvas
House in Center Bridge
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
House in Center Bridge Oil on canvas, 22 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm) Framed dimensions: 27 3/8 x 29 1/4 inches Signed lower left: K. Nunamaker Provenance The artist; Private collecti...
Canvas, Oil
Turquoise Ocean, Seascape, 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: Turquoise Ocean, Size: 30" x 45...
Canvas, Oil
"Winding Brook" Dennis Sheehan, Atmospheric Woods, Moody, Dark Green, Stream
Located in New York, NY
Dennis Sheehan Winding Brook, circa 2025 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches Dennis Sheehan was born in Boston in 1950. His work is based upon the Barbizon School with ...
Canvas, Oil
Serg Graff "Pets" Abstract Acrylic Painting Framed Outsider Art COA
By Serg Graff
Located in Palm Coast, FL
“Pets” is an original acrylic painting on canvas board from Serg Graff’s imaginative "Adventures M" collection. Filled with vibrant colors, hidden faces, playful symbols, and interco...
Acrylic
Nothing But Blue Skies - Abstract Impressionist Landscape Ocean Impasto Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Katharina Husslein’s "Nothing But Blue Skies" is a captivating impasto seascape painting that brings the beauty of the ocean to life through bold, expressive brushstrokes and a radia...
Canvas, Oil
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
By Ronald Shap
Located in Columbus, OH
Original gouache and oil pastel figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California impressionist landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Nude woman laying sideways with washes of tea...
Gouache, Oil Pastel
$720Sale Price|30% Off
Snow Covered Roofs - Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Winter Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century French impressionist oil on canvas board depicting snow covered roofs in winter, by Claude Vallet. Very...
Oil
The desert where we become ourselves
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK "The Desert Where We Become Ourselves" from the "Perichoresis" series is a meditation on the inner journey—a space where everything nonessential falls away, leaving...
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,200
Upland Fir 2 Oil /Canvas Landscape Light & Color New England Pastel Colors
Located in Houston, TX
Upland Fir is a framed oil on canvas painting by artist Peter Batchelder. It is 30" x 18" inches. This painting was inspired by the New England countryside. Artist Statement Thr...
Canvas, Oil
"Two black cats"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This painting captures a quiet, intimate scene of two cats resting in a garden, set on the grassy slope near the house where the artist lives. The setting is not merely a background,...
Canvas, Oil
Rocky Point - Vintage Big Sur Landscape, Original California Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Rocky Point - Vintage Big Sur Landscape, Original California Painting Beautiful California seascape of Rocky Point in Big Sur, California by an un...
Paper, Oil
Otavalo Woman
By Arturo Nieto
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Otavalo Woman" 1965 is a color pastel on paper by Ecuadorian artist Arturo Nieto Checa, 1933-1995. It is signed and dated at the lower right...
Pastel
The Weight of Simple Things, still life, oil on paper, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
The Weight of Simple Things” is a quiet, observational still life executed in oil on paper. The artist works with a tactile, impressionistic technique, using layered, textured brushs...
Oil, Paper
L'embarquement de boeufs - Impressionist Animal Oil by Jean Francois Raffaelli
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel cattle and figures in landscape by French impressionist painter Jean-Francois Raffaelli. The work depicts oxen being loaded onto ships in Honfleur, France en rout...
Oil, Panel
$164Sale Price|88% Off
Mid Century French Illustration Blue Leafs Design Wallpaper Design
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Gouache
$510Sale 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
$6,400
"Presence" (2024) By Stephanie Hartshorn, Original Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stephanie Hartshorn's beautiful original impressionist oil landscape "Presence" (2024) depicts an American midwestern plains scene, focused on the skyscape above, with a farm and mou...
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,334Sale Price|33% Off
Melancholic Woman in an Interior, Oil on Canvas, Signed, 1979
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title Melancholic Woman in an Interior with Dressing Table Artist Ramon Pichot i Soler (Figueres, 1924 – Barcelona, 1996) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 81 × 65 cm (31.9 × 25...
Oil
$862Sale Price|20% Off
St Tropez Harbor Boats Moored Sleep Sunny French Old Town 1950's Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
St. Tropez Harbor French Impressionist 1950's oil on board, framed framed: 15 x 20.5 inches board: 12.5 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: overall good and...
Oil
VALLEY RAMPARTS -
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCES H. GEARHART (1869-1958) VALLEY RAMPARTS 1933 Color block print, signed and titled in pencil. 10 1/8 x 12 inches. Very large and good impression In generally good condition. ...
Woodcut
Hilltop Blues, Original Painting
By David Forks
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Bluebonnet flowers grow on the side of the road on a hilltop plateau near Carta Valley, Texas. Their petals show a vibrant contrast to the lush greens of the ...
Acrylic
Sorceress
Located in Zofingen, AG
You'll receive it rolled, in a tube. This artwork masterfully integrates a profile portrait with vibrant floral and abstract elements. The face emerges gracefully from a backdrop of ...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Book of Verses
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Book of Verses, 1924 Charcoal on paper 29 x 23 inches (73.7 x 58.4 cm) Framed dimensions: 33 3/8 x 27 5/8 inches Signed upper right: Lilian Westcott Hale...
Paper, Charcoal
On the Golden Sands of Cannes. A Beach Scene. Oil on Canvas. Yvon Grac
Located in St. Albans, GB
Yvon Grac French Oil on canvas. Signed front and back. Picture Size: 20 x 24" (51 x 61cm) Outside Frame Size: 26 x 30" (61 x 71cm) Born in 1945 in Nice, a city whose Mediterranean ...
Canvas, Oil