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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$641Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Oil Still Life of Flowers Female Artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on board, unframed measures: 15 high by 18 inches wide condition: overall very good an...
Oil
"Meeting Place" (2024) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Meeting Place" (2024) by Mo Myra is a watercolor painting on paper that depicts a landscape with tall trees and a river running through it. Mo Myra, born in 1990, is a Connecticut-...
Paper, Watercolor
"Bush Lupine" Colorful Impressionistic Spring Time Landscape Oil Painting Framed
By David Chapple
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful impressionist pastoral landscape with beautiful color tones throughout. David Chapple has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and has packed much ...
Oil, Board, Canvas
$674Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage French Oil Painting Of A Golden Field Of Hay Bales
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. dated 1944 Size: painting: 1...
Oil
Vintage American Impressionist Framed Pansy Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American impressionist oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent condition, ready...
Oil, Board
Stream, Original Painting
By Janet Dyer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A stream winds between green fields, with a small patch of white in its blue water reflecting the clouds above. Trees in the distance add vertical contrast, whi...
Acrylic
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
19th/20th century American school Antique oil painting on canvas, Portrait
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a 19th/20th-century American school Antique original oil painting on canvas depicting a portrait of a fisherman seated by a table with fishing creel and basket. No v...
Oil
Antique American Impressionist Forest Landscape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American impressionist landscape painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent con...
Oil, Board
Transition
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Transition” symbolizes the realm of the unknown, where the choice has not yet been voiced but is already born within consciousness. It reflects a state of inner movement between the...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Wild Animal" (2025) Still-Life of Medieval Armor, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Elena Burykina's "Wild Animal" (2025) is an original, handmade oil painting on panel. Artist Statement: Burgundy Negrolis circle ca. 1540- ca. 1550 This remarkable Burgundian vase, ...
Oil, Panel
$2,158Sale Price|20% Off
Very Large French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Luncheon of the Boat Party
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Luncheon of the Boat Party' After Pierre - Auguste Renoir's earlier painting signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 32 x 43.5 inches canvas: 24 x 36 i...
Oil, Canvas
Verdant Field Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Verdant Field Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 12" x 20.5" x 0.8" inch (30 x 52 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery W...
Canvas, Oil
$440Sale Price|20% Off
Pastel Landscape: Impressionist Trees, Hand Drawn Lithograph, Monet Style
Located in Union City, NJ
Pastel Landscape: Impressionist Trees is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the American artis...
Lithograph
Stacks, Print on Canvas, Ready to hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Print on Canvas Subject: Stacks, SIZE: 13" x 16" x 0.8''inch, 33x41x2cm Unframed, Stretched on the wooden bar, Gallery Wr...
Canvas, Color
$94,298
Blühende Apfelbäume auf einer sonnigen wiese - Impressionist Oil by Paul Baum
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape by German neo-impressionist painter Paul Baum. The work depicts an apple orchard filled with trees in bloom on a sunny spring ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,941
"The Naked Soil", Sweeping Ochre Farmland Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
A deep ochre warmth spreads across this generously scaled oil on canvas, measuring H 31.9 in x W 39.4 in x D 0.8 in, pulling the eye across an undulating rural landscape that breathe...
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
"Artist's Studio - Pond" Colorful Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting on Board
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful impressionist pastoral landscape with beautiful color tones throughout. Thomas deDecker has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and has packed muc...
Oil, Board
Suggestive Nude of a Woman, Oil on Canvas, Figurative Realism, 1970s
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Technical Sheet Title: "Suggestive Nude of a Woman" Artist: Rosendo González Carbonell (1910-1985) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 36.2...
Canvas, Oil
American Impressionist “Old Friends”
Located in San Francisco, CA
Bit of a mystery here. Fabulous American impressionist landscape appears to be unsigned. It is titled on the back old friends which I assume refers to the trees. I heavy impasto and ...
Oil
$1,402Sale Price|20% Off
Paris Roof Tops in the Snow at Dusk Signed French Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Winter Roof Tops by Paul Flaubert (1928-1994) signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 22 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound condition ...
Oil
Jessie Louisa Wissler American Modernist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting by Jessie Louisa Wissler. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 23 by 18 inches ...
Oil, Board
$727Sale Price|20% Off
1950's French Signed Oil Sunlit Village in Provence French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunlit Village in Provence mid 20th century signed oil on board, unframed Board : 7.5 x 10.75 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condition Descripti...
Oil
"Irises"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This painting depicting irises in sunlight is filled with a soft glow and a sense of morning freshness. Graceful flowers bloom across the canvas—their velvety petals shimmer with eve...
Canvas, Oil
$1,178
20th Century French Impressionist Signed Oil Busy Paris Street Scene Figures
By Claude Marin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris by Claude Marin (French 1914-2001) signed and dated 88 oil on artist card stuck on board, unframed board: 7.5 x 9.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris, France Conditi...
Oil
$680Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Sunrise Morning Sun Study
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Morning Sun III oil/panel 6 x 8 image Morning Sun III is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a uniquely beautiful seasc...
Oil
Sea shore Azure, Seascape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Mishurovski V.V. Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Style: Impressionism Year: 2008 Title: Sea shore Azure Size: 19.5" x 39" ...
Canvas, Oil
Oil painting on canvas, European Flower Market Scene, Signed R.Kardau, framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an original oil painting on canvas by European Artist R.Kardau (XX). This painting depicts a vibrant riverside scene, capturing a market bustling with life along a waterfr...
Oil
Siebe Johannes Ten Cate (1858-1908) Dordrecht under the snow, pastel signed
Located in Paris, FR
Siebe Johannes Ten Cate (1858-1908) Dordrecht under the snow Signed and located lower left Pastel on paper 26 x 39.5 cm In good condition, however, pastel is a fragile material and s...
Pastel
$549Sale Price|20% Off
British Impressionist Watercolor of a Rural Village Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of a Rural Village Scene By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Dimensions: 11.25 x 15 inches (He...
Watercolor
$1,888Sale Price|20% Off
British Hunting Scene Oil Painting Master of the Fox Hounds on Horseback
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Master of the Fox Hounds by John Renney (British circa 1960's) signed to label verso oil painting on board, framed painting: 18 x 22 inches framed: 23.5 ...
Oil
Impressionist Seascape of Cap Corse and The Ligurian Sea. Oil on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A colourful Impressionist seascape of Cap Corse by C Benali. The painting is signed bottom right and a location, Grischoni, Cap Corse, to the backboard. Presented in patinated silver...
Oil, Board
$2,560Sale Price|26% Off
Village Oil Painting, Impressionist Style, 20th Century, Signed
Located in Belgrade, MT
This oil painting is original and signed by the artist. I have owned this piece since the early 1970's. The oil depicts a village and is vibrant in color.
Oil
Generosity
Located in Zofingen, AG
The work on this painting took quite a long time as I was working on creating a certain vibration in it, making many layers and adjustments... This is an apple orchard at harvest tim...
Acrylic, Cotton Canvas
"Happy Fish" 70x80cm. Acrylic, Oil, linen canvas mixed-media
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Dive into a world of joy and prosperity with 'Happy Fish', a unique mixed-media masterpiece by Rakhmet Redzhepov. This vibrant work (70x80 cm) is crafted on premium linen canvas, bl...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$440Sale Price|20% Off
Original Oil painting on canvas, seascape, Sailing Ship, signed, Gold Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an original oil painting on canvas - a seascape featuring a sailing ship in the stormy ocean depicts a dramatic and turbulent scene with the ship battling against the forces ...
Oil
SELF PORTRAIT DRAWING
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MAX LIEBERMANN (1847 1935) SELF PORTRAIT DRAWING (Selbstportrat) c. 1922 (Schiefler, 341, III b) Etching, signed in pencil, Scarce signed example found in Max Liebermann “Sein Leb...
Etching
Impressionist Floral oil painting on paper "Lost in the Beauty of Pink Dahlias"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting named "Lost in the beauty of pink dahlias" celebrates my love for these beautiful elegant delicate flowers growing in terracotta pots. Van Gogh and my admiration for h...
Oil, Paper
"Quiet Harbor"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The painting is filled with the light and air of evening. The yachts seem to dissolve in the shimmering water and sky. The brushstrokes are light and vibrant—the artist doesn't striv...
Canvas, Oil
$1,347Sale Price|20% Off
1950's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Old Church in Provence Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Church in Provence French Post-Impressionist School, circa 1950's oil painting on board, framed in a Montparnasse style frame framed: 16 x 20 inches board: 10.5 x 14 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound condition Montparnasse picture frames...
Oil
$577Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Fishing Boats in a Harbor
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Fishing Boats in a Harbor By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 9.5 x 13 inches (height x width...
Oil
The Tow path: figures by the Seine River, luminous sky, French Impressionist oil
Located in Norwich, GB
Like many of the great French Impressionists Emile Cagniart (1851-1911) was inspired by the River Seine and its surrounding landscapes between in Ile de France and Normandy. Interest...
Canvas, Oil
Beneath the Arches, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The impressionist painting captures the ease of a sunlit afternoon spent in a Mediterranean garden courtyard. Warm light filters th...
Oil
Antique European Signed Impressionist Large Framed Woman Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique European impressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in period giltwood molding. Excellent cond...
Oil, Canvas
Porsche 911 – Fluid Memory in Gold
Located in Zofingen, AG
Porsche 911 – Fluid Memory in Gold From the series: “Whisper of 911” This original artwork is part of a ten-piece series dedicated to the iconic Porsche 911 — not as a literal automo...
Canvas, Acrylic
Grove Landscape Contemporary art Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Grove Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Contemporary Art Dimensions: 56" x 41" x 2" inch (142 x 104 x 5cm) Presentation: Framed, Ready to Hang Type...
Canvas, Oil
"Quiet Harbor"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The painting depicts a quiet Croatian coastal harbor, where snow-white yachts bob at a wooden pier. Their masts are reflected in the calm water, broken only by gentle ripples. Beyond...
Canvas, Oil
$728Sale Price|20% Off
Haystacks in a Sunlit Filed Rural Summer Landscape Oil Painting
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Haystack Landscape signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) size: 13 x 21.5 inches oil painting on board, unframed condition: the painting is in very good condition. It has previously be...
Oil
$441Sale Price|20% Off
British Impressionist Watercolor of Rural Farmstead and Horse Riders
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of Rural Farmstead and Horse Riders by Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Dimensions: 11.25 x 15...
Watercolor
$701Sale Price|20% Off
Pink Colourful Boats Moored In Sunlit Coastal Village at Dusk French Oil
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pink Harbor Reflections signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) size: 13.5 x 16 inches dated 93' oil painting on board, unframed condition: the painting is in very good condition. It ha...
Oil
$803Sale Price|20% Off
Large French 20thC Oil Painting Fishing Boats Mediterranean Harbor Port
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Harbor by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) signed with initials oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 15 x 21.75 inches condition: very good provenance: from a larg...
Oil
Riviere Automne a Clecy - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Paul-Emile Pissarro
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on board riverscape circa 1950 by French impressionist painter Paul-Emile Pissarro. The work depicts an autumnal scene with view of the river Orne as it runs through Clecy...
Oil, Board
$301Sale Price|55% Off
Heraklion Harbour Crete Ship Milos Greek Port Scene Signed 1967 Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Heraklion Harbour Crete Ship Milos Greek Port Scene Signed 1967 Watercolour by John Steane (b.1931) Signed: Bottom right Size: 16.5 inches (height)...
Watercolor
"Baigneuse Debout, a mi-jambes" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Printed in 1910 for Theodore Duret's "Manet & the French Impressionists". Plate size: 6 5/8 x 4 3/8 inches (170 x 110 mm). Sheet size: 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inc...
Etching
Sunlit Table. Fruit still life, mandarin oranges, grapes, sunlight, kitchen art
Located in Oslo, NO
This still life was painted from life in a garden on a sunny day in Hawaii. A mandarin tree growing nearby, heavy with fruit, inspired the composition. The fruit was picked directly ...
Canvas, Oil
$857Sale Price|20% Off
Contemporary French Impressionist Oil Boats Moored in Fishing Harbour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harbour by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) signed oil painting on canvas, unframed dated 1978 canvas: 21.5 x 25.5 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large pr...
Oil
$917Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Pastel Drawing of Coastal Town with Hills Overlooking the Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Pastel Drawing of Coastal Town with Hills Overlooking the Sea Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper Size: 19.75 (he...
Oil Pastel
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
17-18 century, Original Antique Oil Painting in canvas, Genre Scene, Gold Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a compelling and atmospheric original antique oil painting on canvas, depicting a poignant genre scene. A gentleman dressed in formal black robes—likely a figure of au...
Oil
$4,117
"Tory and Anny waiting for travel". Harbour. Boats. Large oil painting . Frame
Located in Oslo, NO
In creating this oil painting, I channeled the stirring energy of the sea and the anticipation of journeys yet begin. I employed expressionist strokes and impressionist light to capt...
Oil, Acrylic
$410Sale Price|20% Off
British Impressionist Watercolor of a Cottage Garden in Bloom
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of a Cottage Garden in Bloom by Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Dimensions: 11.25 x 15 inches...
Watercolor
$1,592Sale Price|20% Off
Simans Large Vintage Dutch Oil painting on canvas, Landscape, Gold Leaf Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is this vintage original Duch oil painting on canvas depicting a serene winter landscape in a rural mountain village. The scene features a snow-covered hillside with two ...
Oil