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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"Prism Sky" (2024) by Seth Winegar, Oil painting, Sunset Landscape
By Seth Winegar
Located in Denver, CO
Seth Winegar's (US based) "Prism Sky" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a landscape with a brilliant sunset illuminating a cloudy sky. Bio/artist statement: Seth W...
Oil, Board
Market Day - Mid 20th Century Italian Impressionist Town Street Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century Italian oil on board depicting market day in an old town. Superbly painted work with lovely impasto brushwork. Indis...
Oil
$2,938
"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
Riverside, Landscape Impressionism Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Landscape Impressionism Original Oil Painting Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Signed to lower left Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2...
Canvas, Oil
Autumn, Print on Satin Paper, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Print on Satin Paper, Edition 020 Subject: Autumn, Framed Size: 17.5" x 24.5" x 0.8''inch, 44x62x2cm, Ready to Hang, Wooden Frame, Glass. All works ar...
Paper, Satin Paper, Color
$489Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionist Market Street Scene with Figures and Arches in a Historic City
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Market Street Scene with Figures and Arches in a Historic City by Fanch Lel Size: 10.75 inches (height) x 8.75 inches (width)...
Oil
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
American Impressionist T Allen Lawson Seascape Oil Painting 1988 Mass. Marine
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
T Allen Lawson Cockle Cove, Chatham, Mass oil on canvas board, image 8.88 x 12.88 unframed, 14.75 x 18.75 x .75 framed signed LR Painting is in good co...
Oil
Face of The Basilica, Basilica Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
By Alan Wolton
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Alan Wolton (English, Born 1934) Signed: Alan Wolton 02 (Lower, Right) " Face of The Basilica ", 2002 (Basilica Santa Maria della Salute, Venice) (Titled on Verso) Oil on Canvas...
Canvas, Oil
White Greyhound. Landscape format, 30x60 cm, warm tones, oil painting.
By Julia Chaduneli Prodiashvili
Located in Oslo, NO
A white greyhound stands next to a pitcher of water, slender and tall, like a living line drawn by the confident hand of an artist. Her slender silhouette is filled with quiet dignit...
Canvas, Oil
$900
"Pond Side (Wisconsin)" - Impressionist Landscape and Still Life, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
This piece rests at 8 x 8 inches and is framed at 13.62 x 13.62 inches, wired and ready for hanging. Artist Statement: "Subject matter to me is a vehicle for me to explore how I obs...
Oil, Panel
Les Boulevards, Paris
By Gabriel Spat
Located in Greenville, DE
Loosely painted Paris street scene, typical of Spat's early work. The painting's surface is in excellent condition, however it needs varnishing as the colors will be much more pronou...
Oil, Cardboard
$1,498Sale Price|25% Off
Beautiful Sea Sunset
Located in Zofingen, AG
The sea is especially beautiful when the sunny warm evening light illuminates the waves, which begin to shine. The sunny evening seascape is unique, because the artist used his uniqu...
Oil, Canvas
"Quinacridone Glow" Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This traditional landscape painting by Molly Doe Wensberg features a warm palette, capturing a scene of lush yellow rolling hills and deep green patches of t...
Canvas, Oil
$1,222Sale Price|20% Off
Look at this beauty, honey
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior. ABOUT THE ARTWORK "Look at This Beauty, Honey" captures a moment of...
Canvas, Acrylic
Ave Maria
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior. ABOUT THE ARTWORK "In 'Ave Maria' from my 'Madeleine' series, I del...
Canvas, Acrylic
Bouquet in an antique vase 1
Located in Zofingen, AG
A beautiful bouquet on a blue background is painted on canvas with oil paints. The work is painted with large strokes in the characteristic manner of the artist. The color and combin...
Canvas, Varnish, Oil
“Portrait of a Lady in White, c. 1905-10” Impressionist Edwardian Belle Époque
Located in Yardley, PA
“Portrait of a Lady in White, c. 1905-10” by Joseph Oppenheimer (1876-1966). An exceptional portrait by Oppenheimer of a spirited young woman turned in half-profile. This work exemp...
Canvas, Oil
$760Sale Price|20% Off
1930's French Modernist Oil Painting Lunaria Honesty Plants Still Life Blue Jug
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lunaria - Honesty Plant French School, circa 1930's period oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 15 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very good condition The f...
Oil, Canvas
KaDi Pan Landscape Original Oil Painting "Little Garden"
By KaDi Pan
Located in New York, NY
Title: Little Garden Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 24 x 24 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This paint...
Canvas, Oil
'Flowers on a Window Sill', Royal Provenance, Russia, Queen Elizabeth II
By Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Olga' for Her Imperial Highness, Olga Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (Russian, 1882-1960) and painted circa 1925. Provenance: Formerly in the collection o...
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
$564
French Impressionist Interior View, Floral Abundance, View From A Window. Oil.
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Impressionist oil on canvas, interior view, plants at a window by June Fortan. The painting is signed bottom right. A colourful and exuberant interior view of a collection of...
Canvas, Oil
$799Sale Price|20% Off
Catalan Landscape Oil Painting Mollet Barcelona Fauvist Modernist Spain
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Catalan Landscape Oil Painting Mollet Barcelona Fauvist Modernist Spain SPECIFICATIONS Artist: Albert Rafols Cullerés (Barcelona, 1892 – 1986)...
Oil, Cardboard
Tom Robertson British Impressionist oil painting of blossom on the Loire
Located in Harkstead, GB
The artist painted several similar views to this with flowering blossom on the banks of the Loire. This is a particularly fine example. Tom Robertson, R.O.I., R.B.A. (1850-1947) Blo...
Oil, Chalk, Wood Panel
In grandma's garden.
Located in Zofingen, AG
A green garden, a light summer dress, a sun hat - all these are childhood memories. My memories, but for some it’s just the beginning. Childhood and adolescence are full of impressio...
Canvas, Acrylic, Lacquer
Full Moon Landscape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Garry Nalbandyan Title: Full Moon Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 10.5" x 16" x 0.8" inch (27 x 40x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wra...
Canvas, Oil
"Sailboats"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Original Oil painting by Ukrainian artist Evgeny Chernyakovsky "Sailboats " 55.0 X 65.0 CM / 21.6 X 25.5 IN HIGH QUALITY oil on canvas Signed on the front and back Dated 2026 Good c...
Canvas, Oil
Fine French Impressionist River Landscape Rocky Hills & Reflections Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The River Gorge by Rene Charles Edmond His (French, 1877–1960) signed oil on canvas, in gilt decorative frame Framed: 23 x 29 inches Canvas: 16 x 22 inches Provenance: private collec...
Oil
American Impressionist Nicely Giltwood Framed Landscape 1918 Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas-board. Signed verso. Framed. Measuring: 12 by 16 inches overall, and 9 by 12 painting alone. Nicely framed. Exc...
Oil
Paris, Notre Dame
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " Paris, Notre Dame" c.1980, is an original colors lithograph on Arches paper by French artist Urbain Huchet, 1930-2014. It is hand signed and numbered 150/250 in...
Lithograph
Horizon Coastal Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Horizon Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Contemporary Art Dimensions: 25" x 26.5" x 0.8" inch (64 x 67 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wrap...
Canvas, Oil
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...
Paper, Oil
"Spring Time" Colorful Countryside Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful impressionist pastoral landscape with beautiful color tones throughout. Waltsak has portrayed this piece in a most intimate yet energetic way and has packed much feeling ...
Oil, Canvas
Trees, Print on Canvas, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Print on Canvas Subject: Trees Size: 15.5" x 27" x 0.8''inch, 39x68x2cm Unframed, Stretched on the wooden bar, Gallery Wrapped, Ready to Hang All works a...
Color, Canvas
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
Antique Japanese Woodblock "Pine Tree of the Friendly Garden" Signed Print
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Japanese woodblock print by Toshi Yoshida (1911 - 1995) . Print on paper. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 31 by 16 inches overall, and 20.5 by 10.5 painting alone. Excellent con...
Archival Paper
Flowers composition #13
Located in Zofingen, AG
29.5" x 47". In this vibrant abstract painting, flowers unfold in an explosion of color and shape that defies reality and plunges into the realm of imagination. The work conveys the ...
Oil, Acrylic
$537Sale Price|20% Off
SIGNED FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST VINTAGE OIL - PROVENCAL LANDSCAPE WITH OLD CHURCH
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, indistinctly signed Title: Provencal Landscape Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed Size: painting: 25 x 36.25 inches, frame: ...
Oil, Canvas
$646Sale Price|20% Off
1930's French Impressionist Oil Signed Bell Tower and Figure Town
By Louise Alix
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vintage French Oil Painting signed by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 14.5 inches high...
Oil
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionistic Landscape Painting Michael Budden Beautiful Skies Series Sunrise
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Sunrise Sensation, Beautiful Skies Series oil/panel 9x12 image unframed,15.25 x 18.25 x .75 framed signed LL Sunrise Sensation is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning con...
Oil
$475Sale Price|35% Off
Yuletide Spirit
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Whimsical Kate A. Williams arts and crafts impressionist painting circa 1930. Perfect for the holiday season. 20"x 16" oil on board, signed lower left. Frame is about 25x21. Painter...
Oil
$336Sale Price|20% Off
Hans Kerber (Austria b. 1920) Original Oil Painting, Man with Guitar, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Bring warmth and charm into your home with this delightful original oil painting by Austrian artist Hans Kerber (b. 1920–?), portraying an elderly gentleman joyfully holding a guitar...
Oil
$679Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage French Oil Painting Of A Golden Field Of Hay Bales
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. dated 1944 Size: painting: 1...
Oil
$440Sale Price|32% Off
Ocean Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Beach Path
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beach Path oil/canvas panel image 7.75 x 8 unframed, 13.5 x 13.5 framed Beach Path is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcas...
Oil
The Night Bouquet Of Lilacs - lilacs still life painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The night still life with a bouquet of lilacs will become a remarkable and modern home decoration, blooming lilacs branches always decorates any house interior, the impressionistic a...
Canvas, Oil
Yellow pears - Fruit Still Life OIl Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Yellow Pears” painting is a refined example of classical still life, where beauty comes from balance, simplicity, and careful use of color. The composition is built on the contrast ...
Oil, Cardboard
$103Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th century French Original Line Drawing sketch Nude Lady - Stamped
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait sketch original drawing by Jean-Paul LE VERRIER (1922-1996) studio stamped inscribed verso pencil drawing on paper, unframed Double sided 10.5 x 8.25 inches provenance: pri...
Ink
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
$2,400Sale Price|25% Off
Impressionist City in France Oil Painting, 20th Century, Unframed
Located in Belgrade, MT
This painting by Lucien Durand is an original and part of my private collection since the 1970's.
Oil
Portrait of the Artist's Daughters, American Impressionism Painting, Signed
Located in PARIS, FR
William John Hennessy Thomastown 1839 - Rudgwick 1917 Portrait of the Artist's Daughters Circa 1880 Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard Signed bottom left 33 x 23.5 cm canvas 44 x ...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$672
Held Steady - original impressionism figurative 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, Board
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
"Southern Beach" Coastal Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Southern Beach" Coastal Landscape in Oil on Canvas Oil painting of the a beach landscape by Max Flandorfer (American, b. 1962). A sandy path winds towards the beach through some gr...
Oil, Canvas
Óleo sobre tela - Amanecer en el campo
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: 73 cm altura x 92 cm ancho. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::...
Oil
$2,010Sale Price|20% Off
Eilean Donan Castle Scotland Highland Landscape British Oil William Russell
By William Russell
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title Eilean Donan Castle Scotland Highland Landscape British Oil William Russell Key Details Artist: William Russell (British, mid 20th century), ...
Oil
Early 20th C Antique Scandinavian Impressionist Seascape Oil Painting Sailboats
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exceptional and atmospheric seascape was painted in oil on canvas in the early 20th century by the renowned Swedish artist Astrid Wahlstedt (1877 - 1946). The canvas captures a ...
Canvas, Wood, Oil
$650Sale Price|50% Off
A Time To Remember
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in galleries. Born in Alcoy, Alicante, Spain in 1948, Ventura Diaz studied in the Fine Arts School in Valencia. His cu...
Oil
$13,200Sale Price|20% Off
American Impressionist Artist Guy C Wiggins 1883-1962 Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Rocks & Trees Oil/Board 12 x 16 image unframed, 18.75 x 22.75 framed Signed lower left although hard to read. No restoration noted on painting and housed in a reproduction frame....
Oil
Flower Song Landscape, Signed Lithograph 165/350
Located in Soquel, CA
Flower Song Landscape, Signed Lithograph 165/350 Flower song, a beautiful landscape lithograph in soft tones by Michael Schofield (American, b. 1947). Presented in a wooden frame. ...
Paper, Ink
$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
Breathed cold, 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: Breathed cold Size: 16.5" x 23.5" x ...
Canvas, Oil