Impressionist Figurative Paintings
IMPRESSIONIST STYLE
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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Style: Impressionist
Woman In Market Setting
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is featured in a hand-carved wood frame imported from Spain.
Justo Revilla, born in Madrid, Spain in 1940 began his artistic career at the age of thirteen where he a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist Nude Female Figure Pencil Sketch Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Figure
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed
measures: 10 high by 8 inches wide
condition: o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
French Impressionist Set of Two Nude Male Figures Showering Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Figures
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed
measures: 10 high by 8.25 inches wide
conditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
French Impressionist Nude Female Figures Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Female Figures
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed
measures: 8 high by 10 inches wide
condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
French Impressionist Nude Female Posed Figure Pencil Sketch Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Female
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed
measures: 8 high by 10 inches wide
condition: o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
"Fire on the Mountain" Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Peggy McGivern's "Fire on the Mountain" is an original, handmade oil painting.
Peggy McGivern currently lives in Taos, New Mexico and comes from three generations of artists in her ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Woman with paipai fan oil on canvas painting portrait
By Joan Palet
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Palet (1911 - 1996) - Female figure - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 81x65 cm.
Frameless.
Joan Palet was born in Barcelona on March 28, 1911 in a family of sculptors and wood carve...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
London Bridges -original impressionism cityscape oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"London Bridges" by Juan Del Pozo is a captivating original cityscape painting that captures the timeless beauty and bustling energy of London's iconic landmarks. Created with oil on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waterlilies Pond - original modern landscape art- impressionist oil painting
Located in London, Chelsea
"Waterlilies Pond" by Juan Del Pozo is an enchanting original landscape painting that transports viewers to a serene natural setting. Crafted with oil on canvas in the style of impre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Class Clown
Located in Milford, NH
A fun genre painting with students in a classroom being students by American artist George Henry Story (1835-1923). Story was born in New Haven, CT, and after studying a year in Euro...
Category
1880s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
French impressionist landscape, Barbizon forest, with river and cows at Sunset
Located in Woodbury, CT
French impressionist landscape, Barbizon forest, with river and cows at Sunset
Boyle was a pioneering 19th-century British artist inspired by European Impressionist painters.
The i...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Market Bouquet by Nancy Franke, Impressionist Framed Floral Still Life Painting
By Nancy Franke
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unframed this piece measures 12"H x 12"W
Franke focuses on still life and figurative paintings, although she has also done some wonderful landscapes and pet portraits as well. With...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Acrylic
Mystic Pond - original impressionism landscape oil painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
Step into the enchanting realm captured in "Mystic Pond" by Juan del Pozo, a mesmerizing masterpiece that transports viewers into a world of serenity and mystique. This framed and si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century French Illustration Mythical Kings and Queens Interior Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Lobster Fishermen
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Lobster Fishermen" c.1945, is an oil painting on canvas by renown American impressionist artist Claude Curry Bohm, 1894-1971. It is signed at the lower left corn...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figures in a Street - Normandy - Impressionist Figurative Oil - Stanislas Lepine
By Stanislas Victor Édouard Lépine
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in landscape oil on canvas circa 1860 by French impressionist painter Stanislas Lepine. The piece depicts a daytime view of a bustling street in Normandy on a cloudy d...
Category
1860s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spanish flamenco dance oil on board painting impressionism Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joaquin Terruella Matilla (1891-1957) - Flamenco - Oil board
Oil measures 35x39 cm.
Frame measures 40x44 cm.
Joaquim Terruella Matilla (1891 - 1957)
Joaquim Terruella Matilla, neph...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Female figure woman oil on canvas painting portrait
By Joan Palet
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Palet (1911 - 1996) - Female figure - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 27x22 cm.
Frame measures 44x39 cm.
Joan Palet was born in Barcelona on March 28, 1911 in a family of sculptors ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sirens Art Modern Woman Nude, Bird Woman, canvas, oil - Garden guards 90x75 cm
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
The painting titled "Garden guards" is an evocative fusion of human and avian forms, a surreal ode to the guardians of a mystical orchard. The two central figures, ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French School Portrait PS 213 Le bain de soleil Mondrian Post Impressionist Rare
Located in Zofingen, AG
PS 213 Le Bain de Soleil Mondrian
Poetic scene of a woman sleeping in summer time
Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame 55x55cm ■■ 21,6x21,6 inch
》》R E...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Church Ruin in Colima
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled 'Church Ruin in Colima" c.1960 is an oil painting on hardboard by noted American artist Mark Allen Coomer, 1914-2004. It is signed at the lower left corner by the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French School - PS 238 Le temps des jonquilles - Oil Impressionist Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
PS 238 Le temps des Jonquilles ou l'art de montrer son dos.
Portrait of a woman with back naked.
Structural analysis:
Such as Impressionist painting, the subject is firstly a stu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
"Ocean I" Original Painting by Elena Degenhardt, Pastel Seascape
Located in Denver, CO
Elena Degenhardt's "Ocean I" is a poignant representation of the relentless and eternal spirit of the sea. Crafted in 2022, this exquisite original artwork measures 4 x 6 inches, ren...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 19th century painting - Musical picnic - Elegant Group in a landscape
By Rudolf Alfred Hoger
Located in Antwerp, BE
Romantic painting depicting a peaceful get-together in a park by Rudolf Alfred Höger
The elegantly dressed people are indulging in a delicious "al fresco" picnic on green hill on a ...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fishing Boat on Rural River Green Landscape Signed Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ellie Anatole Pavil (Ukraine 1873-1911)
signed oil painting on board, framed
framed: 8.25 x 10.5
board : 7 x 9 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: overall very ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original French Artwork Human Muscle Anatomy Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Inner strength
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting dedicated to "Women" series is a special one since it is all about my strong deep personal transformation as an artist. This transformation was based on the expansion ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Antique American Impressionist Framed Beach Scene Signed Elegant Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive American impressionist beach scene painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Edwardian British Society Portrait of a Distinguished Gentleman signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Distinguished Gentleman
by John Arthur Machray Hay (Scottish, 1887-1960)
signed and dated 1910
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 24 inches
provenance: private co...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Egg girl in green
Located in Zofingen, AG
02 / 10 / 2023 I signed a book contract for Egg Island; it will now go through the publishing process and will be in print next year.
I was overwhelmed by the editorial board's fee...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Female Bather (Nude Women)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Ann Brockman (1895–1943) was an American artist who achieved success as a figurative painter following a successful career as an illustrator. Born in California, she spent her childh...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century French Illustration Sketch Of Butterflies Wallpaper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Lady with the Green Collar - Portrait “Style of” Frank Duveneck
Located in Soquel, CA
Stately portrait circa 1900 of a woman in dark clothing with a green collar which is a copy of a similar portrait by Frank Duveneck 1875-1879. The woman i...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer Afternoon Firth of Clyde - British exh figurative seascape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely Scottish exhibited seascape oil painting is by noted Scottish artist Patrick Downie. It was painted in 1914 and exhibited at the Glasgow Institute of Fine art that year e...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Edwardian British Society Portrait of an Elegant Lady Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
by John Arthur Machray Hay (Scottish, 1887-1960)
signed and dated 1910
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
c...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The White Scarf (Self Portrait of the Artist)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The White Scarf (Self Portrait of the Artist)
Oil on board, 1894
Signed and dated lower left: E M Heller '94 (see image)
Framed in a metal leaf Whistler style frame, Frame: 23 x 18-...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS, figure and landscape painting "Wash Day, Vermont"
Located in Rockport, MA
A wonderful 16"x20" Tom Nicholas.
Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1934. From 1953 to 1956 he was a scholarship student at the School of Visual Arts, N...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Donna sul fiume" Olio su tavola cm. 50 x 67 1965
Located in Torino, IT
LEONID VAICHLIA (St. Petersburg, 1922)
Works by Leonid Vaichlia can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United States and in the following museums:
Mosca, T...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Avon River - Christ Church, New Zealand" - Mid Century Figurative Landscape
By Leon Worley
Located in Soquel, CA
"Avon River", a beautiful mid century figurative landscape of Christ Church, New Zealand by Leon Worley (American, 1909-2003). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Leon Worley" lower...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard, Canvas
Let's keep them for ourselves
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
"Let's Keep Them for Ourselves" delves into the i...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Profusion of Flowers Large Still Life Oil Painting signed canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Profusion of Flowers
European artist, late 20th century
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 24 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good and sound ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paradise
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
"Paradise" within the "PERICHORESIS SERIES" refle...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
My brave princess
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
"My Brave Princess" from the "PERICHORESIS SERIES...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Huge 1920's British Portrait of Young Girl in Interior Signed & Dated Oil Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Micky"
by John Young-Hunter (British 1874-1955)
signed and dated 1920
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 50 x 31 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and soun...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Serene Day at a Country Manor Landscape 1927 Oil Painting by Swedish Artist
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed bottom left Ture Axelsson Bosin (1894 - 1983), was a Swedish artist. The scene painted in this artwork transports the viewer to a serene and idyllic setting with a touch of ro...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Lovely 1950s Park Painting
Located in Larchmont, NY
Untitled, 1951
Oil on canvas
19 7/8 x 24 in.
Framed: 28 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Signed and dated lower left
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
American Impressionist NYC FLATIRON Union Square BROADWAY Painting
Located in New York, NY
Johann Berthelsen (1883 - 1972)
Flatiron, Union Square, Broadway
New York City
Oil on Board
15 x 11inches
19 X 15 inches with frame
Signed lower right: Johann Berthelsen;
Origina...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reverie - Neo-Impressionist Nude Figurative Oil Painting by Georges Lemmen
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled oil on board nude circa 1905 by Belgian neo-impressionist painter Georges Lemmen. The work titled 'Reverie' depicts a red-haired lady who is kneeling down and resti...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Village d'Eze A.M. ( for Alpes Maritimes)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Village d'Eze A.P." (A.P. For Alpes Maritimes) c.1980 is an oil painting on canvas by noted French artist Lucien Delarue, 1925-2011. It is signed at the lower ri...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Walking Under Blossom-original impressionism cityscape blossoms oil painting-art
Located in London, Chelsea
Step into the captivating scene of "Walking Under Blossom" by Juan del Pozo, where the artist paints a serene moment in the heart of Chelsea, London. This framed and signed impressio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pedro Velver, "Caught in the Rain" 39x58 Figurative Cityscape Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"Caught in the Rain" 39x58 is an oil painting on canvas by artist Pedro Velver. Featured in a feminine figure obscured under an umbrella. In her arm she carries a bright abstract pai...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lovers-original impressionism cityscape floral oil painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Lovers" by Juan del Pozo is a captivating original floral figurative city park painting that invites viewers into a world of romance and natural beauty. Executed with skillful brush...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cherry Blossom
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 "Cherry Blossom," part of the "Archive of happ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
French School - Summer in La Baule VII Oil painting Iconic Post Impressionist
Located in Zofingen, AG
Summer in La Baule VII
Summer Scene: Woman with Keith Haring's pattern swim dress. Little Red Riding Hood with the wolf
Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on woode...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Spring brings hope
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
"Spring Brings Hope" is a vivid portrayal of rene...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Amsterdam Bikes 2-original impressionism cityscape oil painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
Dive into the charming cityscape of Amsterdam with "Amsterdam Bikes 2" by Juan del Pozo. This impressionism cityscape painting, framed, signed, and poised for display, captures the i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bad Ischl Austria
By Franz Weidinger
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original antique watercolor painting by well listed Austrian artist Franz Weidinger. This work is signed and titled lower left and housed in a be...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
" Bhukara evening" Oil cm. 69 x 59 1975 Turquoise, Uzbekistan, blue
Located in Torino, IT
Middle East landscape, , Blue and turquoise mosques Uzbekistan, Khiva
Dmitrij KOSMIN (Omsk, 1925 – Moscow, 2003)
Dmitrij Kosmin has represented the Soviet Union at the Biennale of V...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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