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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1940's Fashion Illustration - The Two Elegant Brides
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The sketch is original, vintage and me...
Gouache
Giovanni Boldini drawing of a lady, Italian 19th Century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Giovanni Boldini (Italian, 1842-1931) Etude de femme au ruban noir Signed with atelier stamp (lower left), further inscribed, signed and dated by Emilia Boldini (the artist’s wife) `no 77 le_ atelier Boldini. Emilia Boldini Carbona 1931’ (on the reverse) Black crayon on paper 11.7/8 x 8.7/8 in. (30 x 22.5 cm.) Emilia’s inscription on the reverse from the year of his death. Giovanni Boldini was an Italian genre and portrait painter who lived and worked in Paris for most of his career. According to Time magazine, he was known as the "Master of Swish" because of his flowing style, exemplified by the confident strokes in this fine example. Boldini was born in Ferrara, the son of a painter of religious subjects, and in 1862 went to Florence for six years to study and pursue painting. He only infrequently attended classes at the Academy of Fine Arts, but in Florence, met other realist painters known as the Macchiaioli, who were Italian precursors to Impressionism. Their influence is seen in Boldini's landscapes which show his spontaneous response to nature, although it is for his portraits that he became best known. Moving to London, Boldini attained success as a portraitist, painting notable members of society including Lady Holland and the Duchess of Westminster...
Paper, Crayon
Study of Lucie (Ralph) Belin seated in an interior
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Study of Lucie (Ralph) Belin seated in an interior Graphite on paper, 1915 Signed with the estate stamp, Lugt 909b, the stamp faded from blue to brown (see photo) Provenance: Neffe-D...
Graphite
Girl with Bouquet, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Girl with Bouquet (54), Year: 1961, Medium: Watercolor, Size: 22 in. x 15 in. (55.88 cm x 38.1 cm), Description: Wearing an elegant ens...
Watercolor
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Wartime Figures: Impressionist Watercolor and Gouache, Circa 1945
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: A Wartime Study of Figures Relaxing in Springtime by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) Unsigned watercolour, graphite and gouache painting on artist's paper, unframed Sheet: 12.25 x 9...
Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
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1940's French Fashion Illustration - Elegant Three Women Face Portraits
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil, double sided The sketch is original, v...
Gouache
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1940's French Fashion Illustration - Chic Lady In Blue Detailed Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The s...
Gouache
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1930's Original Parisian Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Elegant Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1930's French fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin. The painting, executed in gouache/ watercolor and pencil, is dated to the upper corner...
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
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1940's Fashion Illustration - Black & White Stylish Women In Chic Clothing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The s...
Gouache
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1940's French Fashion Illustration - The Stylish Lady With The Green Features
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The s...
Gouache
"Untitled 19, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 19" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto painting of a nude female model in an interior setting.
Paper, Watercolor
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1940's Fashion Illustration - Posed Lady In Vibrant Pink Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The s...
Gouache
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1940's Fashion Illustration - Stylish Blonde Lady In White Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The s...
Gouache
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1940's Fashion Illustration - Lady In White Dress With Draped Orange Head Scarf
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The sketch is original, vintage and me...
Gouache
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1940's Fashion Illustration - Lady In Dashing Green Ball Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The sketch is original, vintage and me...
Gouache
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1940's Fashion Illustration - Three Elegant Women Walking Through The Park
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The sketch is original, vintage and me...
Gouache
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1930's Original Parisian Fashion Illustration Watercolor Pink and Blue Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1930's French fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin. The painting, executed in gouache/ watercolor and pencil, is dated to the upper corne...
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Charcoal Portrait “Laughs with World, Dies Alone”
Located in San Francisco, CA
Almost an apt marking for a tombstone, “Laughs with World, Dies Alone,” the title of this drawing by Granville Redmond (1871-1935) of silent film star Larry Semon was likely made on ...
Paper, Charcoal
$9,500
Giverny, American Impressionist, Karl Albert Buehr, Expatriot, c. 1910
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Karl Albert Buehr (1866-1952) untitled (Woman by the Windows) (Mary, the Artist's wife) Unsigned. Pastel on board, c. 1915 Created while the artist was in Giverny, France Provenance...
Pastel
Self-Portrait Drawing
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is a work which was part of a book of tonalist drawings by Granville Redmond (1871-1935). This rare charcoal self-portrait drawing is deeply introspective. No mincing words ...
Paper, Charcoal
Portrait - Impressionist Pastel Chalk on Canvas, Late 1800’s
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Jules Chéret’s Portrait is a lively pastel chalk on canvas that reveals the painterly sensibility behind the artist best known as the master of Belle Époque poster art. In this compo...
Canvas, Chalk, Pastel
Portraits of Men and Women by Camille Pissarro - Drawing, work on paper, art
Located in London, GB
Portraits of Men and Women by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Charcoal on paper 11.3 x 11.4 cm (4 ¹/₂ x 4 ¹/₂ inches) Stamped with initials upper left, C.P. This work is accompanied by...
Paper, Charcoal
Young Lady in Profile
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Young Lady in Profile (Dorothy Gibson) Graphite on paper, c. 1915 Signed lower right (see photo). The sitter for this drawing, along with a huge number of Harrison Fisher’s works, i...
Graphite
Portrait. 1956, paper, watercolor, 56x38 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...
Paper, Watercolor
$3,478
Portrait of a man wearing a bowler hat by Camille Pissarro - Drawing, Charcoal
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Once an order is placed we will arrange the VAT of 20% to be reduced to 5% Portrait of a man wearing a bowler hat by Ca...
Paper, Charcoal
Scarlet sunset. Bilateral. Paper, watercolor, 26.5x35 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Scarlet sunset. Bilateral. Paper, watercolor, 26.5x35 cm Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013) Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 1947, she began he...
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of Woman in Blue Turtleneck, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Portrait of Woman in Blue Turtleneck (P2.61), Year: circa 1960, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Image Size: 14.5 x 10 inches, Size: 15 x ...
Watercolor
Portrait of Woman with Earrings, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Portrait of Woman with Earrings (P1.15), Year: 1961, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm), Description: S...
Watercolor
Babette the Cat Watercolor Drawing, American Impressionist, 1937
Located in Miami, FL
A stylized cat named Babette is depicted licking her paw. It is rendered in black and white, which bears the influence of Asian art in its simplicity of line, use of wash, and bleedi...
Paper, Pencil, Watercolor, Crayon
$4,000
Portrait, Old Lyme CT Woman Artist, American Impressionist Pastel, 1904
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Katharine Ludington (1869-1953). Portrait of Mrs. Allen Wilson, Villanova PA, 1904. Pastel on cardboard. Panel measuring 11 x 16 inches. Signed and dated lower left. Unframed. ...
Pastel
$4,000
"Impressionist Beauty" Susan Grisell, Bright Sunlight, Portrait, White Dress
Located in New York, NY
Susan Grisell Impressionist Beauty, 1997 Signed and dated lower left Pastel on paper 10 1/2 x 7 inches 15 1/2 x 12 inches mat Following the guidance of her long-time teacher and me...
Paper, Pastel
"Untitled 20, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 20" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto painting of a nude female model in an interior setti...
Paper, Watercolor
$1,012
Lubin de Beauvais (1873-1917) L'Anse de Launay 1911, signed color drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Lubin de Beauvais (1873-1917) L'anse de Launay, a woman at the beach, 1911 signed, dated and titled "Anse de Launay, Loguivy Ploubazlanec, Bretagne,...
Pencil, Color Pencil
Livy. 1958, paper, pastel, 39x34 cm. Signed.
Located in Riga, LV
Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...
Paper, Pastel
$6,000
Harper's Bazaar Mid Century Fashion Illustration, Watercolor on Board
Located in Miami, FL
The present work, Harper's Bazaar Mid Century Fashion Illustration, was done on assignment, most likely for a major women's magazine, such as Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, or Cosmopolitan ...
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil
Portrait of a Woman. 1962, paper, pastel, 48x36 cm. Signed.
Located in Riga, LV
Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...
Paper, Pastel
Portrait of a Woman. Paper, pastel, 36x30 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...
Paper, Pastel
Elegant Ladies in Paris, Pastel Portrait Painting, Signed and dated.
By Paul Hoeniger
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions : Excellent overall Conditions. Framed under glass. Complementary shipping worlwide by DHL, FEDEX. Returning customers : 25% OFF listed price on all Belfort SAS catalogue....
Pastel, Pencil
The Bully - Narrative Art by Female Illustrator Golden Age of Illustration
By Maginel Wright Enright Barney
Located in Miami, FL
The present work exhibits a storytelling and illustration art style created before the mass communications age. It was rendered in a flat linear style by the highly talented Maginel ...
India Ink, Watercolor, Board
Women with a Crown. 1985, papper, watercolor, 42x29 cm. Signed.
Located in Riga, LV
Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of a Woman. Papper, pencil, 27x23 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...
Paper, Pencil
Portrait. Paper, watercolor, 47x32 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait. Paper, watercolor, 28x23 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...
Paper, Watercolor
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1930's Original Parisian Fashion Illustration Watercolor Black Oriental Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1930's French fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin. The painting, executed in gouache/ watercolor and pencil, is dated to the upper corner ...
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
$3,573
Pensive Young Woman Drawing in Graphite and Chalk, Circa 1895-1905
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Maurice Chabas (Nantes 1862 – Versailles 1947) Pensive Young Woman Graphite with white-chalk highlights on blue-grey paper 46 × 32 cm Unsigned Provenance Bruno Delarue Gallery, É...
Chalk, Pencil
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1940's French Fashion Illustration - The Elegant Lady With The Red Features
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design signed by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The sketch is original, vintage...
Gouache
American Modernist Handsome Male Portrait Framed Pastel Drawing
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist portrait pastel drawing. Pastel on paper. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a painted wood molding. Excellent condition, ready ...
Paper, Pastel
Seated Male Figure Profile Watercolour Portrait Study Expressive Figure Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Seated male figure in profile, watercolour study (20th century) Watercolour on paper, unframed. Size: 14.75 x 12.25 inches (height x width) Unsigned. Condition: good vintage conditio...
Watercolor
$2,200
Post Impressionist Young Woman Pastel Painting Robert Philipp American Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
Robert Philipp (1895-1981) Sensitive pastel portrait of a young red headed woman in green coat and wearing a hat. Hand signed lower right. 1964 or 1969 Dimensions: framed 30 X 25.5...
Paper, Pastel
A Woman's Portrait. Papper, mixed media, 56x45 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...
Paper, Mixed Media
Self-portrait, 1955, papper, mixed media, 43x33 cm. Signed.
Located in Riga, LV
Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...
Paper, Mixed Media
Portrait of a Woman. 1962, paper, pastel, 48x36 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...
Paper, Pastel
Portrait of a Woman. 1962, papper, pastel, 42x33 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...
Paper, Pastel
Portrait of a Woman. 1962, papper, pastel, 46x33 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...
Paper, Pastel
$6,500
Impressionist Tea Time Watercolor Drawing, Early 20th Century
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Tea Time by Alice Lynde Raymond Ball is an exceptional example of late 19th to early 20th-century American illustration, capturing an intimate moment of childhood with masterful sens...
Paper, Pencil, Watercolor
Portrait of a Woman. Paper, watercolor, 50x39 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait. 1958, paper, watercolor, 63x40 cm. Signed.
Located in Riga, LV
Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...
Paper, Watercolor
The girl from Saint Tropez: American artist in the South of France portrait
Located in Norwich, GB
Alexander Warshawsky was born in Cleveland, Ohio on March 29, 1887. He studied painting at the Cleveland School of Art and the National Academy of Design in New York City. Warshawsky...
Paper, Gouache
$166Sale Price|20% Off
1930's Original Parisian Fashion Watercolor Burgandy Dress With Green Cape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1930's French fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin. The painting, executed in gouache/ watercolor and pencil, is dated to the upper corner ...
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Jean Mermoz French Aviator Pilot Portrait Pencil Drawing 1940
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Jean Mermoz French Aviator Pencil Portrait Drawing 1940 Artist: French School, 20th century, indistinctly signed Medium: pencil / graphite drawing on paper, unframed Size: 14 ...
Watercolor