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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Rural Landscape, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alex Kalenyuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on canvas Year: 2018 Style: Impressionism Title: Rural Landscape, Size: 39" x 47" x ...
Canvas, Oil
Ochre Hill, Landscape Impressionism, 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: 2023, Style: Impressionism, Subject: Ochre Hill Size: 23" x 36" x 0...
Canvas, Oil
Cityscape, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2024 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Sity scape Size: 18.5" x 25.5" x 0.8...
Canvas, Oil
$1,100
Autumn Trees - Mid Century Small-Scale Landscape, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Autumn Trees - Mid Century Small-Scale Landscape, Signed Oil Painting Vivid mid century landscape of autumn trees blurring into colorful abstraction by Helen Gleiforst (American, 19...
Masonite, Oil
1900's Horses at the Trough
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century oil painting of two horses at watering trough by William M. Lemos, Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist (American, 1861-1942), circa 1900. Writing on verso is in ...
Oil, Cardboard
$1,980Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Impressionist Landscape Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape painting. Oil on board. Housed in a period impressionist giltwood frame. Excellent condition.
Canvas, Oil
$561Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Sailboats and Quayside Architecture
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Sailboats and Quayside Architecture By Fanch Les Signed: Yes Size: 12.25 x 16.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on cardboard, un...
Oil
Moonlit Street - 19th Century French Impressionist Antique Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 19th century French impressionist oil on panel depicting a moonlit street scene, by Raoul Arus. The work is inscribed with a dedication to the artist's friend lower rig...
Panel, Oil
$700Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Italian Coastal Mediterranean Seascape Framed Summer Panoramic Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted Italian seascape painting. Oil on board. Nicely framed. Signed.
Canvas, Oil
Vue de Provence - 1930's Impressionist South France Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A very beautiful 1930's impressionist oil on canvas depicting a landscape in Provence, by Yuri Yuryevich Cherkessof. Superb quality work by this important Russian painter who moved ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,120Sale Price|20% Off
Water Lilies
By Barnes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in the San Si Providence of China, Jang Jin Joong, known as his artist’s name Barnes, fell in love with art since he was a child. His passion for art continued into his pursuit ...
Canvas, Oil
$920Sale Price|20% Off
"California Round Hills" Mid Century Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
"California Round Hills" Mid Century Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite Serene landscape by J. Andrew Bennett (British, 19th/20th Century ). The viewer stands at the end of a v...
Masonite, Oil
Water Lilies, Prague Impressionist Summer Landscape
Located in Beachwood, OH
Václav Radimský (Czech, 1867-1946) Water Lilies, c. 1910 Oil on board Signed lower left 28 x 39 inches Václav Jan Emanuel Radimský was a Czech impressionist painter who resided in F...
Oil
"October Vines" Colorful Impressionistic Autumn Landscape Oil Painting Framed
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 ...
Canvas, Oil, Board
Spring Walk, Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas by Lucien Neuquelman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lucien Neuquelman, French (1909 - 1988) - Spring Walk, Year: 1938, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated lower right, Size: 13 x 9.5 in. (33.02 x 24.13 cm), Frame Size: 20.5 x ...
Oil
Alpine Mountain Landscape Pine Trees Modernist Watercolour on Handmade Paper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
**Title:** Alpine Mountain Landscape Pine Trees Modernist Watercolour on Handmade Paper **Artist:** European School, 20th century **Medium:** Watercolour on handmade paper, unframe...
Watercolor
$2,124Sale Price|20% Off
Extensive Landscape - Large French Impressionist Atmospheric Antique Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large late 19th century French impressionist oil on canvas depicting an extensive landscape with trees in the foreground and an atmosph...
Canvas, Oil
$636Sale Price|20% Off
Path to the Ocean - Pacific Coast - Point Lobos Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Path to the Ocean - Pacific Coast Seascape in Oil on Canvas Gorgeous seascape of Big Sur coast by California artist Kathleen Murray (American, b. 1958). The viewer stands at a path ...
Canvas, Oil
$420Sale Price|20% Off
A Quiet River - Oil on Canvas by A. Whipple
Located in Soquel, CA
A Quiet River - Oil on Canvas Oil painting depicting a river flowing through a grove of trees. Vibrant green trees surround the river, hues of deep greens make up the trees to the l...
Canvas, Oil
$1,668Sale Price|30% Off
Oil Painting of a Tree-Lined River Lake Landscape in the Irish Countryside
By Allan Ardies
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of a Tree-Lined River Lake Landscape in the Irish Countryside by 20th Century Artist, Allan Ardies (1918 - 2014). An impressionist vintage original oil on canvas in good...
Canvas, Oil
$1,340Sale Price|20% Off
Nicely Framed Detailed American School Antique Beach Scene Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted early 1900s American impressionist beach scene. Oil on board. Framed. Signed verso. Great colors and very well painted. Excellent ready to hang condition.
Canvas, Oil
"BLUEBONNETS" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY WILDFLOWERS IN BLOOM
Located in San Antonio, TX
W.R. Thrasher (1908 - 1997) Texas Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Frame Size: 33 x 45 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signed "Bluebonnets" Biography W.R. Thrasher (1908 - 1997) The state of Texas, ...
Oil
$2,397Sale Price|20% Off
Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Haystacks at Sunset with Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Evening Light, Haystacks by Henri Aime Duhem (French, 1860-1941) *see notes below, signed signed oil on canvas, framed canvas: 18 x 24 inches framed: 25 x 31 inches Provenance: pr...
Oil, Canvas
Waterlilies Floral Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Waterlilies Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 56" x 39" x 1" inch (142 x 100 x 3cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wrapp...
Canvas, Oil
"Water lilies"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
" Water lilies" Original Oil painting by Ukrainian artist Evgeny Chernyakovsky 65.0 X 80.0 CM / 25.5 X 31.4 IN HIGH QUALITY oil on canvas Signed on the front and back Dated 2026 Goo...
Canvas, Oil
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
Rocky Outcropping and Bathers Landscape Painting, Signed, 1968
By Tyler Micoleau
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly textured landscape, with thick impasto illustrating a glorious scene of figures swimming in calm waters near large rocks and swaying trees, by Tyler Micoleau (American, 1911-2001). Signed and dated "Tyler Micoleau 1968" in the lower left corner. Presented in a gold colored wood frame. Image size: 12"H x 16"W Tyler Micoleau (American, 1911-2001) was born in Rhode Island but spent most of his life in Nevada County, California. He was a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and an instructor at Brown University. Micoleau moved to Nevada City...
Masonite, Oil
$3,920Sale Price|20% Off
American Impressionist John F Carlson Oil Painting Woodstock Landscape
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
John Fabian Carlson (May 5, 1875 – May 19, 1947) was a Swedish-born American Impressionist painter. Woodstock Landscape oil/board 5 x 7 unframed, 10.25 x 12.25 framed signed LL Ins...
Oil
Signed Antique American Impressionist Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charles Sutton, “April Afternoon,” Oil on Board, Framed Landscape Painting Warmly toned impressionist oil painting by Charles Sutton, titled April Afternoon. The work captures a tra...
Canvas, Oil
Utah Canyon, Landscape, 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: 2023 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Utah Canyon, Size: 30.5" x 44" ...
Canvas, Oil
Corse (Corsica)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Corse (Corsica)" c 1960, is an oil painting on hardboard by noted French artist Tony Cardella, 1898-1976. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. Th...
Oil
$740Sale Price|20% Off
Post Impressionist French Coastal Landscape with Sailboats and Cottages
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Post Impressionist French Coastal Landscape with Sailboats and Cottages By Fanch Lel Size: 10.5 x 13.5 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condition: The p...
Oil
$561Sale Price|20% Off
French Oil painting of Market Scene in Impressionist Style with Flower Sellers
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Oil painting of Market Scene in Impressionist Style with Flower Sellers By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 6.75 x 8.25 inches (heigh...
Oil
$3,500
Morning Glory, Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang, Impressionism
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang, Impressionism Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2023 ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,579Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Post Impressionist Signed Provence Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Key Details Artist: French School, mid 20th century, signed Title: Provençal landscape Medium: Oil painting on card, framed Size: Painting: 15 x 18 inches; framed: 20.5 x 23.5 inches...
Oil
Autumn Koi, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A group of koi fish swims through a pond as autumn leaves drift on the surface, creating a lively interplay of color and texture. Artist Onelio Marrero captures...
Oil
Autumnal River Landscape, 19th-Century French Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century oil painting by French artist Charles Clair (1860-1930) depicts an autumnal landscape, most likely set in the rural environs of central France, where the artis...
Oil, Canvas
Antique American impressionist plein air oil painting period frame pink purple
Located in Buffalo, NY
This atmospheric early 20th-century landscape depicts a quiet river bend bordered by leafless trees, rendered in a restrained tonal palette of soft greens, muted blues, warm browns, ...
Oil, Panel
"Sangre De Cristo Sunrise, Colorado" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Shingler's (NC based) "Sangre De Cristo Sunrise, Colorado" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the Rocky Mountains caught in the or...
Wood, Oil
Late 20th Century Oil Painting of Chesapeake Bay with Sailing Boats
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 20th Century Oil Painting of Chesapeake Bay with Sailing Boats by Q. B. Powell Striking vintage palette-knife painting of a quiet Chesapeake Bay harbor by regional artist Q. B....
Oil, Masonite
Mid Century Belgium in Spring Landscape, Oil on Canvas, Signed, 1950
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid-century Belgian landscape by Gustav Pynaert (Belgium, 1900-1968), c.1950. This piece showcases mature trees and a flowering tree in bloom alongside the river, using loos...
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Breathtaking Rainier Mountain Panoramic Landscape. Original Oil Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Mountains are not just an impressive sight; they are also a test of your patience and your readiness to overcome the challenges of the climb to reach your goal. The journey will not ...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Impressionist Norfolk landscape painting, circle of Edward Seago, Arnesby Brown
By Owen Waters
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really lovely scene in the Norfolk countryside with a farmyard by the Norfolk Broads. Owen Waters (1916-2004) The farm by the broads, Norfolk Signed Oil on board 9 x 12 inches exc...
Oil, Board
River Landscape With Washerwoman, 19th-Century French Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This calm late 19th-century oil painting by Robert T Stuart (XIX) depicts a picturesque river landscape with a washerwoman and distant cottages. Under the gentle glow of a partiall...
Oil, Panel
Olive Trees and Poppy Bloom, Occitanie Landscape Painting
Located in Oslo, NO
This gouache painting was inspired by the landscapes of Occitanie in southern France in May 2026, when the fields begin to glow with vivid reds and fresh spring greens. "I was draw...
Paper, Gouache
$871Sale Price|20% Off
Le Marche de Bachy, Signed Oil Painting on Canvas, Impressionist Style
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Le Marche de Bachy French artist, 20th Century Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner, and titled verso Oil painting on canvas, framed Framed size: 24 x 28 inches Jolly...
Oil
On the Fife Coast, Scottish Colourist, 20thC, impressionist oil on canvas
Located in Hillsborough, NC
John Maclauchlan Milne (1886-1957), became a post impressionist artist in the Scottish Colourist tradition. His work has been exhibited in the Royal Scottish Academy. and in New Yor...
Canvas, Oil
Sunset on the Cheshire Plain - Large Impressionist Horses in Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large signed and dated 1943 English impressionsit oil on board depicting horses in a landscape at sunset, by William Ongley Miller. Excellent quality and condition atmos...
Oil
The Path at Glendalough Monastery, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This painting portrays one of the paths at the Glendalough Monastery in Ireland. The concealed monastery hosts numerous ruins of chapels and burial sites, wit...
Oil
$1,800
Central Park, Cityscape with Figures by American Impressionist Painter
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Central Park" is a figurative cityscape of New York City by American Impressionist painter Henry Ives Cobb Sr. The painting is a 19 x 15 inches, gouache on board, framed, signed and...
Gouache, Board
Sunny Blues, Original Painting
By David Forks
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Bluebonnets bloom in a tranquil Texan meadow beneath a soft, sunny sky. Vibrant shades of green and blue fill the foreground, bringing the wildflowers to life. ...
Acrylic
Sunrise in the Forest Clearing and Bird, Signed Impressionistic Oil on Panel
Located in Stockholm, Stockholm
Flying Woodcock at daybreak, oil on panel. Signed by Harald Klinckowström (1897–1974). This small yet atmospheric composition captures a woodcock in flight above a forest clearing at...
Oil, Panel
$435Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Oil Landscape Country House
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Landscape" by Maurice Mazeilie (French) oil painting on board, unframed painting: 6.25 x 9.5 inches A delightful original oil painting by the 20th century French Impressionist art...
Oil
South Coast Seascape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: South Coast Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 30" x 44" x 1" inch (76 x 112 x 3cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wrappe...
Canvas, Oil
The Morningbringers: The Sierra
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 17" x 21" FRAMED: 23.75" x 27.5" x 1.5" SIGNED: Lower Right Artist Statement Sierras. The Morningbringers— My sons comi...
Linen, Oil, Board
Polzeath summer Cornwall, Original painting, landscape
By Rupert Aker
Located in Deddington, GB
Breezy day at Polzeath in the summer in Cornwall by Ruper Aker . Oil on canvas and framed ready ot hang and one of our most popular artisat's in the gallery. This work is on view in ...
Oil, Board
$3,800Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Framed Cherry Blossom Landscape Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful American impressionist landscape oil painting by John J. Inglis (1867 - 1946). Colorful and vibrant cherry blossom view. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 24H...
Canvas, Oil
Conservatory Pond, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero painted this scene after visiting Manhattan's Central Park on a spring morning. The sunlight creates contrasts in the dappled shadows on t...
Oil
$2,617
On a sunny summer day in the Courtyard Garden. Horizontal landscape painting.
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting was painted from life on a sunny summer day. We see the garden in the courtyard of the famous Bishop's Residence in Würzburg, built by Balthasar Neumann and famous for ...
Canvas, Oil
'Early California Landscape, San Francisco Bay Area', Hayward, Academie Julian
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Emerson' for William Otto Emerson (American, 1856-1940) and dated 1891. Additionally titled, verso, in graphite on stretcher ba...
Canvas, Oil
Pause
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work captures a moment suspended in time, where nothing is rushed and nothing is required. Set within the quiet presence of nature, the scene speaks of shared stillness and unsp...
Canvas, Acrylic