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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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
Place De La Madeleine Le Soir
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 24 x 36 inches Framed size: 32.5 x 44.5 inches Signed lower right
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Contemporary Art Avant- Garde Original Painting Ready to Hang
By Ara Tevkantz
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Large size Contemporary Art Avant- Garde Original Acrylic Painting Ready to Hang Artist: Ara Tevkantz Title: Portrait Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Year: 1990 Style: Abstract Art, Avant-...
Silk, Oil
$214Sale Price|25% Off
Architectural Courtyard Tree Brick Wall Watercolour Study on Paper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Architectural Courtyard Tree Brick Wall Watercolour Study on Paper Artist: British School / European School, 20th century Medium: Watercolour and pencil on paper, unframed Siz...
Watercolor
White peonies on a silver background, Flower 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: 2022 Title: White peonies on a silver backgrou...
Canvas, Oil
"Yellow sofá."
Located in Zofingen, AG
Miniature painting is like a little pearl in a collection of paintings. It was created specifically so that you can decorate your room and harmoniously place it in combination with paintings of a different genre and size. The yellow sofa...
Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic
$4,088Sale Price|20% Off
ORIGINAL 1860 Famous American Artist Henry Peters Gray (1819-1877) oil on canvas
By Henry Peters Gray
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is an amazing original antique oil painting on canvas by Famous American Artist Henry Peters Gray (1819-1877), depicting a portrait of a W.P. Wright Esq. Some of his paintings are exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. The painting has a commemorative inscription on the verso: "For W.P. Wright Esq. Portrait from Henry Peter Gray. Painted at Pittsfield MA August 1860. Please read some interesting information about this Artist from Wikipedia. Henry Peters Gray was born in New York City he was a pupil of Daniel Huntington...
Oil
"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
$744Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Artist Fortuny Antique 19th c. oil painting on canvas, Genre scene
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is an original antique 19th-century oil painting on canvas depicting a scene in the interior of a house with a male figure dressed in a traditional hooded robe seated at ...
Oil
$2,128Sale Price|20% Off
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 ...
Oil
$400Sale Price|20% Off
Artist Dobritsin Oil painting on canvas, seascape, Sailing ship, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an original signed oil painting on canvas by Russian Artist N.I. Dobritsin depicts a galleon with scarlet sails on the High Seas. Beautifully done, with great blue colors. ...
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
Charley - Original Marine Oil Painting Tall Ship on Open Sea Nautical Seascape
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This expressive maritime oil painting depicts a majestic tall ship cutting through rolling open seas beneath a luminous, cloud-filled sky. The artist skillfully captures the movement...
Oil
$2,275
Antique American Winter Impressionist Snow Landscape Framed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting by Cecil Chichester (1891 - 1963). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 19 by 23 inches overall, and 16 by 20 painting alo...
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
$19,200Sale Price|20% Off
'The Garden in Summer', Tsar Nicholas II, Queen Elizabeth II, Russian Imperial
By Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'The Garden in Summer' by Olga Alexandrovna. Tsar Nicholas II, Queen Elizabeth II, Russian Imperial ---- Signed lower right, 'Olga' for Her Imperial Highness, Olga Alexandrovna, Gr...
Oil, Board
$1,535Sale Price|25% Off
Sunflower Meadow Field Landscape French Impressionist Large Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fields of Gold Sunflower Field Landscape French Impressionist Style Oil Painting by Georges Bordonave (French, contemporary) signed and dated 1992 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 20 x 26 inches private collection, western Paris, France very good condition; presents exceptionally well A radiant French landscape alive with colour and movement, this 1992 oil on canvas by Georges Bordonove...
Oil
$344Sale Price|20% Off
Seascape by Max Shekhter (b. 1938) – Original American Oil Painting on canvas
By Max Shekhter
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This luminous original seascape oil painting is the work of American artist Max Shekhter (b. 1938), whose expressive style beautifully captures the vibrant energy and color of the oc...
Acrylic
$240Sale Price|20% Off
Hawaii Coral Reef Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas, Impasto, 8x12"
Located in Zofingen, AG
* Title: Hawaii Coral Reef * Size: 12 x 8 inches * Materials: oil, stretched canvas, palette knife * Shipping: gallery standards packaging, express ship...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$2,500
"Neve in Val Ceresio" Mid Century Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting in Snow
Located in New York, NY
This stunning piece of art titled "Neve in Val Ceresio" is a captivating original work by renowned Italian artist Carlo Aimetti. Aimetti was known for his captivating scenes portrayi...
Oil, Canvas
Coastal Scene of the French Riviera
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Paysage de la cote d'azur (Coastal Scene of the French Riviera)" c.1960, is an oil painting on canvas by French artist Rene Dulieu, 1903-1992. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 21.5 x 25.85 inches, framed size is 35 x 39 inches. Custom framed in original dark brown and gold distressed frame, with fabric liner and gold color fillet. It is in excellent condition, the frame have minor restorations, practically invisible. About the artist. Self-taught painter of figurative painting. At eleven years old, it was the Great War and his Certificate of Studies in his pocket, he first worked in the fields of the village farms, then until he was 17, he was employed at the Coeuvres distillery where he is responsible for the proper functioning of the machines. In 1925 he did his military service at the barracks of St Vincent de Laon (Aisne) in the 101st heavy artillery regiment as a pointer brigadier, and he was already drawing on notebooks. At the end of his service, having chosen to go to Paris to take drawing and painting lessons, he became a cashier at the Grand Magasins du Louvre. He begins to discover Paris, its districts, its buildings, shops, churches. During the week he sets up his easel on the sidewalks of Montmartre, Notre Dame, where the Latin Quarter and on Sundays, he sells these paintings on Boulevard Raspail. He took part in the Battle of France in September 1939at june 1940. He testifies in a notebook of the events and emotions he has gone through. After the Second World War, he set up his home and studio in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, but he remained very attached to his native village where he went very regularly. Married, he takes his family almost every summer to the Côte d'Azur where he paints with great pleasure the warm colors and the intense light of the Esterel or the Var coast. He participates in many Parisian salons and exhibitions in Paris and province. Awarded at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants in 1961, as well as at the Salon Violet in Paris. From 1967, Mrs. Rosenthal of the Galerie Haussmann (Paris), regularly exhibited her works on "Old Paris" which particularly appealed to British and American tourists. He participated with the painters René Demeurisse...
Oil
New York. Manhattan Lights In The Rain - cityscape painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting with rainy Manhattan painting is a great and stylish cityscape - the play of dark and light shades is captured professionally and looks great in the interior of an office or your home. The picture is author's and original. It's signed on the front and back. The edges of the picture are painted. Materials used: oil on canvas, supported wooden frame. Dimensions: 19,7x27,65 in. Packaging: I pack the paintings in special paper, then I wrap them with bubble wrap, and finally I cover artworks with strong wooden sheets. Nikolay Dmitriev...
Canvas, Oil
$764Sale Price|20% Off
Paris in the Summer, Large French Impressionist Oil River Seine Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School/ Date: Douglas Stuart Allen (American/ French 1923-2021) American born artist from Chicago, retiring to France during his latter years to...
Oil
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionistic Farm Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Glorious Spring
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Glorious Spring oil/canvas 18 x 26 image unframed, 24 x 32 1/4 framed signed LR Glorious Spring is an impressionistic landscape oil painting on canvas that showcases a beautiful earl...
Oil
$760Sale Price|20% Off
Landscape Oil Painting Signed Ernest Albert American Impressionist Salmagundi
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
The painting signed Ernest Albert, signed LL, is 10.5 x 15.5 unframed, 14.13 x 19.13 framed and could benefit from a cleaning and better frame unless you like this look. This painti...
Oil
le Petit Ville Impressionist landscape painting of France, trees, river, cottage
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 24" x 28" Dyf’s handling of light is particularly evocative in le Petit Ville. Here, Dyf presents a serene vision of rural life. A bright, expansive sky, filled with dr...
Canvas, Oil
$360Sale Price|20% Off
Original Oil Painting by K. Basset Seascape Harbor Scene Vintage Maritime Ar
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This original oil painting on canvas by artist K. Basset captures a serene and atmospheric harbor scene. Two docked fishing vessels rest against a quiet pier under a soft gray sky, w...
Oil
"THE BLOWOUT" G. HARVEY FROM BOONE PICKENS WOOD OIL DERRICKS 71 X 51 FRAMED
By G. Harvey
Located in San Antonio, TX
G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones) (1933-2017) San Antonio, Austin, and Fredericksburg Artist Image Size: 60 x 40 Frame Size: 71 x 51 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signed 1980 "The Blowout" Woo...
Oil
Intellectual Break
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting is part of the Modern Muses series, which explores contemporary femininity through expressive, semi-abstract figures placed within quiet, everyday rituals. The faceles...
Canvas, Acrylic
$327Sale Price|25% Off
French River Landscape Houses Red Roof Boat Fauvist Style Gouache Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French River Landscape Houses Red Roof Boat Fauvist Style Gouache Painting Artist: M Teauveau (French, 20th century). Possible a pseudonym of Bernard Labbe Medium: Gouache on ...
Gouache
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
"St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth" Impressionist Oil Painting Snow New York City
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
A charming depiction of St. Patrick's Cathedral on 5th Avenue in the snow with figures and cars. This evocative urban winter scene captures the majestic spires of St. Patrick's Cathe...
Oil, Board
$1,310Sale Price|20% Off
Dreamy French Impressionist View from Window over Green Garden Landscape oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French Impressionist early 1900's, most likely an unfinished sketch hence not signed. Title: Dreamy garden view, looking out of the window over a deep green and vib...
Oil, Canvas
"Grey Barn" (2024) By Sandra Pratt, Landscape Oil Painting
By Sandra Pratt
Located in Denver, CO
"Grey Barn" by Sandra Pratt Artist Statement: My work is inspired by my emotional response to places I've seen and experienced. In particular, the contrasts of light and dark. I en...
Oil, Panel, Linen
Untitled California Landscape
By Carl Thorp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Carl Thorp – American (1912-1989 ) Title: Untitled, California landscape Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on canvas Image size: 24.5 x 29.5 inches Framed size: 27.5 x 32.5 inches Signature: Signed lower right Condition: Very good This artwork is untitled. It looks like a scene in California. There is a sun-dappled, partially shaded foreground, a dark shaded row of trees mid-ground and a sunny hillside or mountainside as background, showing in the upper right of the composition. The painting is composed of oil on canvas. It is signed in the lower right corner by the artist. It is framed in a wooden gold frame. The painting is in very good condition. The frame is in good condition with a small 1/8" dent. Please see pictures. About the artist: Carl Thorp (1912–1989) was an American artist who became known for Impressionist landscapes of California, sometimes referred to as California Scene Painting, as well as New York City, Boston and New Orleans Cityscapes. He was born in Lubbock, Texas on November 14, 1912. Active in California between 1928 and 1957, Carl Thorp studied at the Academy of Fine Art in San Diego with Maurice Braun and Alfred Mitchell...
Canvas, Oil
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
$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
"RED BARN RANCH" 1959 TEXAS HILL COUNTRY LANDSCAPE WILDFLOWERS PORFIRIO SALINAS
Located in San Antonio, TX
Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 12 x 16 Frame Size: 19 x 23 Hand Carved "Melvin" Frame Medium: Oil on Canvas Signed Lower Left 1959 "Red Barn Ranch" Texa...
Oil
$250
Serg Graff "Find Mr. Squiggle" Abstract Acrylic Painting Framed Outsider Art COA
By Serg Graff
Located in Palm Coast, FL
“Find Mr. Squiggle” is an original acrylic painting on canvas board from Serg Graff’s imaginative "Adventures M" collection. Filled with vibrant colors, hidden faces, playful symbols...
Acrylic
$960Sale Price|20% Off
Beach Ocean Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Evening Journey
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Evening Journey oil/panel The image measures 8 x 12 unframed, 11.5 x 15.5 framed. Signed LR Evening Journey is a beautiful oil painting on panel by award winning contemporary artist ...
Oil
$4,300
Exploration Abstract Contemporary art Original Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varouján Hovakimyan Title: Exploration Medium: Acrylic on Textured Canvas Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art Dimensions: 36" x 48'' x 1.5" inch (91 x 122 x 4cm) Presentation:...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,310Sale Price|20% Off
Ecole de Paris, Mid 20th Century, Three Paris Scenes Eiffel Tower & Parks
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: A Collection of Three Paintings of Paris Scenes by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) the Eiffel Tower painting is signed front lower right and also inscribed to the back, the Versailles painting...
Watercolor, Gouache
$649Sale Price|20% Off
Red Sky, Impressionist Landscape, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Red Sky, Impressionist Landscape, Signed Oil Painting Signed by the artist and dated '09' on the lower right hand corner Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas size: 16 x 24 inches ...
Oil
$1,960Sale Price|20% Off
Signed Antique American Impressionist Moonlit Framed Nocturnal Seascape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist moonlit seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 35 by 30 inches overall. Handsom...
Oil, Canvas
$2,450
English fox hunting scene with fox hounds, men up on horse back in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Gerald Coulson was an English painter in the mid to latter part of the 20th century. Gerald Coulson has been painting professionally for over 47 years ...
Canvas, Oil
Going Home; Tehachapi, California
By Peter Adams
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "Peter Adams" on lower right UNFRAMED: 20" x 24" FRAMED: 26.75" x 30.75" x 1.75" Artist Statement "The last rays of the su...
Oil, Panel
$818Sale Price|20% Off
Bright French Impressionist Antique Painting - Tranquil River Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, early 20th century Title: River Landscape Medium: watercolour painting on board, unframed painting: 15 x 21 inches Provenance: private collection,...
Watercolor
Learning from Rembrandt, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This painting combines two of artist Onelio Marrero's interests: his love for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and his fascination with observi...
Oil
Robert Towers (British, 20C) Large Oil Painting English Cottage Landscape Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Original vintage oil painting on canvas by British artist Robert Towers titled "Devon Cottage", depicting a charming English countryside cottage surrounded by trees, flowers, and rol...
Oil
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
$1,040Sale Price|20% Off
HANS WACKER-ELSEN Germany (1868-1958) Antique oil on canvas Seascape, Gold Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is an antique original oil painting on canvas depicting a seascape - Figures in a sailboat in the open water. Signed in a lower-left corner H. Wacker, DF. DF - "Duesse...
Oil
Impressionist Market Scene Before a Church, Lively Village Square
Located in Genève, GE
Dimensions with frame: 24,7 x 30,5 x 2 cm. Signed "Valter" in the lower right corner. A vibrant Impressionist scene capturing the energy of a bustling village market set before a su...
Oil, Wood Panel
Picnic Shade
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...
Canvas, Oil
Oil on canvas Impressionist The Three Masts, Van Beek
Located in Valladolid, ES
A beautiful oil on canvas by the Dutch painter, born in Amsterdam, Bernard Van Beek. An artist who had not attended any academy. He belonged to the Kortenhoef School, which in turn ...
Canvas
"Summer Day at Nice" French Beach Scene Impressionistic Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A stunning oil painting scene depicting figures by the beach in a sunny day at Nice, France done in the 20th Century. The vibrant colors and impressionistic brushwork is done with bo...
Canvas, Oil
$425Sale Price|20% Off
Antique French Painting Charming Village Scene Study of Trees and Stone Cottages
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Charming Village Scene French, early 20th century watercolor on artist paper, framed in antique gilt frame framed: 14.5 x 12 inches artist paper : 9 x 6.5 inches Provenance: private ...
Watercolor
Spring Landscape
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Spring Landscape, 1921 Oil on canvas 36 x 42 1/4 inches 91.4 x 107.3 cm Signed and dated lower left: John Wells James / 1921 Provenance Private collection John Wells James painted ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionistic Seascape Ocean Nocturne Painting Michael Budden Mystical Voyage
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Mystical Voyage oil/panel 11 x 14 image unframed, 17.5 x 20.38 framed signed LR Mystical Voyage is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden...
Oil
$364Sale Price|20% Off
Ernest Burnett Hood, British Artist (1932-1988) Oil on canvas painting, Portrait
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is an interesting original vintage oil painting on canvas by Famous British Artist Ernest Burnett Hood, (1932 to 1988), depicting a portrait of a man in costume. Ernest...
Oil
$600Sale Price|20% Off
Early 20th Century French Impressionist Signed Oil The Mediterranean Coastline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Coast Line by L. Descatoire (19th-20th century) French School signed oil on board, unframed board: 13 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: good and sound conditi...
Oil
"Rising Moon on the Marsh" Dennis Sheehan, Bright Moon, Evening Marsh Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Dennis Sheehan Rising Moon on the Marsh, circa 2025 Signed lower left Oil on canvas 14 x 23 inches Dennis Sheehan was born in Boston in 1950. His work is based upon the Barbizon Sc...
Canvas, Oil