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Impressionist Art

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
Darling, sometimes let go of your dreams
Darling, sometimes let go of your dreams

Darling, sometimes let go of your dreams

By Dasha Pogodina

Located in Zofingen, AG

ABOUT THE ARTWORK Darling, sometimes let go of your dreams from the series Perichoresis This work addresses one of the most delicate and mature emotional states — the moment a perso...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Winter night. Maryino
Winter night. Maryino

Winter night. Maryino

By Simon Kozhin

Located in Zofingen, AG

The artist painted this captivating naturalistic painting near his home. The study depicts a serene winter landscape, bathed in the soft glow of twilight. The foreground showcases a ...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

" Violets on a green tablecloth" Oil cm. 70 x 60
" Violets on a green tablecloth" Oil cm. 70 x 60

" Violets on a green tablecloth" Oil cm. 70 x 60

By Maya KOPITZEVA

Located in Torino, IT

Purple, Green, Flowers MAYA KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia, 1924 - 2005) Maya Kopitzeva’s works have been acquired by the Russian Ministry of Culture, by the Foundation for the Russia...

Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Rise Above, " Acrylic Painting

"Rise Above, " Acrylic Painting

By Brian Sostrom

Located in Denver, CO

Brian Sostrom's (US based) "Rise Above" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a fluffy cumulus cloud wafting high above the landscape, glow...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Joe DiMaggio - The Cut
Joe DiMaggio - The Cut

Joe DiMaggio - The Cut

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Saint Petersburg, FL

Published 1998. Limited Edition Serigraph. (Image Area) Dimensions 30.75″ x 38.5.” Numbered 105/458 Signed and numbered by LeRoy Neiman. Also signed by Joe DiMaggio - as was the enti...

Category

1990s Impressionist Art

Materials

Screen

Wonky Olive Tree Landscape Contemporary British Oil Painting
Wonky Olive Tree Landscape Contemporary British Oil Painting

Wonky Olive Tree Landscape Contemporary British Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Landscape signed by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British 20th century) dated 97' oil painting on board, unframed size: 8 x 9 inches inscribed verso condition: overall very good provenance:...

Category

20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Water lily"
"Water lily"

"Water lily"

By Evgeny Chernyakovsky

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Original Oil painting by Ukrainian artist Evgeny Chernyakovsky "Water lily" 60.0 X 80.0 CM / 23.6 X 31.4IN HIGH QUALITY oil on canvas Signed on the front and back Dated 2023 Good co...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Illuminated
Illuminated

John McLeodIlluminated

$2,496Sale Price|20% Off

Illuminated

By John McLeod

Located in Denver, CO

Nude figure with candlelight

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Paysage avec batteuse a Montfoucault
Paysage avec batteuse a Montfoucault

Paysage avec batteuse a Montfoucault

By Camille Pissarro

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"Paysage avec batteuse a Montfoucault (Landscape with Thresher at Montfoucault)" is a pastel by French Impressionist Camille Pissarro. The artwork is signed lower right, "C. Pissarro". The framed piece measures 20 1/2 x 25 x 2 3/4 in. Camille Pissarro was born on July 10th 1830 on the Caribbean Island of St. Thomas. He live...

Category

1870s Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Board

1963 "Pond" Pastel Impressionist Landscape Drawing NYC Female Artist
1963 "Pond" Pastel Impressionist Landscape Drawing NYC Female Artist

1963 "Pond" Pastel Impressionist Landscape Drawing NYC Female Artist

By Edith Isaac-Rose

Located in Arp, TX

Edith Isaac-Rose "Pastel Landscape Pond" 1963 Pastel on paper 13.5"x10" unframed Signed and dated lower left in pencil. Came from a portfolio of her work Born in Chicago in 1929, and neé Ganansky-Teitelbaum, she graduated from The Art Institute of Chicago in 1951 and moved to New York in 1959 where she lived ever since. Taking as her professional name her parents’ first names, Edith was a prolific artist working first as an abstract expressionist then turning in the 1980s to figurative, political work consisting of drawings, paintings, and embroideries which she called “Daily Rage”. She had been represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery and her work is in the Hirshhorn Museum as well as numerous private collections. Edith, along with her partner of 35 years, Bea Kreloff, (1925-2016), founded Art Workshop International in 1981 where they held art and writing workshops in Assisi, Italy, Monhegan Island, Maine, and Puerto Escondido, Mexico. They were both actively involved with the anti-war movement, gay liberation...

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

Winter Impressionism Original Painting Ready to Hang
Winter Impressionism Original Painting Ready to Hang

Winter Impressionism Original Painting Ready to Hang

By Vahe Yeremyan

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Winter Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 12" x 19" x 0.8" inch (30 x 48 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wrapped o...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Summer Flowers Still Life
Mid Century Summer Flowers Still Life

Mid Century Summer Flowers Still Life

Located in Soquel, CA

Charming and bright mid century summer bouquet by Carmel, California artist E. Ruckser (American, 20th-century). Circa 1960. Displayed with an over mat. Image, 11"H x 8"W.

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1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

20th Century French Oil Painting High Summer Coastline
20th Century French Oil Painting High Summer Coastline

20th Century French Oil Painting High Summer Coastline

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

High Summer Coastline French School, mid-late 20th century unsigned oil painting on canvas textured paper (reverse side is smooth, the painted side looks and feels as canvas), unfram...

Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sunday with Rodin, Oil Painting
Sunday with Rodin, Oil Painting

Sunday with Rodin, Oil Painting

By Faye Vander Veer

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
On a recent painting trip to Europe, artist Faye Vander Veer visited the Rodin Museum in Paris, where a sense of calm contrasted with the city's bustling ener...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Low Tide Boats and Breton Houses in La Foret Fouesnant Coastal Scene
Low Tide Boats and Breton Houses in La Foret Fouesnant Coastal Scene

Low Tide Boats and Breton Houses in La Foret Fouesnant Coastal Scene

By Fanch Lel

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Low Tide Boats and Breton Houses in La Foret Fouesnant Coastal Scene by Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 8.75 inches (height) x 8.75 inches (width) (size excluding frame; 7.75 inch...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Paysans portant du foin" original etching

"Paysans portant du foin" original etching

By Camille Pissarro

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original etching and drypoint. Catalogue reference Delteil 126. Printed on laid paper in 1900 and published in Paris by Henri Floury as the frontispiece for Gustave Geffroy's...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

Materials

Etching

FRENCH OIL - PROVENCE LANDSCAPE PASTEL COLORS GREEN OCHRE LANDSCAPE
FRENCH OIL - PROVENCE LANDSCAPE PASTEL COLORS GREEN OCHRE LANDSCAPE

FRENCH OIL - PROVENCE LANDSCAPE PASTEL COLORS GREEN OCHRE LANDSCAPE

By Robert Bouille

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Robert Bouille (French 1926-2021), with studio sale stamped verso This artist of Var origin studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the sculpture section bef...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Houses in the Foothills, Original Painting
Houses in the Foothills, Original Painting

Houses in the Foothills, Original Painting

By Janet Dyer

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A vineyard stretches across the foreground of this French countryside scene. Olive trees scatter across the landscape, while a few houses sit at the foothills. ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Mid Century Sierra Mountain California Landscape
Mid Century Sierra Mountain California Landscape

Mid Century Sierra Mountain California Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful mid century impasto landscape of tall trees and mountain peaks in the Sierras by an unknown California artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned and unframed. Image size: 2...

Category

1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Roadside, Les Baux, Original Painting
Roadside, Les Baux, Original Painting

Roadside, Les Baux, Original Painting

By Janet Dyer

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A road passes by Les Baux-de-Provence, in the foothills of the Alpilles. Bright green fields and clusters of trees fill the landscape. Painted with a brush and ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

View of Water Lily Pads, Oil Painting
View of Water Lily Pads, Oil Painting

View of Water Lily Pads, Oil Painting

By Jonelle Summerfield

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Inspired by a photograph taken by artist Jonelle Summerfield while kayaking, the painting captures the atmosphere of early summer. Warm evening light washes ove...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"SPRING IN HER STEP" TEXAS CATTLE FREDERICKSBURG 22 X 18 FRAMED OPA Member. COW
"SPRING IN HER STEP" TEXAS CATTLE FREDERICKSBURG 22 X 18 FRAMED OPA Member. COW

"SPRING IN HER STEP" TEXAS CATTLE FREDERICKSBURG 22 X 18 FRAMED OPA Member. COW

By CHUCK MAULDIN

Located in San Antonio, TX

Chuck Mauldin Born 1949 Fredericksburg Artist Image Size: 18 x 14 Frame Size: 22 x 18 Medium: Oil "Spring In Her Step" Cattle Landscape Texas A native of Texas, Chuck Mauldin has been painting in oil since the age of twelve. His interest in watercolor and pencil drawing grew during his years spent in Louisiana. With his move back to Texas, he has renewed his focus on oil painting, using this medium in a realistic yet painterly style. Striving to quickly capture color and mood with a direct "alla prima" technique is one of his main objectives in painting outdoors on-location. Cows, cowboys and Native Americans often enrich the landscape in his studio work, while anything can inspire his plein air paintings. Workshops with Charles Sovek, Kevin Macpherson, and many others have played a significant role in his development as an artist. He is a member of Oil Painters of America and has achieved Signature membership status in the Louisiana Watercolor Society and the Plein Air Artists of Colorado. Chuck has won numerous awards and has had work accepted into prestigious national juried competitions, such as the Oil Painters of America National Show (2020, 2021), Western Regional Show (2016, 2021, 2022) and Salon Show (2016, 2020). After 28 years in Louisiana, Chuck and his wife, Barbara, moved to Fredericksburg, Texas, in 2005, in order to pursue their passion for art on a full-time basis. In 2008, Chuck started teaching a beginner’s oil painting class and later intermediate classes in composition, landscape painting, and limited palettes. He is represented by Charles Morin Fine Art in Fredericksburg, Texas. Degrees in chemistry from Southern Methodist University (B.S.) and the University of Texas (PhD) led to Chuck's career in research at ExxonMobil Process Research Labs in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He presently holds 57 U.S. patents in the field of catalysis. He and Barbara have two sons and a daughter, and 8 perfect grandchildren. An Eagle Scout...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Frida Kahlo Study
Mid Century Frida Kahlo Study

Mid Century Frida Kahlo Study

By Genevieve Rogers

Located in Soquel, CA

A 1960's Frida Kahlo study oil painting on laid paper by California artist Genevieve Rogers (American, 1904-1984). Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of her work. Unframed. Ima...

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Laid Paper

May Green, Contemporary Impressionist-inspired Oil Pastel, 30x42cm, 2026
May Green, Contemporary Impressionist-inspired Oil Pastel, 30x42cm, 2026

May Green, Contemporary Impressionist-inspired Oil Pastel, 30x42cm, 2026

By Gabriel Riesnert

Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR

Work : Original artwork inspired by the Impressionist style, Unique Work executed entirely by hand by the artist. Subject : May Green (Title) The piece celebrates springtime renew...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

Sail Boats Abstract Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Sail Boats Abstract Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Sail Boats Abstract Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

By Vahe Yeremyan

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Sail Boats Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2025 Style: Contemporary Art Dimensions: 44" x 63" x 1" inch (112 x 160 x 3cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wrap...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

Winter Oil Painting Snow Bound by Clifford Grear Alexander Massachusetts
Winter Oil Painting Snow Bound by Clifford Grear Alexander Massachusetts

Winter Oil Painting Snow Bound by Clifford Grear Alexander Massachusetts

By Clifford Grear Alexander

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

Snow Bound oil on stretched canvas. Image is 16 x 22 unframed and 21.5 x 27.5 framed. The painting signed front LL in what looks like an original frame. Painting could use a light ...

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Summer evening."
"Summer evening."

"Summer evening."

By Liudmila Shabazova

Located in Zofingen, AG

Soft colors of a summer evening, the smell of the sea and flowers, white dresses and hats, pleasant shopping. All these feminine joys stay with us all year long, creating enchanting ...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Self-portrait (portrait of man)
Self-portrait (portrait of man)

Self-portrait (portrait of man)

By Wesley Lea

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Wesley Lea (1914-1981). Self-portrait, ca. 1940. Oil on canvas, 12 x 17 inches. Signed lower left center "WESLEA" as was his practice in 1930s-40's. Unframed.

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"TEXAS LANDSCAPE" ROBERT ONDERDONK (1852-1917) ULTRA RARE HAND PAINTED TILE 1899
"TEXAS LANDSCAPE" ROBERT ONDERDONK (1852-1917) ULTRA RARE HAND PAINTED TILE 1899

"TEXAS LANDSCAPE" ROBERT ONDERDONK (1852-1917) ULTRA RARE HAND PAINTED TILE 1899

By Robert Jenkins Onderdonk

Located in San Antonio, TX

Robert Jenkins Onderdonk (1852 - 1917) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 6 3/4 x 8 Frame Size: 13 x 15 Medium: Ceramic Tile "Texas Landscape" signed Biography Robert Jenkins Onderdonk (1852 - 1917) Robert Jenkins Onderdonk is noted for his landscape and portrait paintings and also for his fine art teaching. Onderdonk was born in Catonsville, Maryland in 1852. He was the father of Robert Julian Onderdonk and Eleanor Rogers Onderdonk, also distinguished Texas artists. He received an academic education at the College of St. James, Catonsville, followed by studies at the National Academy of Design in 1872 under the instruction of Lemuel Everett Wilmarth. In 1875, Onderdonk attended Art Students League of New York and received instruction from Walter Shirlaw, James Carroll Beckwith and William Merritt Chase. Onderdonk moved to San Antonio, Texas in 1878 where he made a living teaching and selling his paintings. In 1889 he moved to Dallas, where he painted several portraits for the Huburt Portrait Company, followed by employment with the Art Students League of Dallas. In 1896, Onderdonk returned to San Antonio, Texas where he continued to paint until his death in 1917. Onderdonk was a member of the Allied Artists of America; Salmagundi Club, New York, and the San Antonio Art League. Exhibitions included the Annual Exhibition of the State Fair of Texas, Dallas; Dallas Art Association; Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis; Annual Texas Artists Exhibition, Fort Worth; Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, and the San Antonio Art League. Source: John and Deborah Powers, "Texas Painters, Sculptors, and Graphic Artists" Robert Jenkins Onderdonk was born at St. Timothy's Hall, Catonsville Maryland, in 1852. He had a very thorough academic education and was always sketching family members, classmates and landscapes on the back of his school books. This sketching ethic was a process he subscribed to his entire life, always carrying a sketch book with him where ever he went, like a camera of today. Deciding to make art his profession, Robert moved to New York. He was not only a part of the academic beginnings of American art while studying in New York at the renowned National Academy of Design in 1870, but also one of the first student members, under the instruction of Lemuel Everett Wilmarth, at the Arts Students League. At the League, Robert also studied and honed his craft with other teachers including Walter Shirlaw, William Merritt Chase and James Carroll Beckwith. Some of his classmates included: George Inness, Jr., Frederick Stuart Church, John Henry Twachtman and a Texan from San Antonio named Edward Grenet. Robert was lured to Texas in 1879 by his childhood friend and rancher, William Negely and by stories he read in the tabloids of the day that touted Texas as the "Promised Land." Robert found the light, people and atmosphere of San Antonio agreeable and quickly settled in. He soon met a fellow Texas artist, Emily Gould, whom he married in 1881. They lived with her parents in a house called "Bella Vista" throughout their lives. The house was two miles north of town, had a wonderful view of the city and still stands today. Here Robert lived and taught art classes, painted portrait commissions, landscapes, still lifes and supported his family. Some of his students, who later became well-known Texas artists, were Mary Bonner...

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1890s Impressionist Art

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Ceramic

Paris Street Scene With Le Consulat Café And Classic Montmartre Architecture
Paris Street Scene With Le Consulat Café And Classic Montmartre Architecture

Paris Street Scene With Le Consulat Café And Classic Montmartre Architecture

By Anthony Herbert

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Paris Street Scene With Le Consulat Café And Classic Montmartre Architecture By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Signed: Bottom left corner Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed Size:...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

British Impressionist Watercolor of Dusky Reflections on a Tranquil Lake
British Impressionist Watercolor of Dusky Reflections on a Tranquil Lake

British Impressionist Watercolor of Dusky Reflections on a Tranquil Lake

By Anthony Avery

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of Dusky Reflections on a Tranquil Lake by Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Dimensions: 11.25 ...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Floral Awakening
Floral Awakening

Floral Awakening

By Tanja Frost

Located in Zofingen, AG

In creating this piece, I delved into the synthesis of abstract, impressionistic, and realistic styles, focusing on the tender emergence of spring and the renewal it brings. Using oi...

Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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