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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Silence
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Cornelius van Fulpen– American (1905 - 1987) Title: Silence Year: 1984 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 19.5 x 23.75 inches Framed size: 25.5 x 29.75 inches Signature: Signed, da...
Canvas, Oil
$218Sale Price|20% Off
1900's English Impressionist Watercolor Painting Cliffs In The Distance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cliffs English School, early 1900's original watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed overall paper size: 7.75 x 11.5 inches From a large private collection of English water...
Watercolor
$1,747Sale Price|20% Off
Fine 1900's French Belle Epoque Period Portrait of a Lady, signed & dated oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Belle Epoque Lady French School, signed and dated 1907 oil painting on canvas: 24 x 19.5 inches antique original gilt frame: 29 x 24 inches condition:...
Canvas, Oil
Ocean Wave, Mid Century Modern Abstracted Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Ocean Wave, Mid Century Modern Abstracted Seascape Beautiful abstracted seascape, a mid century modern oil painting of ocean waves breaking on rocks by listed California artist Jon ...
Masonite, Oil
English early 20th century Horses in a Parkland landscape
By Raoul Millais
Located in Woodbury, CT
Raoul Millais (1901–1999) Horses in a Parkland Landscape Oil on canvas, signed lower left Circa 1930 An elegant and highly atmospheric equestrian landscape by the noted British spor...
Canvas, Oil
$1,201Sale Price|20% Off
Huge French Signed Oil Painting Provencal House in Floral Garden Large Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provencal House French, mid/second half 20th century indistinctly signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 28.75 x 47 inches canvas: 22.75 x 46 inches condition: very good...
Oil, Canvas
$2,520Sale Price|20% Off
Early 20th Century Late Afternoon Monterey Landscape by James Everett Stuart
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning plein air California landscape of Natividad (part of unincorporated Monterey Country) in late afternoon by James Everett Stuart (American, 1852-1941), 1917. Signed, dated an...
Canvas, Oil
Lakeside Sunset, 1953 Oil Painting, Signed Swedish Landscape
Located in Stockholm, SE
This serene lakeside landscape, painted in 1953, is a late work by the Swedish artist Otto Lindberg. It likely depicts a tranquil evening scene near the artist’s hometown of Söderham...
Canvas, Oil
Montmartre - Early 20th Century French Impressionist Paris Street Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1930's French impressionist oil on board depicting a view of the Montmartre neighbourhood of Paris, with the domes of Sacré-Coeur church in the background. Charming stre...
Oil
$480Sale Price|20% Off
R.M. WHITE Vintage Oil painting on canvas Seascape, Sailing Ship in the ocean
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an Original Vintage signed Oil painting on canvas depicting a sailing ship, cutting through the ocean. The ship's sails are full, catching the wind as it moves across the wav...
Oil
$1,414Sale Price|20% Off
Large British Marine Oil Painting Classic Tall Sailing Shipwreck on Rocks at Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Shipwreck by Anthony Hedges (British marine artist, 20th century) signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 25.5 x 35 inches canvas: 20 x 30 inches Provenance: private collec...
Oil, Canvas
"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
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
"Sailboats in the Sound" Impressionistic Oil Painting of Sailboat on the Water
Located in New York, NY
This serene oil painting by Kevin Shea captures a tranquil coastal harbor scene at the golden hour, likely inspired by New England's picturesque maritime landscapes. The composition ...
Oil, Board
$2,875
Antique French Impressionist Signed Park Landscape Detailed Original Painting
By Gabriel Spat
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period impressionist mo...
Oil, Board, Canvas
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
$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
$1,528Sale Price|20% Off
Ladies in Poppy Meadow Picking Wild Flowers Signed Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Path Across the Fields" by Paul Morgan, British 20th century signed oil on board, framed Framed: 21 x 24.5 inches Board : 16 x 20 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: ve...
Oil
$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
$750
Countryside Landscape with Tudor House and Gardens - Original Painting, Signed
Located in Soquel, CA
Countryside Landscape with Tudor House and Gardens - Original Painting, Signed Peaceful landscape of a Tudor-style countryside house with gardens and a stream by an unknown artist. ...
Oil, Board
The Blue Pool - Cassis - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Dorothea Sharp
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel landscape circa 1913 by English impressionist painter Dorothea Sharp. This incredible piece depicts a view of the Blue Pool in Cassis, capturing the vivid, sun-da...
Oil, Panel
Antique Fine Framed French Impressionist Street Scene Paris Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist Paris street scene signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a gold giltwood impression...
Oil, Board
$13,957
Elegant Women - Impressionist Figures in Interior Oil by Edmond Aman-Jean
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas by French impressionist painter Edmond Francois Aman-Jean. The piece depicts an elegant woman in a purple dress with her assistant. Signature: Signed lower left...
Canvas, Oil
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
$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
Signed 1921 American Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 28 by 22 inches overall, and 25 by 19 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Canvas, Oil
$1,535Sale Price|20% Off
Amsterdam Oil on Canvas Painting, Impressionist, 20th Century, Framed
Located in Genève, GE
This oil on canvas by artist Jean-Jacques Boimond (1930-1995) depicts a picturesque, tranquil scene, probably of Amsterdam, as indicated on the back of the canvas by the artist. The ...
Canvas, Oil
Provincetown Harbor
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Fantastic oil on board of Provincetown Harbor. Well painted by a talented artist circa 1920. Painting is 12" x 9" , 18.5" x 15.5" framed.
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
Pierre Montezin large French Impressionist painting harvesting scene and poplars
By PIERRE EUGÈNE MONTEZIN, 1874 - 1946
Located in Harkstead, GB
Montezin's dazzling display of brushwork captures the effects of the sunlight on the water and the glittering leaves of the poplar trees. A masterwork by the artist presented in the ...
Canvas, Oil
$955Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Original Pastel Drawing of Stone House with Courtyard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Original Pastel Drawing of Stone House with Courtyard Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper Size: 18.75 (height) x ...
Oil Pastel
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
$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
$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
$800
Watercolor by Hungarian artist Ede Halápy, titled "Tavassfal" or "Spring Wall"
Located in New York, NY
Ede Halápy (Hungarian, 1891-1962) Tavasfall (Spring wall), c. 1940 Watercolor on paper Sight size: 11 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. Framed: 22 1/4 x 21 1/2 in. Signed lower right: Halápy Hungar...
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Les Boulevards, Paris
By Gabriel Spat
Located in Greenville, DE
Loosely painted Paris street scene, typical of Spat's early work. The painting's surface is in excellent condition, however it needs varnishing as the colors will be much more pronou...
Oil, Cardboard
Boulevard de la Madeleine
Located in Greenville, DE
Excellent example of Cortès Paris scene. Provenance: Galerie Haussmann, Paris.Herbert Arnot, Inc., New York, New York (May 29, 1964).Country Store Gallery, Austin, Texas (February 2...
Canvas, Oil
$327Sale Price|25% Off
French Village Street Scene Ink Wash Architectural Drawing Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Village Street Scene Ink Wash Architectural Drawing Bernard Labbe Artist: Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) Medium: Ink and wash on artists paper, unframed Size: ...
Ink, Felt Pen
"San Jacinto Peak" Large oil painting on canvas.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "San Jacinto Peak" c.1970, is an oil painting on canvas by noted Palm Spring artist Darwin Taylor, 1921-1975. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist...
Oil
$465Sale Price|27% Off
Woman with Pitcher oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Woman with Pitcher Artist: Antoni Valls Bordoy (1912–1980) Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 35 x 27 cm (13.8 x 10.6 in) Date: 1953 Signature: Signed “Valls Bordoy” in red at ...
Canvas, Oil
Nude Sitting
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Sitting Nude" c.1990, is an oil painting on hardboard panel by noted American artist Howard Rogers, b.1932. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork (panel) size is 8.85 x 11.85 inches, framed size is 17.75 x 21 inches. Framed in original wooden gold and grey frame, with fabric liner and gold bevel. It is in excellent condition, the frame have very small minor restorations, practically invisible. About the artist: Howard Rogers wanted to be an artist for as long as he could remember. "I had no idea what an artist was when I was a kid," he laughs. "But I had a distant cousin who had gone to art school and I saw some of his drawings. They really impressed me." Born and raised in San Diego, California, Rogers now focuses on the future: "I kind of enjoy today and tomorrow and to heck with yesterday." While in high school, Rogers took some art classes and served as an apprentice sign painter, eventually becoming a journeyman. He was also a member of his high school track team, competing in the high jump, the hurdles and cross-country, as well as doing some bike racing. Following a stint in the Army, he began training for the Olympics in bike racing, trying out in 1948, 1952 and 1956. Today, "I ride a stationary bike in front of my easel three times a week." After trying out for the 1956 Olympics...
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
$1,638
Sunset on the Coast - Antique Danish Impressionist Sea Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
* No US duty or taxes to pay on this item * A very beautiful signed and dated 1900 impressionist oil on board depicting a sunset on the coast, by Danish artist Holger Lübbers...
Oil, Board
Autumn River Bank
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Autumn River Bank" c.1955 is an oil painting on canvas by American artist Richard Ellis Wagner 1923-2009 It is signed at the ...
Oil
$880Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Figurative Seascape, Shanghai Floating Market
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century figurative landscape of two small boats on blue-green water with three figures in a bustling harbor, by C.C. Chan (20th Century). One of the small boats its being used to sell red fruits, as the vendor weighs them for the customer who is shopping by boat, like in the floating...
Canvas, Oil
$760Sale Price|20% Off
Winter Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Budden Beautiful Light
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beautiful Light, Colors of Winter oil/canvas panel signed LR 12 x 9 image unframed, 18.5 x 15.5 framed I enjoy playing with light in my paintings and creating a mood while trying to...
Oil
$2,920Sale Price|20% Off
Le jardin de Daubigny Style of Vincent Van Gogh Daubigny's Garden by S. Goosson
Located in Soquel, CA
Le jardin de Daubigny Style of Vincent Van Gogh by Stephen Goosson The painting depicts the enclosed garden of Charles-François Daubigny, a French landscape painter whom Van Gogh ad...
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
$900Sale Price|25% Off
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.
Oil
Fruits and Flowers, Impressionist Lithograph after Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, After, Russian (1887 - 1985) - Fruits and Flowers Medium: Lithograph, facsimile signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 375 Image Size: 18 x 15 inches Frame Size: 3...
Lithograph
$460Sale Price|20% Off
"Baby's Tears", Hand Augmented 1970s Botanical Screenprint, 96/270
Located in Soquel, CA
Whimsical 1970's hand painted botanical silkscreen of baby's tears plant by Babette Joslyn Bauman Eddleston (American, 1922-1990). This limited edition screen print has splashes of color painted in by hand. The edition number 96/270 is written lower left. It is titled "Baby's Tears" and signed "Babette Eddleston...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$112Sale Price|25% Off
Stylised Woodland Landscape Trees Riverbank Decorative Gouache Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Stylised Woodland Landscape Trees Riverbank Decorative Gouache Painting Artist: Unknown artist (mid 20th century) Medium: Gouache on artists paper, unframed Size: 3.25 x 6 inc...
Gouache
The Garden Dahlias Impressionist Still Life painting of a bouquet of red flowers
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 39" x 34" The Garden Dahlias is an exuberant still life that celebrates the vitality and richness of nature through colour and texture. At the heart of the composition...
Canvas, Oil
$562Sale 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
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
$1,340Sale 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
$540Sale Price|20% Off
Parisian Street Café Scene with Diners and Trees Original City Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Parisian Street Café Scene with Diners and Trees Original City Watercolour By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Signed: Bottom right Medium: Watercolor on paper, mounted Size: 14 inche...
Watercolor
$627Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionist Reflections of a French Chateau in Soft Lavender Light with Moat
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Reflections of a French Chateau in Soft Lavender Light with Moat By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 10.75 x 13.5 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unfra...
Oil
Chauncey Ryder, "Among the Hills, " American Tonalist Impressionist Oil
Located in Rockport, MA
Painting size without frame: 22"x28" Painting size with frame: 22"x32" An original Walfred Thulin frame Painting is signed lower right corner A luminous mountain landscape by celebr...
Oil
$1,719Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Menton French Riviera Cote d'Azur Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Menton, South of France signed by the Hungarian artist, Laslzo Ritter (1937-2003) oil on canvas, framed Framed: 22 x 28 inches Canvas : 18 x 24 inches Inscribed verso Provenance: pri...
Oil
$719Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Still-Life with Green Drape
Located in Soquel, CA
Classic mid century still-life of a green drape with vase, by W. Gray (American, 20th Century). Dated and signed by the artist lower right, "57 W. Gray." ...
Masonite, 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