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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
Always Roses
Located in THOMERY, FR
Gouache on paper sent from France rolled in a tube. The work of Linda Clerget is realized in an impressionist style à la gouache alla prima. The colors are broken and worked in the f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Gouache, Archival Paper

"A PATH IN THE HILLS OF TEXAS" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY Framed: 25 x 29
Located in San Antonio, TX
Palmer Chrisman (1913 - 1984) Austin Artist Image Size: 20 x 24 Frame Size: 25 x 29 Medium: Oil "Path in the Hills" Texas Hill Country Palmer Chrisman (1913 - 1984) Palmer Chrisman ...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

"LOST AND FOUND" CATTLE STRAYS IN WEST TEXAS. WESTERN COWBOY COWS. FRAME 30 X 42
Located in San Antonio, TX
Lester Hughes (1938-2021) El Paso Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Frame Size: 30 x 42 Medium: Oil "Lost and Found" West Texas Cattle STRAYS Biography Lester Hughes (1938-2021) From El Pas...
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1970s Impressionist Art

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Oil

"MOVE ALONG" CATTLE IN WEST TEXAS. WESTERN COWBOY, COWS, HORSES, MOUNTAINS
Located in San Antonio, TX
Lester Hughes (1938-2021) El Paso Artist Image Size: 15 x 30 Frame Size: 21 x 36 Medium: Oil "Move Along" Herding Cattle West Texas Biography Lester Hughes (1938-2021) From El Paso, ...
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1970s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Ray Simonini, "Oyster" 12x16 Shell Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This painting by artist Ray Simonini titled "Oyster" is a 12x16 nautical oil painting on canvas featuring a close-up of an oyster shell against a colorful orange background. About ...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Long Cove, Harpswell, Maine, Landscape, Coastal, Boats, Impressionist, Oil
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Originally from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Oehmig now resides in Brunswick, Maine. He holds a B.A. in Studio Art and Art History from Principia College, Elsah, Illinois, as well as an M...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Camarillo History, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
An abandoned warehouse stands quietly on the side roads of Camarillo, California. Despite the gray, overcast day, the building still displays intriguing colors....

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Live Bait, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A dry dock pier in Avila, California brims with history and activity. In this instance, a small boat is on its way to a well-deserved overhaul. It passes by lar...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

A Quiet Place, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In the San Francisco Bay, just beyond Sausalito, weathered shacks stand abandoned along the water's edge. The sun peeks through the overcast sky, casting enchan...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Ingeborg Åkerman, Woman Sitting in a Garden Arbor Sewing
Located in Stockholm, SE
A beautifully painted motif by the female artist Ingeborg Åkerman (1881-1960) of a woman sitting in her garden shaded from the sun by the arbor where she is sewing. It is probably pa...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Three in San Pedro, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The fishing boats in San Pedro are rich in historical color. They are passed down from generation to generation. The painting draws attention to the foreground ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Lone Rider, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A solitary rider journeys through a secluded section of a town, arousing curiosity about his destination. The interplay of colors and shapes within the composit...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Seattle Color, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
While traveling in the Pacific Northwest, artist Thomas Hoerber photographed this scene during a small break in the overcast sky. The sun slowly broke through, ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Some Vacancies, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A cluster of shacks perches on the shallow side of the water. During a trip to Sausalito, California, artist Thomas Hoerber detours to the back of San Francisco...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Old Barber Shop, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
While visiting a friend in Brandon, Vermont, artist Thomas Hoerber spots an old, abandoned barber shop. The town brims with quaint history. One cannot help but ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Vase of Flowers II - Original Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas 2022
Located in Columbus, OH
This is an original Impressionist oil painting by American-Cuban Artist Jose Lima . He uses a wide spectrum of oil paint which captures the scene or object in a spontaneous vibrant I...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Vase of Flowers I - Original Impressionist Oil on Canvas 2022
Located in Columbus, OH
This is an original Impressionist oil painting by American-Cuban Artist Jose Lima . He uses a wide spectrum of oil paint which captures the scene or object in a spontaneous vibrant I...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Nude Study
Located in Dallas, TX
My work is capturing the energy or mood of a place or event and presenting it to the audience to have them connect to the subject more closely as if it’s an integral part of their li...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

"Breathe Deep II" contemporary realist landscape painting of California cliffs
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Breathe Deep II" is a contemporary realist landscape painting of California cliffs painted en plein air. Joseph Paquet, while pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the School of Vis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

The little bouquet
Located in New York, NY
Miralles is one of Spain's most lauded academic coming towards impressionism painters. He was technically superlative and had a way with lush brushwork that made his work highly sou...
Category

1870s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Spring on the Hillside, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
White blossoming trees grace an orchard in Provence, France. Painted with a brush and palette knife, the composition conveys their fleeting beauty. Their flower...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

At Water's Edge, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The fiery hues of the autumn trees contrast beautifully with the cool tones of the stream. The swift course of the water distorts the reflection of the gently r...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Han Chen Still Life Original Oil Painting "Red Hydrangea"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Red Hydrangea Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 19.5 x 15.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Foothills of Tuscany" Post-Impressionist Italian View Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
The result is a refreshing view from his Tuscany scenes. The Italian pathway is depicted with much vibrancy and energy as the trees and mountains are depicted loosely in the backgrou...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Cervinia in snow, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Winter landscape of a mountain village :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Sig...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

View from the top, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Winter mountain landscape. Studio painting done after a number of plain airs on the area. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticit...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Mountain barns, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Mountain landscape with barns, painted by oil on canvas. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready t...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Girl with a ball, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Alla prima oil painting . Beautiful weather with a big shining sun. And I’m standing there taking it all in. The many spectacular sights jump at my eyes. Kids and dogs run around a...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Swans 2, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Nine swans in the water, painted by oil on canvas. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Running from the wave 2, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Alla prima oil painting with few final touches when dry. Beautiful weather with a big shining sun. And I’m standing there taking it all in. The many spectacular sights jump at my e...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

After surf, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Alla prima oil painting with few final touches when dry. Beautiful weather with a big shining sun. And I’m standing there taking it all in. The many spectacular sights jump at my e...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Female portrait, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Impressionist stilization of the old style portrait, inspired by Borovikovsky :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by ...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Girl at the beach, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Girl, sitting at the beach, painted by oil on canvas. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to H...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Dog on the mountain road, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Dog, sitting on the mountain road, painted by oil on canvas :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Read...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Abstract-3, Contemporary art, Abstract Original Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Kaloust Guedel Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Acrylic on Canvas over Board, Mirror, Polyester, Spray Paint. Year: 2023 Style: Contemporary ...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Polyester, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Hart In The Blues-7, Contemporary art, Abstract Original Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Kaloust Guedel Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Acrylic on Canvas over Board, Mirror, Polyester, Spray Paint. Year: 2023 Style: Contemporary ...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Polyester, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Love-4, Contemporary art, Abstract Original Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Kaloust Guedel Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Acrylic on Canvas over Board, Mirror, Polyester, Spray Paint. Year: 2023 Style: Contemporary ...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Polyester, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Disegno figurativo impressionista italiano del XIX secolo firmato
Located in Florence, IT
Questo schizzo, inchiostro su carta, è firmato in basso al centro C. Brancaccio. Raffigura un gruppo di figure, tra cui un bambino che sembra protendersi verso un animale, si può sup...
Category

19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Madeleine RENAUD, Watercolor, The Wreath Of Carnations
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Watercolor by Madeleine RENAUD (1900-1994), France. Wreath of Carnations. With frame: 60.2x89 cm - 23.7x35 inches without frame: 73x43 cm - 28.7x16.9 inches. Signed "Madeleine Renaud...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Cors Caron. 4 Panelled Contemporary Landscape Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Encaustic on board. 4 panels, framed
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Encaustic, Board

Portrait of Wife
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Beautiful impressionistic portrait of Soviet master, Aleksei Belykh's, wife. Belykh was a Russian artist from Sverdlovsk. This painting is signed and dated and in great condition. ...
Category

1950s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Love-5, Contemporary art, Abstract Original Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Kaloust Guedel Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Acrylic on Canvas over Board, Mirror, Polyester, Spray Paint. Year: 2023 Style: Contemporary ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Polyester, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Aerial, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
With a contrasting cool-hued trunk and sun-kissed branches and leaves, an oak tree boasts a stylized image. Under the brilliant sky, the surrounding woodland gl...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Between Monet and de Kooning, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
this painting is done on a canvas panel in a post-impressionist way. I have abstracted the figure as a fleeting image, purposely providing no details. I believe that this is not an e...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Bouquet impressionist style floral painting by Julia Anne Taylor
By Julia Anne Taylor
Located in London, GB
Julia Anne Taylor is a self-taught impressionist artist based in London. Her preferred medium is oil painting but likes to dabble in pottery. She is currently living in Notting Hill ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Summer Grasses, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Early fall brings forth golden grasses, with distant mountains providing a cool backdrop. The rushing stream curves through the sunlight and shade, creating a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Pink Clouds in a Blue Sky-original contemporary impressionism landscape painting
Located in London, Chelsea
In "I Saw Pink Clouds in a Blue Sky," Nimet Keser offers viewers a glimpse into a world where imagination and reality intertwine. This original figurative landscape painting, crafted...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Palm trees by the River side & Sunset-original impressionism landscape painting
Located in London, Chelsea
In "Palm Trees by the Riverside and Sunset," Nimet Keser invites viewers to bask in the tranquility of a serene evening by the riverbank. This original landscape painting, brought to...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

How close are Trees, Lake and Clouds-original impressionism landscape painting
Located in London, Chelsea
In "How Close are the Trees, the Lake, and the Clouds," Nimet Keser invites viewers to explore the intricate relationship between nature's elements through the lens of abstract impre...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Boats off the Coast - Italian Marine Seascape Coastal Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1930's Italian oil on canvas depicting fishing boats off the coast on a calm sea. Very good quality work, indistinctly signed lower right and presented in it's original p...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Bretagne II by Edouard Arthur - Watercolor 30x40 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on paper sold with frame (wooden frame with glass) Total size with frame 33x43 cm
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1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Bretagne by Edouard Arthur - Watercolor 30x40 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on paper sold with frame (wooden frame with glass) Total size with frame 33x43 cm
Category

1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Blue Dryad. Contemporary Floral Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
“Blue Dryad” (120 X 100cm) and like the mythical forest dwellers themselves, this “Dryad” is marvellously at home among the boughs and blooms. Held here mid-flight, the summer-visiti...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Dawn at the Wiers
Located in Provincetown, MA
George David Yater was an American painter associated with the Cape Cod School of Art. He was best known for watercolors. Yater's work has been exhibited by major galleries like the ...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

"La Bergere" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the drawing in sanguine). Printed in 1923 in an edition of 150 on Arches paper at the atelier Jacomet and published in Paris by Bernheim-Jeune for the rare "Re...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Lithograph, Stencil

Brian's Flowers, 2020, oil on canvas, floral still-life oil painting
Located in New York, NY
Craddock’s floral paintings are loci for memory, spanning more than a decade and various dwellings. Sharing a kindred spirit with such artists as Jane Freilicher and Lois Dodd, Cradd...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Geraniums and Pond, 2022, red and vibrant, floral still life painting
Located in New York, NY
Craddock’s floral paintings are loci for memory, spanning more than a decade and various dwellings. Sharing a kindred spirit with such artists as Jane Freilicher and Lois Dodd, Cradd...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

1930's French Impressionist Oil Purple Mountains Green Coastal Path
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vintage French Painting by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on board, unframed measures: 5 high by 8.5 inches wide conditi...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

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