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Ken Auster

Rollin in Study by Allison Chambers, Oil on paper Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Small Mountain Study by Allison Chambers, Oil on paper Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Paris Stroll by Allison Chambers, Oil Landscape French Painting on Paper
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Cozy Day by Allison Chambers, Oil Landscape French Painting on Canvas
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
studied under Andy Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Mystical Marsh by Allison Chambers, Large Oil Landscape Painting Vertical
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

It's a Wonderland by Allison Chambers, Large Oil Landscape Painting Vertical
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Small Marsh 9 by Allison Chambers, Small Framed Oil Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tranquility by Allison Chambers, Oil on paper vertical Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paper

Thankfulness Study by Allison Chambers, Oil on paper vertical Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter teacher.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

I See You by Allison Chambers, Large Square Oil Landscape Painting, Lake
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
interpretations of life.” She has studied under Andy Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Belle Femmes by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Painting Four Women
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lose Yourself by Allison Chambers, Oil Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rollin In by Allison Chambers, Large Vertical Oil Landscape Painting With Moon
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter teacher.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Untitled (Boats on the Beach), screenprint
By Ken Auster
Located in San Antonio, TX
Ken Auster is known for his iconic images of surfing culture and plein air paintings. Ken grew up
Category

1990s Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Screen

Domination of the Curl
By Ken Auster
Located in San Antonio, TX
Countersigned by Phil Edwards. Ken Auster is known for his iconic images of surfing culture and
Category

1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Archival Paper, Screen

Maalaea Harbor
By Ken Auster
Located in San Antonio, TX
Ken Auster is known for his iconic images of surfing culture and plein air paintings. Ken grew up
Category

1990s Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Maalaea Harbor
Maalaea Harbor
H 25.5 in W 30.75 in D 0.001 in
Outer Island
By Ken Auster
Located in San Antonio, TX
, represent the classic surf art of the past century. Ken Auster is known for his iconic images of surfing
Category

1980s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Screen

Outer Island
Outer Island
H 27.88 in W 35.5 in D 0.001 in
The Ultimate Challenge
By Ken Auster
Located in San Antonio, TX
Ken Auster is known for his iconic images of surfing culture and plein air paintings. Ultimate
Category

20th Century Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Screen

Los Alamos
By Camille Dellar
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
under a variety of artists including:- Ken Auster, Ovanes Berberian. Ted Goershner and Jove Wang.
Category

2010s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

In the Distance by Allison Chambers, Oil on Paper Vertical Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Tranquil Bliss by Allison Chambers, Oil on Paper Horizontal Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

My Happy Dance by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Abstract Floral Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
studied under Andy Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

La De Das by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Floral Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
studied under Andy Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Feel the Love by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Floral Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
studied under Andy Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

I Believe in Miracles by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Framed Landscape
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Crayola Bouquet by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Square Floral
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Your Day by Allison Chambers, Large Oil on Canvas Horizontal Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sweet Nothings by Allison Chambers, Framed Impressionist Floral Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Beautiful by Allison Chambers, Framed Impressionist Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Happy Go Lucky 2 by Allison Chambers, Framed Impressionist Floral Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spring Breeze by Allison Chambers, Framed Impressionist Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Less Chosen 1 by Allison Chambers, Framed Impressionist Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hanging Out by Allison Chambers, Framed Impressionist Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

I'll Meet You There by Allison Chambers, Framed Impressionist Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Less Chosen 2 by Allison Chambers, Framed Impressionist Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Coming Around by Allison Chambers, Square Impressionist Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
studied under Andy Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tranquil by Allison Chambers, Landscape Impressionist Painting on Paper
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
studied under Andy Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Trio by Allison Chambers, Framed Figurative Oil on Canvas Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dreaming by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Impressionist Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Impossible by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Impressionist Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Brighter Day by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Impressionist Floral Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sweet Dreams by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Impressionist Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Leave It All Behind by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Be Better Today by Allison Chambers, Framed Impressionist Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Less Chosen 3 by Allison Chambers, Landscape Impressionist Painting on Paper
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Into the Mist by Allison Chambers, Framed Impressionist Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

On Golden Pond by Allison Chambers, Framed Impressionist Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Up Above by Allison Chambers, Landscape Impressionist Painting on Paper
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Inspiration II by Allison Chambers, Canvas square Abstract Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Where I Belong by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mac's Moment by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Abstract Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Beach Babes II by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Square Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Delicate Dance by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Square Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Absolutely Me by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Square Floral Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Citron Splash by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Vertical Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Take It Easy by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Impressionist Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Luberon Hills by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Square Landscape Painting Beach
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tranquil Day by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Vertical Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Warm Sand by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Square Landscape Painting Beach
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Life of Grace by Allison Chambers, Large Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Puzzled by Allison Chambers, Large Oil on Canvas Horizontal Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sunset on the Seine by Allison Chambers, Oil Landscape Paris Painting on Paper
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

'Show Me', Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter teacher
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Lost Horizon', Medium Size Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter teacher
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Color Play', Medium Size Landscape Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter teacher
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Identity', Large Vertical Abstract Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
of life.” She has studied under Andy Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vinesin Avignon, Petite Impressionist South of France Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter teacher.
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Beautiful Day at Les Murets by Allison Chambers, Petite Impressionist Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter teacher.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Wild Thing by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Impressionist Floral Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
studied under Andy Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Brighter Days by Allison Chambers, Oil on Canvas Impressionist Landscape
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ratio by Allison Chambers, Small Framed Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
interpretations of life.” She has studied under Andy Braitman, Curt Butler, Nancy Franke and the late Ken Auster
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Beautiful Sunay by Allison Chambers, Petite Impressionist Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter teacher.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Grounded" Large Vertical Framed Impressionist Low Country Painting
By Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
late Ken Auster and is now a full-time artist and oil-painter teacher.
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Achille Laugé 1861-1944 French The Garden Near Cailhau Signed "A. Laugé 96" (lower left) Oil on canvas “Laugé’s art is one of great sensitivity and controlled reason; he is a mas...
Category

19th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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A Close Look at Impressionist Art

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.

Find a collection of authentic Impressionist art on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Paintings for You

Painting is an art form that has spanned innumerable cultures, with artists using the medium to tell stories, explore and communicate ideas and express themselves. To bring abstract paintings, landscape paintings, still-life paintings and other original paintings into your home is to celebrate and share in the long tradition of this discipline.

When we look at paintings, particularly those that originated in the past, we learn about history, other cultures and countries of the world. Like every other work of art, paintings — whether they are contemporary creations or works that were made during the 19th century — can often help us clearly see and understand the world around us in a meaningful and interesting way.

Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.

Today, creating a wall of art is a wonderful way to enhance your space, showcase beautiful pieces and tie an interior design together.

No matter your preference, whether you favor Post-Impressionist paintings, animal paintings, Surrealism, Pop art or another movement or specific period, arranging art on a blank wall allows you to evoke emotions in a room while also showing off your tastes and interests. A symmetrical wall arrangement may comprise a grid of four to six pieces or, for an odd number of works, a horizontal row. Asymmetrical arrangements, which may be small clusters of art or large, salon-style gallery walls, have a more collected and eclectic feel.

Download the 1stDibs app, which includes a handy “View on Wall” feature that allows you to see how a particular artwork will look on a particular wall, and read about how to arrange wall art. And if you’re searching for the perfect palette for your interior design project, what better place to turn than to the art world’s masters of color

On 1stDibs, you’ll find an expansive collection of paintings and other fine art for your home or office. Browse abstract paintings, portrait paintings, paintings by emerging artists and more today.