Most Famous

The Most Famous Artworks of Impressionism

The 60 most celebrated works of the Impressionism movement, ranked by renown across 24,342 works in the catalog.

A note on the ranking: "fame" here is a measure of renown, not of merit — synthesised from how widely a work is cited and held. It leans toward the Western canon and the best-digitised collections. Read it as a popular index, not a verdict.

  1. Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son
  2. The Dancing Class
    The Dancing Class Edgar Degas · 1870
  3. The Organ Rehearsal
    The Organ Rehearsal Henry Lerolle · 1893
  4. The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room
  5. Marine Landscape
    Marine Landscape Alfred Thompson Bricher · 1895
  6. The Valley of Wyoming
    The Valley of Wyoming Jasper Francis Cropsey · 1865
  7. The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine
    The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine Sanford Robinson Gifford · 1864
  8. Rio de Janeiro Bay
    Rio de Janeiro Bay Martin Johnson Heade · 1864
  9. Charing Cross Bridge, London
    Charing Cross Bridge, London Camille Pissarro · 1890
  10. Beach in Normandy
    Beach in Normandy Gustave Courbet · 1874
  11. The New Bonnet
    The New Bonnet Eastman Johnson · 1876
  12. View at Amalfi, Bay of Salerno
    View at Amalfi, Bay of Salerno George Loring Brown · 1857
  13. Hugo Reisinger
    Hugo Reisinger Anders Zorn · 1907
  14. The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne
    The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne Alfred Sisley · 1872
  15. Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore
    Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore Sanford Robinson Gifford · 1871
  16. Garden at Sainte-Adresse
    Garden at Sainte-Adresse Claude Monet · 1867
  17. The Dancer
    The Dancer Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1874
  18. The Daughters of Catulle Mendès
    The Daughters of Catulle Mendès Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1894
  19. Lake George
    Lake George John Frederick Kensett · 1869
  20. Indian Summer
    Indian Summer William Trost Richards · 1875
  21. Oarsmen at Chatou
    Oarsmen at Chatou Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1879
  22. Natural Arch at Capri
    Natural Arch at Capri William Stanley Haseltine · 1871
  23. High Point: Shandaken Mountains
    High Point: Shandaken Mountains Asher Brown Durand · 1853
  24. Conversation Piece
    Conversation Piece Lilly Martin Spencer · 1852
  25. Madame Georges Charpentier and her Children
    Madame Georges Charpentier and her Children Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1890
  26. The Louvre, Afternoon, Rainy Weather
    The Louvre, Afternoon, Rainy Weather Camille Pissarro · 1900
  27. A Windmill on a Polder Waterway, Known as ‘In the Month of July’
  28. Paris, rue du Havre
    Paris, rue du Havre Jean Béraud · 1882
  29. Pastoral Landscape
    Pastoral Landscape Asher Brown Durand · 1861
  30. The Spirit of War
    The Spirit of War Jasper Francis Cropsey · 1851
  31. Summer Afternoon
    Summer Afternoon Asher Brown Durand · 1865
  32. A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove)
    A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove) Sanford Robinson Gifford · 1862
  33. A Cosey Corner
    A Cosey Corner Francis Davis Millet · 1884
  34. Finish—First International Race for America's Cup, August 8, 1870
  35. Imitation
    Imitation John Haberle · 1887
  36. Landscape at Les Pâtis, Pontoise
    Landscape at Les Pâtis, Pontoise Camille Pissarro · 1868
  37. A Pastoral Scene
    A Pastoral Scene Asher Brown Durand · 1858
  38. Lake George
    Lake George John William Casilear · 1851
  39. The Last Moments of John Brown
    The Last Moments of John Brown Thomas Hovenden · 1883
  40. Santa Maria della Salute, Sunset
    Santa Maria della Salute, Sunset William Stanley Haseltine · 1878
  41. A Waitress at Duval's Restaurant
    A Waitress at Duval's Restaurant Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1875
  42. La Grenouillère
    La Grenouillère Claude Monet · 1869
  43. The Harbor at Lorient
    The Harbor at Lorient Berthe Morisot · 1869
  44. Autumn Landscape, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Orange County, New York
  45. Boating
    Boating Édouard Manet · 1874
  46. River Scene
    River Scene Asher Brown Durand · 1854
  47. U.S. Thread Company Mills, Willimantic, Connecticut
  48. Woman with a Sunflower
    Woman with a Sunflower Mary Cassatt · 1905
  49. Tea
    Tea James Tissot · 1872
  50. Little Girl in a Blue Armchair
    Little Girl in a Blue Armchair Mary Cassatt · 1878
  51. Pompton Plains, New Jersey
    Pompton Plains, New Jersey Jasper Francis Cropsey · 1867
  52. Pont Neuf, Paris
    Pont Neuf, Paris Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1872
  53. Glass Blowers of Murano
    Glass Blowers of Murano Charles Frederic Ulrich · 1886
  54. Still Life: Flowers and Fruit
    Still Life: Flowers and Fruit Severin Roesen · 1852
  55. The Aegean Sea
    The Aegean Sea Frederic Edwin Church · 1877
  56. Bayside, New Rochelle, New York
    Bayside, New Rochelle, New York David Johnson · 1886
  57. Mother and Child with a Rose Scarf
    Mother and Child with a Rose Scarf Mary Cassatt · 1908
  58. Regatta at Sainte-Adresse
    Regatta at Sainte-Adresse Claude Monet · 1867
  59. The Old Oaken Bucket which Hung in the Well
  60. Tilla Durieux
    Tilla Durieux Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1914