Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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
Multnomah Falls OR, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
At Multnomah Falls The leaves burn crimson and gold Patiently I wait We walked the one mile up the concrete path hand in hand at the end overlooking the waterfalls Our eyes st...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Carpathian Mountains, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
The Carpathian Mountains, wonderous and ancient as the country they exist in. Magnificent mountains calling us to climb to the top of the world. Romania and its surrounding ca...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Napa Vista No. 30, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Napa Vista no. 30 More than 400 wineries dot the fertile soils of Napa Valley, one of the world’s premier wine regions and famous for its prized Cabernet Sauvignon. Stroll throu...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Tohoku Japan, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Tohoku Japan Northeast region, or Northeast Japan (????, T?hoku-nihon) consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. This traditional region consists o...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Three Travelers, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Does your mystical shape ever cease, Is it eternal, does it breathe? Are the rocks true Gods ? Or merely mortal rods ? For lightning never strikes, At the summit of your grand...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Near Big Sur, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Big Sur is living poetry. Grace in physical form. Love exemplified. You come to Big Sur looking for “somethingâ€
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Back Street Majorca, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Looking forward to the holiday of a lifetime, Destination never before ever undertaken, A very scary journey for me, I can only imagine being, As a first time traveler across the...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Tarot Card, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Gambling With Tarot Cards Gambling with Tarot cards, got The Devil in the palm of my hands with the edges creased, The Devils in the details and He knows me well, holding 3 6’s...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Ionic Vista, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Across the Mediterranean lovers gaze as the ships roll by. Greek Ionic Vista :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed b...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
110 Northbound!, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Pasadena Freeway 110 departing Los Angeles and headed for Pasadena thought the underpasses. Walking through a freeway tunnel, Getting hit by all the cars, The memories crash int...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Santorini Shadows, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Have you ever been to Santorini on a boat when you were young and blond and gorgeous and free? Have you ever been to Santorini when life lay before you like a joke a challen...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
City Park: Early Evening, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
A STRETCH of lawn as smooth as happiness, And tender green withal, and dappled o'er With shadows that the birches throw, unless A maple here and there throws shadows more. Beyond...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mission Courtyard, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Stretching from San Diego to Sonoma, the 21 missions of Alta California are storied reminders of California and our nation's past. Few regions of the world have such a physical, visu...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Chateau, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In the autumn's light, the chateau glows Until the darkness takes over And then, we kiss that eternal kiss While the night falls into a million stars And the moon's blue light fa...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Sequoia no 1, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
The grandeur of a majestic mountain standing proud against the horizon with its snow-capped peak enveloped in fleecy white clouds against a clear azure blue sky The glorious m...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Wild Blue, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
May your blooms be floriferous and in good form, Distinctive, with good substance, flare, and airborne, With standards and falls that endure, never torn. May you display many buds...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Red, Yellow, Blue, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Not only the cultivated ones in parks and gardens, unfolding immaculate petals on a terrace or trellis, and not just the wild ones, kissed by elegant birds in jungle foliage, or brig...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Avalon Chimes, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Avalon Chimes Take your ships and your sailors, to that island of the sky, take them all to Avalon, where the dreamers fly. The gentle winds breeze, the voice of a longing ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Tuileries Garden Paris. 2010. Watercolor on paper, 38x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tuileries Garden. Paris. 2010. Watercolor on paper, 38x50 cm
Ingrida Irbe (1969)
Born 15th of June 1969 in Riga
Education:
1980. – 1987. J. Rozental...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$711 Sale Price
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Pelé Brazilian, footballer, Soccer Star, Illustration
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Bob Peak is one of the true giants of post-war American Illustration. He is a virtuoso artist, with a heightened level of skill and talent that very few living artists today possess...
Category
1980s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache
Asters. 2004. acrylic on canvas, 40x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Impressionist technique employed by the artist focuses on the essence of flowers rather than details. The play of light and shadows creates the atmosphere of a summer day.
Ingrida Irbe...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
The Magere Brug in Amsterdam – 09-11-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Pap
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Clueless as to Female Forms This graphite pencil drawing ‘The Magere Brug in Amsterdam – 09-11-23’ is rather realistic looking but let me explain why. Of late I started sket...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Berg en Dal – 30-10-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Something More Cubist This graphite pencil drawing ‘Berg en Dal – 30-10-23’ is my next one in the series of the same name. Doing the last one I really got the hang of it. That one was rather impressionistic than cubistic but I really don’t mind. I like the result nonetheless. However, a former drawing lingered in my mind, a scenery much more abstracted. That’s how it goes, from a more realistic approach to abstract. Years ago I also drew a cubist forest in the same municipality. It happens to be that I found the perfect reference picture. Therefor I was very eager to turn it into something beautiful. Sparkling Diamonds You see, last weekend I went to the actual place. There I took some pictures of wonderful hillsides with trees in Autumn colors. Not the abovemeant picture though. That one I took in the Summertime. It was in my folder...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
John Piper Reims Cathedral, France watercolour/gouache/ink c.1960
Located in London, GB
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1960s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Ink
Figure 172103, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Artwork by Chris N Rohrbach. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes ::...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Zoo New York City with Sea Lions
Located in Miami, FL
A charming and stylized depiction of a day at the Central Park Zoo. with World War Two uniformed visitors front and center. Sea lions put on a show in front o...
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1940s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Sea Battle - (Stories from the Edda)
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, "A Rackham" lower right
Sotheby's New York
Housed in an elegant , hi-end frame with museum glass.
Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators fr...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Anon. Wren Bridge St John
s College, Cambridge, c.1875 watercolour
Located in London, GB
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19th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Girl on Stool, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Charcoal drawing of a young woman sitting on a stool. Done during a session of quick poses with a live model. :: Drawing :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certifi...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
The Mirror, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Nude woman with reflection :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: No :: :...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mary in the Morning, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Woman lounging, dreaming :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: No :: :: ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Charcoal Study of a Woman Reading
Located in Houston, TX
Charcoal study of a woman reading. The work is attached to a matte backing. It is signed by the artist in the bottom corner. The dimensions are of the p...
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19th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Winston Eating A Stick, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Amy Bernays
Located in Yardley, PA
Pencil and oil pastel on pastel paper :: Drawing :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Dreas Birthday Boat, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
By Amy Bernays
Located in Yardley, PA
Red wine painted on cotton paper. These paintings are relics of the night, spilled wine and the rim marks of the glass. The color of the wine may have changed in the years since they...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Mask, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
By Amy Bernays
Located in Yardley, PA
Red wine painted on cotton canvas. These paintings are relics of the night, spilled wine and the rim marks of the glass. The color of the wine may have changed in the years since the...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Paysage Canadien, 1889
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Lucius Richard O'BRIEN (1832-1899)
Paysage Canadien, 1889
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 25 x 42 cm
Signed and dated 1889 lower left
Provenance: Private collection, Dieppe
Waterc...
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1880s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Versailles
Located in Sheffield, MA
Marie-Paule Carpentier
French, 1876-1915
Versailles
Pastel / Paper
12 by 16 in. W/frame 18 by 22 in.
Signed on lower left Marie-Paule Carpentier
Marie-Paule Carpentier painted i...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Chelsea Old Church London watercolour Angela Stones Wedding Present
Located in London, GB
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Westminster Bridge and Houses of Parliament, London watercolour Angela Stones
Located in London, GB
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Angela Stones (1914-1995)
Westminster Bridge...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Oscar Andreae: Kiosk on the Bosphorus drawing 1866
Located in London, GB
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1860s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Carbon Pencil
Oscar Andreae: Isola Pescatori Lago Maggiore Italy drawing 1862
Located in London, GB
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Oscar Andreae (fl.1860-1880)
Isola Pescatori, Italy
1862
Pencil drawing
Sheet 12 x 16.5cm
Andreae spent much of the 1860s exploring Europe - the invention of the railways having made undertaking a Grand Tour rather easier than it had been half a century earlier - and recorded the places he visited. Here, visiting the Lago Maggiore...
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1860s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Oscar Andreae: Schlossgarten, Baden Baden, Germany - 1861 drawing
Located in London, GB
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Oscar Andreae (fl.1860-1880)
Pencil drawing
Inscribed 'Schlossgarten - Juli 1861/ Baden Baden...
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1860s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Carbon Pencil
Canada Snow Morning, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
By Helal Uddin
Located in Yardley, PA
This is one of my studio paintings. I love watercolor because it’s a very challenging medium. I used Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors with world-class acid-free Arches 300gsm wa...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
After Rain, Toronto, Canada, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
By Helal Uddin
Located in Yardley, PA
This is one of my studio paintings. I love watercolor because it’s a very challenging medium. I used Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors with world-class acid-free Arches 300gsm wa...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Million Bells, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
By Helal Uddin
Located in Yardley, PA
This is one of my studio paintings. I love watercolor because it’s a very challenging medium. I used Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors with world-class acid-free Arches 300gsm wa...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Toronto City, Canada, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
By Helal Uddin
Located in Yardley, PA
This is one of my on location paintings. I love watercolor because it’s a very challenging medium. I used Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors with world-class acid-free Arches 300g...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Firm House, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
By Helal Uddin
Located in Yardley, PA
This is one of my studio paintings. I love watercolor because it’s a very challenging medium. I used Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors with world-class acid-free Arches 300gsm wa...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Reflection, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the human form, whilst port...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Panda Express, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
An original 12â€
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
White Flower_02, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By Helal Uddin
Located in Yardley, PA
This is one of my plein air paintings. I love watercolor because it’s a very challenging medium. I used Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors with world-class acid-free Arches Baohon...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Reach Out, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the human form, whilst port...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Still Life, 1947
Located in Indianapolis, IN
Kae Dorn Cass was born in 1901 and remained a life-long Clevelander. She was a survivor of the 1908 Collinwood Elementary School fire which killed her sister and 171 other children. ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
A quiet canal in Venice, Italy with mist in the distance
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two original watercolor paintings capturing the timeless beauty of Venice, Italy. These works evoke the city’s luminous atmosphere, with delicate washes of color that suggest both th...
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1980s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Rock Star, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Rock Star was painted on Arches 140 pound paper with a 2" flat brush. The artist attempted to catch the high-energy performance. The painting comes with a 3" off-white mat. :: Painti...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Autumn Waterfall Landscape Nature Adventure Watercolor Vibrant Expressionist Sky
By Craig Lueck
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Mountain Stream" is an original watercolor painting by Craig Lueck. These petite watercolors that make up Lueck's portfolio serve as windows into the artist's world. Scenery from hi...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
There is a hut behind the village
, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Excellent piece of original art. Handmade Signed Painting. Original watercolor painting by Ukrainian artist Maksym Kisilov Title: '''There is a hut behind the village'' Size: 1...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Let
s go faster
, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Excellent piece of original art. Handmade Signed Painting. Original watercolor painting by Ukrainian artist Maksym Kisilov Title: ''Let's go faster'' Size: 16.1" x 23.2" (41 x ...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Evening in Vyshka
, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Excellent piece of original art. Handmade Signed Painting. Original watercolor painting by Ukrainian artist Maksym Kisilov Title: ''Evening in Vyshka'' Size: 14.9" x 22" (38 x ...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Orange evening
, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Excellent piece of original art. Handmade Signed Painting. Original watercolor painting by Ukrainian artist Maksym Kisilov Title: ''Orange evening'' Size: 14.1" x 18.8" (36 x 4...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
A fantastic evening
, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Excellent piece of original art. Handmade Signed Painting. Original watercolor painting by Ukrainian artist Maksym Kisilov Title: ''A fantastic evening'' Size: 14.1" x 18.8" (3...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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