American Impressionist Art

Beautiful watercolor of boats next to a dock with tall trees in the background by Mike Strouth (American, 20th Century). Signed "Strouth" lower ri...

Artist: Bart Perry (American, 1906-1992) Title: Landscape Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Pastel Paper: Sketch Image size: 14 x 17 inches paper size: 14 x 17 inches Signature: Signed lower right Condition: Very good Frame: Framed in a custom wooden gold frame, with gold color bevel. About the artist. Bart Perry studied at the California School of Fine Arts, MFA, 1928. Fine Arts, Mills College, Berkeley, CA. 1955. Selected Exhibitions: Lucien Labaudt Gallery with Wm. Mayo, 1946; California School of Fine Arts, Roy DeForest, Relf Case, Richard Brodney...

Lithograph of a person sitting on a park bench by Mercado (20th Century). Signed by the artist in pencil in the lower right corner ("Mercado 69"). Numbere...

Vibrant autumnal impasto painting of the High Sierra mountains by Ruth Frymire (American, 20th century). Signed "Ruth Frymire" lower right. Unframed. Imag...

Serene coastal landscape by Monterey California-area artist Patricia Gillfillan (American, 1924-2016). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection o...

Vintage watercolor portrait by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" in the lower right corner. Dated "1978". Unframed. Doris Ann Warner began as an Abstract Expre...

Birch Trees - Landscape in Watercolor on Paper by John Salminen Expressive watercolor by John T. Salminen (American. 20th Century). Signed "John T. Salminen" in the lower right cor...

After the Chores comes Cold Lemonade with Milking Stool Still Life Country Style Milk Stool and Hay Fork with the reward of cold lemonade after all the chores are done. P. Etheridge, a Pacific Grove art...

Dorothy Lampl lives a private, contemplative life in Taos, New Mexico. Her main companions are her cats, her shelves of books, oriental objects, her gard...

Serene, beautifully executed watercolor, using a wide spectrum of color with a delicate and subtle hand, by Don Kitz (American, 1939-2019), c.1970. Feel the peace and serenity of thi...

Elegant mid century figure study in pastel on brown paper depicting a seated nude woman with a hat and rose, by by American artist Louis Nadalini (Italian, 1927-1995). Signed Nadalini upper right. Presented in a simple wood frame, with new mat and new foam core backing. Image size: 29"H x 19.5"W. Signed and dated "Nadalini 85" lower right. Unframed. ARTFORUM article: Louis Nadalini In the last couple of seasons, San Francisco has lost several of its galleries. Some others have just recently begun operating but often with an entirely new group of artists. Some members of those apparently secure gallery stables that went out of business have found their way into other stables, but a larger group is without a place to show. I decided to look into such a person’s studio in my endeavor to find out what is really happening in the Bay Area art world. I went to see Louis Nadalini. His latest painting continues with the lattice of slats protruding forward with two variations of the painting painted on the sides of the slats which are viewable when standing to either side. This was always a very abstract method and he had quite often painted pure abstractions which centered quietly into hypnotic devices of exceptional color richness, but which gave a kaleidoscopic change as you moved past it. Untitled #42 (the most recent painting) has subject matter and was done in a much more painterly way. The side variations were flat in color, and there were some elements seen only in the side views, a skeleton’s arm and a black hand, for example. Nadalini says that he may abandon the lattice altogether if it gets in his way, but so far it seems to work better than it did with the abstractions. He is enthusiastic about the work he is doing, felt very free about making changes, and was, at the same time still happy about work from several years ago and unwilling to think that older work and new work should not be exhibited together. He hasn’t been thinking about galleries for a while. Nadalini goes to sea periodically which gives him time for contemplation as well as for renewing his resources. by —Knute Stiles...

Sketchy and expressive depiction of an artist painting at an easel by an unknown artist (20th Century). Dresses in a white smock, an artist works at an easel. The background is parti...

A dynamic, highly textured impasto mid-century still life of a blue vase with flowers. Unsigned. Displayed in a rustic walnut wood frame. Image,...

Artist: Bart Perry (American, 1906-1992) Title: Lake Tahoe II Year: 1951 Medium: Watercolor Paper: sketch paper Image size: 13.25 x 15.75 inches paper size: 13.25 x 15.75 inches Signature: Signed lower right in pencil by the artist Condition: Excellent About the artist. Bart Perry studied at the California School of Fine Arts, MFA, 1928. Fine Arts, Mills College, Berkeley, CA. 1955. Selected Exhibitions: Lucien Labaudt Gallery with Wm. Mayo, 1946; California School of Fine Arts, Roy...

This artwork "Abstract Landscape s" c.1970 is a watercolor on paper by California artist Robert Holdeman, 1912-1994. It is hand signed at the lower rig...

Artist: Bart Perry (American, 1906-1992) Title: Landscape Year: Circa 1960 Medium: Pastel Paper: Sketch paper Image size: 16 x 20 inches paper size: 16 x 20 inches Signature: Signed lower right in pencil by the artist Condition: Excellent About the artist. Bart Perry studied at the California School of Fine Arts, MFA, 1928. Fine Arts, Mills College, Berkeley, CA. 1955. Selected Exhibitions: Lucien Labaudt Gallery with Wm. Mayo, 1946; California School of Fine Arts, Roy DeForest...

This artwork "Nude" 1998 is a watercolor on paper by American artist Betty Rees Heredia A.K.A Betty Snyder Shapiro, 1919-2011. It is signed and date...

Beautiful pastel print master of California mountains and valley by Michael Swinnie (American, 20th Century). Signed and dated bottom right corner "MP Swinnie '96". Label on verso st...

Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016) Title: Oaxaca Playtime Year: c.1980 Medium: Watercolor Paper: Watercolor paper Image size: 12.25 x 16 ...

Colorful watercolor still-life of a bountiful harvest of fruits and vegetables on a bright purple tablecloth with a single tall candle by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 192...

Gorgeous 1920's still life with Asian elements by San Francisco artist Almira Austin Judson (American, 1868-1945). Signed on verso. Unframed. Condition: one paint scratch upper cente...

Holy Week in Antigua, Guatemala by Stacy Kamin was painted as a commission for the gallery. It is 16 x 15 unframed and 20 x 21 framed. It is a handmade w...

"Evening at Vasona" - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board Vibrant river landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009). A glassy river runs down the...

Beautiful mid-century Bay Area hills landscape watercolor of the distinctive peaks of Mount Diablo, with a small house, blue and green tree, and telephone...

Mystery American Artist No. 9 Glouchester, c. Early 20th Century Oil on artist board 16 x 20 in. Framed: 20 x 24 x 1 1/2 in. Signed lower left Inscribed verso: Dolitsky / No 9 Glouch...

Bright forest landscape by Veva Sisemore (American, 1919-1991). Tags from the artist with information about the piece are attached to back of frame. Presented in a gold painted wood frame with a linen liner. Art size: 14"H x 10"W Veva Sisemore was born in White Horse, Oklahoma, and moved to Salinas, California in 1966. Sisemore attended Hartnell College and then studied creative painting at Gavilan College. Santa Cruz Art League member and exhibitor. Selected Exhibitions and Awards: 1968 - “Special Showing”, Cutshall’s Interiors, Salinas, CA 1970 - Joined Santa Cruz Art League 1970 - 1st Place for “Bold Autumn”, Santa Cruz Art League 1980 - Off Main...

This artwork "The Old Carriage" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner by the artist. The ar...

Mid-Century Floral Still Life with Yellow and White Irises Gorgeous mid-century floral still life of a bouquet of Irises painted in 1959, by Pacific Grove and Santa Cruz, Californi...

Charming mid century folk art painting of an autumn valley by Farris (American, 20th Century)Signed "Farris" lower left. Tag on verso from Ohio frame shop ...

Beautiful mid-century Yosemite winter landscape by listed California artist Rowena Lung Alcorn (American, 1905-1996). The splendor of Yosemite in the snow is featured in this paintin...

Graceful abstract figurative lithograph by Jim Smyth (American, b. 1938). Numbered, titled, signed and dated "5/12", "Study 2", "Smyth 74” along the bottom edge. Unframed. Jim Smyth has studied at the Academia de Belle Arti in Fiorenza, Italy, Ecole des BeauxArts in Geneva, New York Academy, and the Art Students League. He is also a graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in Fine Art. Although academically trained, Smyth practices and teaches a more impressionistic style of painting, focusing on the Alla Prima technique. He is particularly knowledgeable about drawing, perspective, color theory and the human figure, his passion. Smyth, with extensive academic knowledge, has a profound love of all human representations as illustrated by his humorous quick sketches from life. He also practices and teaches oil painting and pastels. When not in Provence, or Southeastern France, Smyth teaches intensely in art schools, art centers and several colleges in the Bay Area. He is a beloved instructor and his classes fill in quickly as he is very knowledgeable. On his return to the United States, he began studying with Mr. Alanson Appleton at the College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California. Smyth was a founding member of the Appletree Etchers, Inc., an etching print shop organized by Mr. Appleton and his students to develop and promote color intaglio. Smyth served as Master Printer at the studio for many years perfecting the techniques of intaglio and developing the color theories of Mr. Appleton as applied to the deeply etched plate. Smyth received his degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1972 and holds the California Community College Certificate and an Adult Education Certificate. Smyth was invited to teach "Anatomy for Artists" at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California, as a result of his many years of dissection of the cadaver and developed the course of study of Perspective for the college. During this period, he began teaching Life Drawing at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California. During the following thirty years Smyth has taught an average of twelve classes per week at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, the Palo Alto Art Center and the Burlingame Recreation Department among others in all phases of drawing and painting. He has conducted many workshops for the California Academy of Painters in many aspects of drawing and painting. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor of Drawing at the College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California. He is an authority on the materials of painting and drawing, techniques of traditional drawing and painting, color theory, perspective and anatomy for artists. In his career in Life Drawing, Smyth has made over two hundred thousand drawings from the model. In addition to studies at Berkeley, Smyth has studied at the College of San Mateo, Foothill College, De Anza College, Mission College, and West Valley College, all in California. One of the pivotal points in his career was studying with Mr. Maynard Dixon Stewart at the University of San Jose, California. He spent a year at the New York Academy of Art where he was offered a full scholarship and at the Art Students League of New York. He concurrently attended classes at the National Academy of Design in New York. Among others, Smyth studied with M. Andrejivec, Ted Schmidt, Elliot Goldfinger, Gary Fagin, Ted Jacobs, Leo Neufeld, David Leffel, Jack Ferragasso, Jim Childs and Everett Raymond Kinstler and Kim English. Smyth has also studied with the noted painter and colorist, Ovanes Berberian...

A beautiful watercolor painting of a small house surrounded by green mountains and palm trees by Les Anderson (American, 1928-2009) on Strathmore laid paper, from a collection of his...

Vibrant watercolor still life of primroses and fruit by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Signed "Les Anderson" bottom left. Unframed. Image size: 15"H x 23"W Le...

Mt. Lassen Lake - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas Vibrant mountain landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009). The viewer stands at the edg...

Mountain Lake - Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board Lush mountain landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009). The viewer looks out over a mountain ...

Vibrant watercolor of bell peppers by Kathy Garvey (American, b. 1949). Initialed and dated "KG 2017" in the lower right corner. Notes by the artist along ...

Karen Offutt approaches Queen 20" x 16" oval , oil on panel with an atmospheric sensitivity combining shape, tone line, and color. Queen show the strength in the female boxer. Queen ...

Portrait of an elderly man in a baseball hat by an unknown artist (20th Century). Signed and dated ("VHGE '85") in the lower right corner. No frame.

A fine impressionist oil painting of the boat shop by Italian American artist Antonio Cirino (1889-1983). Cirino was born in Italy and moved to the United States, attending the Rhode...

Portrait of an elegant woman by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Yeager work directly from the estate. This piece...

Artist: LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) Title: Interference Year: 1972 Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 54/150 Image Size: 7.5 x 8.4 inches Size: 9 x 9.25...

Six-Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper Collection of landscape line drawings by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). Six ...

Mid Century Carmel Mission Landscape by Elmer Ekeroth Wonderful landscape of the historic bell tower of the Carmel Mission with background of dynamic ...

This artwork "Fishing Boat" c. 1950 is a watercolor on paper by California artist Eleanor M. Wilkevich, 1908-1969. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 16 x 19.5 inches, framed size is 24.25 x 27.5 inches. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame is damaged and will be replaced by a new black frame before shipping. This will bring the over all condition to excellent. About the artist: Born in New York City on Aug. 2, 1908. Wilkevich studied at the Art Students League and Grand Central Art School in New York City. By the late 1930s she had settled in San Diego where she taught painting. She died there on May 6, 1969. Member: San Diego Art Guild; La Jolla Art...

Duane Bryers, American (1911 - 2012) - Five Feet Of Backbone, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: Edition of 300, AP, Image Size: 23 x 16 inches, ...

Signed oil on canvas laid on board landscape by American Impressionist painter Abram Molarsky. The work, painted in mostly pastel shades of green, blue and purple depicts a view of b...

Brightly colored lithographic print of magnolia blossoms by Sally Bookman (British, b. 1943). Signed and numbered by the artist in the lower left corner ...

Vibrant landscape of a calm river with colorful reflections winding through a lush valley of grasses and trees, with blue and purple mountains in the background, by an unknown artist...

This artwork titled "Puerto Escondido" 1992 is an original color aquatint by noted California artist Arnold A. Grossman, 1923-2016. It is signed, dated, titled and numbered 1/20 in p...

Vintage 1970s still-life of a basket of green grapes and a copper pitcher against an interesting background of a distressed brick wall, by California painter Darlene Cantorna...

Wilson Irvine French Landscape, circa 1908 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 29 x 36 inches A prolific Impressionist with a penchant for atmospheric scenes, Illinois native Wilson I...

Mid-Century still life by American artist Jean M. Stites of Fayetteville, North Carolina (b. 1929). A variety of yellow flowers are in a reddish vase, sur...

Vibrant mid century landscape of a pathway through a vivid canopy of autumn trees by Rod Quesada (American, 20th century). Signed "R. Quesad...

Vibrant study of sunflowers by D. Bennett (20th Century). Several sunflowers sit in a striking blue vase, rendered in a loose but skillful style. The flowers and foliage are partiall...

Sunflowers is an oil painting done in the American Expressionism style done from Sunflowers picked in the Texas Hill Country. The artist said : Painting landscapes en plein air or ...

Vibrant mid century autumnal landscape of a path surrounded by colorful trees by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned. Unframed. Image size: 18"H x 24"W.

Lovely watercolor of an ivy covered villa near Prague, Czech Republic by J. R. Williams (American, 1935 - 2006). Signed by the artist left margin. Presented in a painted black and gold frame. Repair to paper tear, upper center. Image, 21"H x 14.19"W. James Russell “J. R.” Williams was a highly regarded Aptos, California watercolorist...

Artist: David Rosenthal (American 1876-1949) Title: Bay Harbor Year: c.1930 Medium: Etching Image (Plate mark) size: 6 x 8.25 inches Sheet size: 8.25 x 10.5 inches Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist Condition: Very good About the artist. David Rosenthal (1876-1949) was a Cincinnati artist...

Blossom Time in Tokyo Color woodcut, 1914 Signed by the artist in pencil on the image (see photo) Signed in the block with the artist red stamp and her initials (see photo) Condition...

Abstracted landscape by Derrik Van Nimwegen (American, b. 1969). Moody and expressive, the "background" landscape captures the feel of winter with ...