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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
Spring in Poltava Region, landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Boris Serdyuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Style: Impressionism Year: 2020 Title: Spring in Poltava Region Size: 23.5"...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

American Impressionist Hobart Nichols Snow Scene Oil Painting Salmagundi Club
By Henry Hobart Nichols Jr.
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Winter Landscape oil/board 16 x 20 unframed image, 26.3/8 x 30.25x3.5 framed Here is a beautiful winter snow scene oil painting on board by Hobart Nichols signed lower right. The ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

“Spring evening in the Alps” Original impressionistic landscape . Square .
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork captures a serene pastoral scene dominated by majestic mountains looming in the background. The towering peaks are rendered in cool, subdued blues, creating a dramatic c...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Figures In The Rain in Charming Village Original French Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Village Life by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) size: 9 x 10.75 inches gouache painting on board, unframed condition: the painting is in very good condition. It has previously been stored...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Gouache

Landscape with Flowers
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Flowers" c.2000, is an oil painting on canvas by Chinese/American artist W.Eddie, b.1955. It is signed at the lower...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

"Magnolias and the Whaling Museum" oil painting, Sag Harbor Village en plein air
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Magnolias and the Whaling Museum" is an impressionistic plein air painting depicting a residential neighborhood in Sag Harbor's Historic District. Early spring has adorned the stree...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil, Panel

"Frosty Morning" Jonas Lie, Bright, Luminous, Impressionist, Snowy Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Jonas Lie Frosty Morning, 1923 Signed lower left Oil on canvas 40 x 50 inches Provenance The artist Ainslie Galleries, New York Samuel and Ileen Campbell Wright Museum of Art, Beloi...
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1920s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

The Proud Rooster, Oil, Framed, Texas Artist, Luckenbach, Impressionism 12x`12
Located in Houston, TX
The Proud Rooster is a framed oil painting of a Rooster by Texas Artist Cheri Christensen .This rooster is from Luckenbach, Texas . Luckenbach is famous for Rusty the Rooster. Fram...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Olot Spain Spanish landscape oil on board painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Technical Details Artist: Rosendo González Carbonell Title: "Montaña Sta. Magdalena" (as inscribed on the reverse) Year: 1983 (as noted on the reverse) Technique: Oil on board Dimensions (without frame): 10.6 x 11.4 in Dimensions (with frame): 15.7 x 16.5 in Support: Wooden board Signed: Yes, in the lower right corner Condition: Painting: The surface is in good condition with slight craquelure typical of its age. Frame: Minor surface wear consistent with age, retaining its classic golden appearance. Description of the Artwork The painting "Montaña Sta. Magdalena" by Rosendo González Carbonell captures the tranquility and beauty of a natural setting. The composition begins with a dirt path in the foreground that guides the viewer's gaze toward a valley dotted with small buildings, surrounded by rolling hills and crowned by a majestic mountain range. The color palette is dominated by vibrant greens in the landscape and soft blues in the mountains and sky. The brushstrokes are loose and dynamic, adding texture and life to the scene. The interplay of natural light and subtle contrasts demonstrates the artist's skill in capturing the atmosphere and depth of the landscape. The golden frame, measuring 15.7 x 16.5 in, enhances the vivid colors of the artwork and adds a touch of elegance, harmonizing with the classic style of the painting. Similar Artists The style of Rosendo González Carbonell shows parallels with the following artists: Joaquín Sorolla: Known for his mastery of light and depiction of vibrant landscapes. Darío de Regoyos...
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1980s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Meadow, Landscape Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2024 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Meadow, Size: 28" x 39" x 1'' i...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Flowers still-life oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Josep Miquel Serrano (1912-1982) - Still Life of Flowers - Oil on canvas Oil measures 92x73 cm. Frameless. Josep Miquel Serrano, of a Santander family, was born in Barcelona in 1912...
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1960s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Venetian Sunset Impressionist Landscape City Scape of Venice, harbour, boats
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed size: 17.5" x 20.5" Venetian Sunset by Antoine Bouvard Snr. signed Marc Aldine, beautifully captures the iconic glow of Venice at dusk. The canal water shimmers with golden-or...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century Original Oil English Landscape -- Kentmere, Lake District
Located in Soquel, CA
19th Century Original Oil English Landscape -- "The Kill above Harbrigg, Kentmere, Lake District" English Lake District landscape oil painting by acclaimed British painter Clarence ...
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1880s Impressionist Art

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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

1940 s French Oil Painting Sunset View over Old Rooftops Far Reaching Views
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed dated 1949 Size: painting: 12...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Contemporary Impressionist Still Life Kitchen Table with Soft Pastel Palette
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Contemporary Impressionist Still Life by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century) signed initials oil painting on board, framed framed: 25 x 31 inches board: 24 x 30 inches condition:...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

The Lake and Old Mill, Vintage Autumnal Landscape by Virginia Newport Ingram
Located in Soquel, CA
The Lake and Old Mill, Vintage Autumnal Landscape by Virginia Newport Ingram Substantial and serene autumnal oil painting of an old mill near a lakeside surrounded by trees and fall leaves by Virginia Newport Ingram (American, 20th Century), circa 1970. Signed "Newport" lower right and titled, signed on verso "Virginia Newport Ingram." Presented in a rustic, brown, wood frame. Image, 24"H x 26L. Virginia Newport is a Sacramento artist...
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1970s Impressionist Art

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Masonite, Oil

Port de Menton (Harbor of Menton)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Port de Menton" (Harbor of Menton) c.1975 is an oil painting on canvas by noted French artist Lucien Delarue, 1925-2011. It is signed at the lower left corner b...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Charming Village Scene with Spired Church
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Charming Village Scene with Spired Church By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 7.25 x 9.75 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, u...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Wissous - French Impressionist Landscape near Paris Road Haystack Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful signed and dated 1901 oil on paper laid on board by Auguste Grass-Mick, the French impressionist painter who was friends with Edgar Degas and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. Gr...
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1890s Impressionist Art

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Board

"Weeping Forsythia at the Park" Colorful Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful impressionist pastoral landscape with beautiful color tones throughout. Waltsak has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and has packed much feelin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Bateaux a Carnac" Impressionist Marine Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This stunning piece of art titled “Bateaux a Carnac" is a captivating original work by renowned artist Yolande Ardissoner. Ardissoner was mostly known for her playful and sophisticat...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Figures in Busy Park Cafe Scene, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures in Busy Park Cafe By artist H.Hartung, 20th Century Oil painting on canvas, framed Signed on the lower right hand corner Framed size: 33 x 29 inches Wonderful multi coloured...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Huge Signed Oil Painting Tranquil Italian Canal Venice Backwater Old Houses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Venetian Backwater French artist, signed and dated 29/4/2000 oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 48.5 x 35 inches canvas: 46 x 32 inches condition: very good provenance: priv...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Winter Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Budden Winter Sun
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Winter Sun oil/ canvas panel 12 x 16 image unframed, 18.5 x 22.5 framed I enjoy playing with light in my paintings and creating a mood while trying to push the range of color using s...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

March. The sun is warming
Located in Zofingen, AG
This one-session painting from life, painted in Ala Prima near the artist's home, vividly conveys a serene winter landscape. Dominated by a strikingly crisp and clear sky, the painti...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Impressionistic Victorian Garden Scene - Bay Area Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Impressionistic Victorian Garden Scene - Bay Area Lithograph Highly detailed lithograph showing a Victorian garden scene by Eva Sikorski (German, American b. 1917 d. 1990.) A path r...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Wildflowers - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Robert William Vonnoh
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on board landscape by American impressionist painter Robert William Vonnoh. This stunning piece depicts red and orange wildflowers. This work would have been exe...
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1890s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

"Chapeau epingle" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after Renoir). One of the most famous Renoir lithographs, this is a portrait of Julie Manet and her cousin Jeanne (Julie Manet wa...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

George Boyle Impressionist oil painting, Barbizon School of cows grazing
Located in Harkstead, GB
A superb example of a Barbizon inspired landscape painted by the "Catford Corot" from the late 19th Century. This very striking image shows the artist at the absolute peak of his abi...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Friedrich Karl Thauer (Germany 1924-2009) original oil painting on canvas Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is a beautiful large oil painting on canvas depicting a picturesque European coastal town with a bustling waterfront scene. The artist employs a rich, textured impasto technique...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Rugged California Coast - 1930 s Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming 1930's impressionistic seascape of blue waves crashing on a rocky shore with distant sail boats on the horizon by Charles Morris (American, b-1889) c.1930. Signed lower left...
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1930s Impressionist Art

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Linen, Oil

The Portuguese Vase with Freishas-original still life painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Flowers of the sun. 2023, canvas, cardboard, oil, 13x18 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flowers of the sun. 2023, canvas, cardboard, oil, 13x18 cm Small size plein air painting Alyona Prokofyeva (1988) From 2016 surname Galaktionova....
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Siebe Johannes Ten Cate (1858-1908) The River Seine, 1906 pastel signed dated
Located in Paris, FR
Siebe Johannes Ten Cate (1858-1908) The River Seine, 1906 Signed and dated lower right Pastel on paper 25 x 39 cm in good condition, very fresh, Framed under glass : 33 x 47 cm ...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

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Pastel

Original Oil painting on canvas, seascape, Sailing Ship, signed, Gold Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an original oil painting on canvas - a seascape featuring a sailing ship in the stormy ocean depicts a dramatic and turbulent scene with the ship battling against the forces ...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Oil

The Call
Located in Zofingen, AG
Title: “The Call” This work is about the moment of action that sprouts from inner knowledge. An unobvious but precise path that opens up only when a person dares to follow a call, no...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Place Jeanne D Arc, Paris, " Jules Herve, French Impressionism, Cityscape Street
Located in New York, NY
Jules Herve (French, 1887 - 1981) Place Jeanne D'Arc, Paris, circa 1930 Oil on canvas 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches Signed lower right; signed on the reverse Jules Rene Herve, an impression...
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1930s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Black Woman - Mid 20th Century French Oil on Board Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century French oil on board portrait of a black woman. The work is presented in a very good quality wooden frame. Indistinctly signed upper right. Artist: Frenc...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Desert Landscape with Agave and Yucca - Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Desert Landscape with Agave and Yucca - Oil on Canvas Oil painting of a desert landscape by an unknown California artist (American, 20th C). California high desert with vibrant gree...
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1960s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

“Lights on the pier” Original Landscape Paintings Middle size. Gouache on paper
Located in Oslo, NO
The artwork depicted in the framed piece above the piano is a serene landscape painting, capturing a tranquil coastal scene. The image portrays a sunlit waterfront, where calm waters...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Paper, Gouache

Summer Field, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2023 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Summer Field, Size: 21.5" x 31"...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

ANTIQUE FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING - PORTRAIT OF SEATED MAN IN HAT
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1900. Title: Portrait of a seated man wearing a hat, with a mustache. The work is painted 'en grissaille' deliberately by the artist. Medium: o...
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19th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Evening light. Landscape painting, horizontal, city, lake. sunsets
Located in Oslo, NO
This urban landscape with an architectural ensemble was painted with oil paints on canvas, created en plein air. The view opens up from the Circo Massimo in Rome, where the architect...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Impressionist Landscape Signed Giltwood Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American impressionist flower landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 36 by 46 inches overall, and 30 by 40 painting alone. Handsomely framed in wide giltw...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Silver Lining
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original Oil Painting signed by the Artist in the lower right corner.
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

Vanesco, 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 beauty of the female huma...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Charcoal

Sun Bath, figurative, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2022 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Sun Bath, Size: 20" x 26" x 0.8'' i...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Flowers in a purple vase" Original painting by Liudmila Shabazova
Located in Zofingen, AG
A magnificent bouquet in a purple vase looks impressive against a green background. The flower arrangement includes wildflowers. The combination of garden flowers with them is also v...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Acrylic, Canvas

Montecito Colors Landscape Impressionism Original oil Painting Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Montecito Colors Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2025 Style: Post Impressionism Dimensions: 70" x 66" x 1.5" inch (178 x 168 x 5cm) Presentation: Unframed, G...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Sun Scorched Spanish Hill Top Perched Village, signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Spanish School, signed and dated Title: Sun Scorched village Medium: signed oil painting on board, framed framed: 10.5 x 14 inches board: 8 x 11.75 inches Provena...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

"Bluebonnet Creek" Texas Hill Country 1957 39 x 49 Framed!!!
Located in San Antonio, TX
Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 30 x 40 Frame Size: 39 x 49 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dated 1957 "Bluebonnet Creek" Texas Hill Country Biography Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) Porfirio Salinas was a self-taught artist who painted landscapes of Central Texas with an emphasis on the vast bluebonnet fields that grow there in the springtime. Born in 1910 in Bastrop, Texas, he attended public schools in San Antonio. He also observed works in progress by the director of the San Antonio Art School, Jose Arpa, as well as landscape painter, Robert Wood. Wood is said to have paid Salinas five dollars a picture to paint bluebonnets because "he hated to paint bluebonnets". Salinas served in the military from 1943 to 1945. Although he was assigned to Fort Sam Houston, he was allowed to live at home. At the fort, Colonel Telesphor Gottchalk assigned him to paint murals for the officer's lounge and various other projects, and Salinas continued to be able to paint during his entire conscripted period. Even before he achieved notoriety among galleries, dealers, and museums, Salinas was widely followed and appreciated by many Texans, including former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who may be considered responsible for launching Salinas popularity beyond the boundaries of Texas. In 1973, Texas capital, Austin, honored Salinas for having "done much to bring the culture of Mexico and Texas closer together with his paintings". Salinas died in April 1973 in San Antonio, Texas. From the years of the Great Depression through President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society of the 1960s, Texan Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) remained one of the Lone Star State's most popular artists. Today, his works remain popular with Texas collectors and those who love landscapes of the beautiful "Hill Country" that lies in the center of the state. One of the first Mexican American painters to become widely recognized for his art, Salinas was a favorite of President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, as well as of Sam Rayburn, the longest-serving Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Texas Governor John Connelly. In fact, President Johnson was so enamored with his Salinas paintings that the artist will forever be associated with America's first Texas-born President. Works by Porfirio Salinas are in a number of museum collections, grace the halls of the Texas State Capitol and the Governor's Mansion in Austin, and are included in virtually every major private collection of Early Texas Art. Porfirio Salinas was born on November 6, 1910, near the small town of Bastrop, Texas, about thirty miles from Austin. His father, Porfirio G. Salinas (1881-1967), and his mother, Clara G. Chavez, struggled to make a hardscrabble living as tenant farmers, but eventually were forced to give up farming. The family moved to San Antonio, where Salinas' father was able to get a job working as a laborer for the railroad, but the scenic area around Bastrop, with its pine trees and the wide expanse of the Rio Grande River, would forever remain a touchstone for the artist. For the rest of his life, Salinas and his brothers went back frequently to visit their grandmother in her little farmhouse. When in Bastrop, Porfirio painted on the banks of the Rio Grande or in the groves of pine trees. The Salinas family was close-knit and Porfirio was the middle child of five children, so he had an older brother and sister as well as a younger brother and sister. His mother was a native of Mexico, so throughout his childhood the family made the long drive to Mexico to visit Clara Salinas' family. As a child growing up in the bi-lingual section of San Antonio, Salinas drew and painted incessantly and by the time he was ten, he was already producing work that was mature enough to sell to his schoolteachers. Many years later in an article in the New York Times he was described as a "boy whose textbooks were seldom opened and whose sketchbook was never closed." Instead of studying, the young artist spent his spare time watching artists paint in and around San Antonio. As an aspiring painter, Salinas was fortunate to grow up in the historic city, which had the most active art scene in Texas. It was his exposure to older, professional painters that encouraged the precocious young painter to leave school early in order to help his family and pursue a career as a professional artist, despite his father's inability to see art as a career with any future for his son. When Salinas was about fifteen he came to know the artist Robert W. Wood (1889-1979). He met Wood while he was employed in an art supply store and he soon began to work as an assistant to the English-born painter, who had moved from Portland to San Antonio in 1924. Although the diminutive Englishman was already an established professional artist, he did not have a great deal of formal art training and so he was then studying with the academically trained Spanish painter Jose Arpa (1858-1952) in order to augment his knowledge and give his work a more polished look. Salinas was an eager young man, and while working in Wood's downtown San Antonio studio he learned to stretch canvases, frame paintings and to sketch in larger compositions from small plein-air studies for the English artist. He began to accompany Wood and Arpa to the hills outside San Antonio, where they painted small Plein-air studies of fields of blue lupin - the state flower, the famous "Bluebonnets" of Texas - in the springtime and scenes of the gnarled Red Oaks as they changed color in the fall. He was soon assisting Wood in the tedious work of painting the tiny blue flowers that collectors wanted to see in the landscapes they purchased of central Texas. According to a 1972 newspaper story, "Legend has it that one day in the 1920s artist Robert Wood decided he could not bear to paint another bluebonnet in one of his landscapes. He hired young Porfirio Salinas to paint them in for him at five dollars a painting." Whether this story is accurate or apocryphal isn't clear, but the ambitious and independent young Salinas wasn't destined to be anyone's assistant for very long. The formative event of Porfirio Salinas' teenage years was the Texas Wildflower Competitive Exhibitions, a Roaring-Twenties dream of the eccentric oilman Edgar B. Davis (1873-1951). These competitive shows of paintings of wildflowers and Texas life were mounted in San Antonio from 1927 to 1929. Held at the newly opened Witte Museum each spring, the exhibition featured large cash prizes donated by the philanthropic Davis, which were an inducement for artists to travel from all over the United States to paint in the Hill Country of Texas. The "Davis Competitions," as they were known, helped to cement San Antonio's reputation as an art center, a legacy that remains with the "River City" today. The shows generated a great deal of excitement in the area, helping to make celebrities of the some of the artists who had already settled there and encouraging others to make San Antonio their home. Over the three years that the wildflower competitions were held, more than 300 paintings were exhibited, and many thousands of viewers saw the paintings at the Witte Museum and on tours throughout the state and in New York. Each year Davis would generously purchase the winning paintings and then donate them to the San Antonio Art League. Young Porfirio Salinas would have been able to not only watch his two mentors - Robert W. Wood and Jose Arpa - paint the works that they entered in the Davis Competitions, he would have been able to see Arpa take several of the major prizes, receiving the judge's accolades for "Verbena," "Cactus Flower" and "Picking Cotton," works that are still on view at the San Antonio Art League Museum today. Unfortunately, Davis eventually put his donations to work in other charitable endeavors, bringing to an end the wildflower events, but only after they inspired Salinas and other young painters and had helped to make wildflower paintings the most sought-after subject for traditionalist Texas collectors. In 1930, when he was only twenty, Salinas hung out a shingle and began to paint professionally, augmenting the sales of his easel paintings with what little business he could garner by painting signs for local concerns. It was a struggle for the young artist to make a living, as the effects of the Great Depression were settling in. His early works are very similar to those of Robert Wood's, both in subject matter and treatment. Salinas did small paintings of Bluebonnets for the tourists who visited San Antonio to see the famous Alamo as well as paintings of the Texas missions...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Oil

"Walking By The Plaza at Twilight -NYC-" Impressionist Street Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A charming depiction of The Plaza Hotel in New York City with figures walking down the street, with a horse and carriage scene in the distance. A cozy impressionistic street scene wi...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Moving Light. Turunc
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I poured my love for serene coastal moments, blending impressionism with realism to capture the gentle dance of light and shadow. The oil brings warmth and depth, invi...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

The Present (Nativity Creche) 90" high cast aluminum
Located in Loveland, CO
"The Present" by Jane DeDecker Cast Aluminum Nativity Creche with Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus and an Angel beneath the Star of Bethlehem. Make your Christmas yard display extra spec...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Metal

Antique American Impressionist Pastel Landscape Painting Alameda California
Located in Portland, OR
Antique California Impressionist landscape pastel painting on paper, by Edwin C. Siegfried (1889-1955), most likely a scene in Alameda circa 1930. A beautiful Impressionistic paintin...
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1920s Impressionist Art

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Paper, Pastel

Alexander Pede, "Tea and Blooms", 20x24 White Floral Bouquet Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
The painting "Tea and Blooms" is a 20x24 oil painting on canvas by the Russian artist Alexander Pede. Depicted is a peacefullfloral bouquet in white. The fresh blooms spring out and...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1930 s French Portrait Sketch of a Lady, Listed French painter
By Leon Launay
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait of a Lady" by Leon Launay (French 1890-1956) charcoal portrait drawing on paper, unframed stamped verso painting: 18.5 x 12 inches Condition report: The painting is in go...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Charcoal

Sailboats in the misty dawn II. Original oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting is part of the “Sailboats” series.
This series was created with the idea of maintaining the same setting, composition and perspective, but each painting conveys an unli...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fish on the Table, Still Life, Kitchen Art, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alex Kalenyuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on canvas Year: 2006 Style: Impressionism Title: Fish on the Table, Size: 23.5" x 3...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage 1930 s French Impressionist Still Life Flower Bunch In Clear Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vintage French Oil Painting signed by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on board, unframed measures: 13.5 high by 10.5 inch...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

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