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"Folley Cove Studio, Gloucester, Massachusetts" Female American Modernist
Located in New York, NY
Daniel Garber, her most memorable teacher, she carried forward a plein-air landscape painting with
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1910s American Modern Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil, Board

Untitled (View of the Continental Divide from near Genesee, Colorado)
By Robert Alexander Graham
Located in Denver, CO
Original mountain landscape oil painting, View of the Continental Divide from near Genesee/Lookout
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1920s American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil, Canvas

"Lake Landscape" Hamilton Hamilton, Hudson River School View
By Hamilton Hamilton
Located in New York, NY
identified with the Barbizon School and the revolutionary plein-air method of painting. In 1879, he returned
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1880s Hudson River School Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Deep Green Nymphéas Fragment By Claude Monet
By Claude Monet
Located in New Orleans, LA
dedicated a considerable amount of time to creating studies and smaller compositions en plein air, which he
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Popliers, Île-de-France. The Poplar Trees.
Located in Cotignac, FR
and practiced 'plein air' painting. In contrast, the main members of the school made drawings and
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Early 20th Century Barbizon School Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

extensive landscape view of " La Seine Près de Paris " by Louis Aston Knight
By Louis Aston Knight
Located in Sheffield, MA
Louis Aston Knight New York/California/France, 1873-1948 La Seine Près de Paris Oil on canvas
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Early 20th Century French Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

Naturalistic Californian Plein Air Coastal Ocean Landscape
By George Bickerstaff
Located in Houston, TX
known for painting subjects from life, it is likely that this painting was done plein air. Signed in the
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Early 20th Century Naturalistic Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil

High Sierras, California , Plein Air Impressionist Lake Oil, AIC, San Francisco
By Joseph Paul Frey
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. This early California Plein Air painter first studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and opened his
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1920s Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century California Plein Air -- Central California Live Oaks
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous early 20th century central California landscape by Kershaw circa 1900 of Live Oaks in
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1910s American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Masonite, Oil, Linen

Early 20th Century California Plein Air San Gabriel Mountains
By Hanson Puthuff
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial and period Arroyo Seco School landscape painting of the San Gabriel Mountains in
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1920s American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Small Early 20th Century California Plein Air Pine Trees Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
of California Plein Air: "No modern art movement has been as influential as Impressionism. Since the
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Linen, Oil, Illustration Board

Monterey Bay , California Plein Air, National Academy of Design, Bohemian Club
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
-20th-century, American Impressionist oil showing a view of the Pacific coast at Monterey, California
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1920s Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Santa Barbara California Plein Air Landscape w Palm Trees - Impressionist #0-118
By Francis Draper Jr.
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Estate signed verso. Painted between the years 1916 and 1926. This painting is identified in the
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1910s Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil, Cardboard

Carmel Beach Plein Air Seascape 1920s
By Carl Oscar Borg
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous vintage plein air Carmel by the Sea seascape by Carl Oscar Borg (Sweden/American, 1879
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1920s American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil, Cardboard

1908 Original Oil Painting Mendocino Coast, California Seascape
By Charles Dorman Robinson
Located in Soquel, CA
1908 Original Oil Painting Mendocino Coast, California Seascape A rare 1908 California plein air
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

California Landscape Oil Painting by John Budicin North Park Kendall
By John Budicin
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
is a beautiful plein air painting done in North Park, Kendall. This is one of three Budicin paintings
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil

Santa Barbara CA - Plein Air Landscape Hilltop House w Palm Trees Colorful #0-71
By Francis Draper Jr.
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
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1910s American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil, Cardboard

California Landscape Oil Painting by John Budicin San Bernardino Mountains Farm
By John Budicin
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Budicin took the opportunity to pursue his dream of becoming a plein air artist when his employer moved
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil

California Landscape
By Earl Graham Douglas
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, "California Landscape" c.1910 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil

California Landscape Trees
By Earl Graham Douglas
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, "California Landscape with Lake" c.1925 is an oil painting on canvas by noted
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil

California Landscape with Lake
By Earl Graham Douglas
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, "California Landscape with Lake" c.1920 is an oil painting on canvas by noted
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil

Pair Fine Antique American Oil on Canvas California Landscapes Thomas Hill 1875
By Thomas Hill
Located in Portland, OR
Lafayette in Winter. Hill acquired the technique of painting en plein air. These paintings in the field
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1870s Romantic Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

California Landscape with Houses
By Earl Graham Douglas
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, "California Landscape with houses" c.1930 is an oil painting on canvas by noted
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil

Old Spanish Mission, California (c. 1920)
By Dana Bartlett
Located in New Orleans, LA
landscapes and plein-air views of California and the Southwest. In 1922, he served as President of the
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil

Mountainside Landscape oil painting George Gardner Symons American Impressionist
By George Gardner Symons
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Corcoran Gallery of Art.[1] A plein-air painter, he built the first studio in the art colony of Laguna
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil

Elliot Torrey (1867-1949) Coastal Landscape Oil Painting c.1920s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Elliot Torrey (1867-1949) Coastal Landscape Oil Painting c.1920s Original oil painting by listed
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil, Board

A Cornish Man - Newlyn School Antique Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
emphasising natural light. These schools along with a related California movement were also known as En plein
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Late 19th Century Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Impressionist Seascape Oil Painting on Canvas by Nels Hagerup, Framed
By Nels Hagerup
Located in Encino, CA
affinity for seascapes, coastal scenes, nature, sunsets, nautical art, Impressionism, California plein air
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil

Late 19th Century Northern California Seascape by James Everett Stuart
By James Everett Stuart
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning plein air Northern California seascape by James Everett Stuart (American, 1852-1941), 1895
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

"Last Light, Landscape at Sunset, " William Keith, California Tonalist, Forest
By William Keith
Located in New York, NY
complete paintings "en plein air," or directly from nature rather than in studios. A forerunner of
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Late 19th Century Tonalist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

House of the Four Winds (La Casa de Los Vientos), Monterey, California Landscape
By George Loftus Noyes
Located in New York, NY
Gustave Courtois, Joseph-Paul Blanc, and Paul-Louis Delance. In 1891, he began painting "en plein air
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Early 1900s Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

California Headlands with a View of the Pacific , SFAA, Laguna Beach, ASL NYC
By Frank William Cuprien
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
," Enchanted Isle: A History of Plein Air Painting in Santa Catalina Island, p.4; et al.
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1910s American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Newly School, Colourful Seascape Painting, England
Located in Uppingham, GB
natural light. These schools along with a related California movement were also known as En plein air
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1880s Realist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil

The Old Antiques Dealer , Berlin Royal Academy, Thieme-Becker, Exhibited Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
educator and exponent of plein-air painting, Wilhelm Wrage was first apprenticed to a painter in Hamburg
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1920s Realist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

The Forest, Large Barbizon School, Oil on Canvas Wooded Landscape
By Emile Roux-Fabre
Located in Cotignac, FR
the art movement called Impressionism and practiced 'plein air' painting. In contrast, the main
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Early 20th Century Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Barbizon School Landscape, The Poplar trees. Oil on Wood Panel.
Located in Cotignac, FR
the art movement called Impressionism and practiced 'plein air' painting. In contrast, the main
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Late 19th Century Barbizon School Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil, Wood Panel

George Gardner Symons "Yonkers, New York" Original Painting Circa 1900
By George Gardner Symons
Located in San Francisco, CA
- Yonkers, New York" Original Painting Circa 1900 Original oil on canvas Dimensions 10" wide x 12" high
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Early 20th Century Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Mt Shasta Spring Stroll on the River Beneath the Mountain Original Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
documentation of America's Northwest Frontier at the turn of the 20th century, and for his oil paintings of
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Late 19th Century Hudson River School Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Linen, Oil

High Sierras Log Cabin Lodge with Poppies Original Painting by J. Bond Francisco
Located in Soquel, CA
Annual 1919-33; Who's Who in California 1929; Los Angeles Times, 8-3-1930; Plein Air Painters (Ruth
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1910s Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Masonite, Oil, Linen

Mount San Jacinto with Desert Bloom, c. 1950
By Paul Grimm
Located in Pasadena, CA
. Signed "Signed "Paul Grimm" on lower left Description This large-scale oil painting by Paul Grimm is a
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1850s Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Misty Day
By Earl Graham Douglas
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Misty Day" c.1925 is an oil painting on canvas board by noted California
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil

Mount Tamalpais from Bon Tempe Lake
By William Barr
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful, soft, plein air landscape of Bon Tempe Lake looking toward Mount Tamalpais, California
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1910s Abstract Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Masonite, Oil

Pacific Grove Garden Gate, 1925 - Floral Landscape
By Francis Harvey Cutting
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming California plein air painting of garden gate with blooming cottage garden by top tier
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1920s American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Masonite, Oil

Toboggan Slide and Dufferin Terrace
Located in Palm Desert, CA
painting, oil on canvas in a palette of whites and browns by American Plein Air artist Alson Clark. The
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Shoreline at Dalarö, Evening Calm (1887)
Located in Stockholm, SE
lines. Angeldorff was one of many Swedish artists in the 1880s who turned toward plein-air practice and
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1880s Romantic Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Pebble Beach Surf Seascape by Abel Warshawsky
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Soquel, CA
20th century Plein Air seascape painting of crashing surf at Pebble Beach by listed California artist
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1920s American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil, Masonite

Mountains and Sea, 1920
By Carl Sammons
Located in Soquel, CA
San Francisco Bay Area and a prolific Plein Air artist. Sammons is known best for his California
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1910s Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil Pastel, Cardboard

"Autumn Road, " Ben Foster, Connecticut Impressionism, Tonalism, Fall Landscape
By Ben Foster
Located in New York, NY
dim forest interiors, often with dark tree silhouettes. He sketched on location ‘en plein air’ but he
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Early 1900s Tonalist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

New England Coast , Paris, New York, Royal Academy of Art, London, Benezit
By Hugo Melville Fisher
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
which this painting dates, he traveled frequently, focusing on plein-air seascapes of the East Coast
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1920s American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

The Farm, Barbizon, Fontainebleau Forest
Located in Cotignac, FR
artists, among others, developed the art movement called Impressionism and practiced 'plein air' painting
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Late 19th Century Barbizon School Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Nude Sleeping by Emil Kosa, Jr., 1930s
By Emil Kosa Jr.
Located in Soquel, CA
in the circle of California Plein-Air painters and watercolorists, but he was also painted many
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1920s Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel

Fishing Boats, Venice
By William Stanley Haseltine
Located in New York, NY
the growth and decline of American landscape painting, the new concept of plein-air painting practiced
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Late 19th Century American Realist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Watercolor

California Plein Air Landscape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lovely oil on canvas California painting by Cyril Aldritt with great crackled surface. Framed in
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Early 20th Century American Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

Materials

Canvas

California Plein Air Impressionist Oil Painting in Baroque Frame, Early 20th C.
Located in San Francisco, CA
An enchanting early 20th century en plein air impressionist oil painting on canvas of an
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Early 20th Century American American Classical Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Paint, Plaster, Giltwood

Port Scene, Provincetown
By Richard Emil Miller
Located in Graton, CA
and was a member of the California Art Club, dedicated to "plein-air" painting. He then became a
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19th Century American Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Oil

California Landscape Impressionist Painting by Gardner Symons
By George Gardner Symons
Located in Hallowell, ME
California Landscape Impressionist Painting by George Gardner Symons. This early 20th century
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique California Plein Air Oil Painting

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Canvas, Oil, Board

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