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Early 20th Century Original Oil Painting Landscape -- High Sierras Alpine Meadow
Located in Soquel, CA
rooted in the traditions of the California plein air movement by Frederick Carl Smith (American, 1868
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"Apricot Blossoms In The Field" Modern Impressionist Oil Painting of Spain
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
. Created in plein air and contrasting the many shades of golds and greens with the blue sky and pink
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Metro Supperclub" oil painting of neon lights downtown street scene nocturne
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of a bustling street at night. Carl Bretzke cheekily renames the street "C. Bretzke Av
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"View From the Porch - Winter Evening in Sweden" Oil Painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "View From the Porch - Winter Evening in Sweden" is an oil painting
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"The Morning After Snowfall" (2018) By Ulrich Gleiter, Original Oil Painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "The Morning After Snowfall" is an original, handmade oil painting on
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Hoarfrost (Sweden)" (2021) By Ulrich Gleiter, Original Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "Hoarfrost (Sweden)" is an original, handmade oil painting on linen
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"In a Croatian Village - Last Moments of Sunset" Oil painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "In a Croatian Village - Last Moments of Sunset" is an oil painting
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Neighborhood" Oil painting, parking lot, americana, cars, historic houses
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
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Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein-air landscapes
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
"Looking For Shade" oil painting of beach-goers huddling behind lifeguard stand
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
, California. Painted by award-winning plein air painter Carl Bretzke.
Framed in a traditional black frame w
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Beneath the Trees by Bethanne Cople, Oil on board Landscape Painting
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
painting the landscape en plein air. In the outdoors, exposed to the sun, wind and rain, you can
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pacific Grove Woods, Mid Century Modern Carmel California Landscape
By Ray Barton
Located in Soquel, CA
Barton lived in Monterey and specialized in plein air paintings of Carmel Valley, Monterey and Pacific
Category
1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
"Houses In Les Bois" Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting of French Alps
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
. Created en plein air and contrasting the gold, pink, and whites of the wildflowers and the vivid greens
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Alpine Village Light" Modern Impressionist Oil Painting in the French Alps
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
. Created en plein air and contrasting the purple and whites of the blooming flowers and the vivid greens
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,600 Sale Price
43% Off
"Under The Summer Sky, Provence" Impressionist Oil Painting by Maria Bertran
By Maria Bertan
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
. Created en plein air and highlighting the golden light and shadows in a sunny field with the brilliant
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,100 Sale Price
38% Off
"Autumn Day, Nothern Lakes (Finland)" (2022) By Ulrich Gleiter, Oil Painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "Autumn Day, Northern Lakes (Finland)" is an oil painting that depicts
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Modern Impressionist California Seascape "A Weekend Day At Crystal Cove"
By Bryan Mark Taylor
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Impressionism. This beautiful oil on panel captures the mood and feel of the California Riviera with the
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Les Vieux Hay Rolls" Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting by Maria Bertran
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Contemporary Impressionist street scene captures a timeless scene in the South of France. Created en plein air
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Casa Quinto" Impressionist Oil Painting Of Provencal Village by Maria Bertran
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Contemporary Impressionist street scene captures a timeless scene in the South of France. Created en plein air
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Our Driveway" Oil painting, landscape in shadow, dappled light. Framed
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
individual to decide the mood of the painting. His plein air landscapes, which range in subject from exotic
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Santa Cruz Mountains at Twilight, Pacific Ocean View California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous plein air oil painting of Pacific Ocean as viewed from top of Santa Cruz Mountains
Category
1990s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Big Surf, Point Lobos
California Impressionism, Carmel Art Association, Taos
By Edward Norton Ward
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
breakers rolling in towards the the rocky coast near Point Lobos, California.
This plein-air Impressionist
Category
1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Farm Lane by Bethanne Cople, Oil on birch panel painting landscape
By Bethanne Kinsella Cople
Located in Atlanta, GA
landscape en plein air. In the outdoors, exposed to the sun, wind and rain, you can incorporate not only
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Great Lakes South Shore" American Realist oil painting of sunset over harbor
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Great Lakes South Shore" is an oil painting of a sunset over a harbor in Minnesota. Painted en
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Dying to Stay in Maui" oil painting, Hawaiian landscape, sunshine on graveyard
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of a Maui Landscape. Painted en plein air at a graveyard, Bretzke titles this work
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Coral Cove Rock" oil painting, beach sunbathers gathering around large boulder
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Coral Cove Rock" is an oil painting by contemporary artist, Carl Bretzke. Coral Cove is located in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen, Panel
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
"A Bright Morning For Sailing" Modern Impressionist Scene in Southern California
By Bryan Mark Taylor
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Plein Air Convention and has produced an instructional DVD titled “Painting Cityscapes.”
Bryan has
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Dunbrody at New Ross (Ireland)" (2023), Original Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
, where he has become much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"By the Armançon River" (2025), Original Snowy Landscape, Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "By the Armançon River" is an original, handmade oil painting on linen
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"At the Bridge (In Perrigny, Burgundy)" (2025), Original Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and Wyoming. In our era
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Vézelay in the Fog" (2025), Original Misty Landscape Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "Vézelay in the Fog" is an original, handmade oil painting on linen
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Path To L
yves " Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting of Vineyard, Provence
By Maria Bertan
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Path To L'yves" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran, this
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
California landscape
By Carl Sammons
Located in Houston, TX
paintings were done en plein air and therefore tended to be in small formats. He used impressionist
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
"Flowers By The Provencal Doorway" Impressionist Oil Painting by Maria Bertran
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
. Created en plein air and contrasting the purples of the moving shadows and the oranges and browns of an
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Shadows On The Door" Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting by Maria Bertran
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
. Created en plein air and contrasting the purple and lavender of the moving shadows and the oranges of an
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Path To L
yves " Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting of Vineyard, Provence
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Path To L'yves" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran, this
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Audace by Lélia Pissarro - Oil and Glitter on Canvas Painting
By Lelia Pissarro
Located in London, GB
located by Richmond Park and the river Thames, Lélia upholds the legacy of painting en plein-air while
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Glitter
Antique American Texas Impressionist Fall Landscape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
settling in Texas, he conducted a summer painting camp at Fort Davis and plein-air classes in Texas at Port
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cows in Summer Landscape (California Coastal Ranch, Carmel Valley), c. 1914
By Angel De Service Espoy
Located in Pasadena, CA
, suggesting a plein air vantage point familiar to artists painting above Carmel or Pacific Grove during the
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil, Panel
"Casa Quinto" Impressionist Oil Painting Of Provencal Village by Maria Bertran
By Maria Bertan
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Contemporary Impressionist street scene captures a timeless scene in the South of France. Created en plein air
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$4,320 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Costa del Sol" oil painting, hillside landscape, distant light in Spain
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Costa del Sol" is a plein air painting depicting where the sky and sea meet beyond a landscape of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Winter in Lapland" (2020) By Ulrich Gleiter, Original Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "Winter in Lapland" is an original, handmade oil painting on linen
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"The Layers of Time" (2024) By Tibor Nagy, Original Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
impressionistic style, going out of doors and painting en plein air, from life.
This painting style led Mundy to
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Street in Varese" 2014 oil painting realist Italian streetscape, pink
yellow
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of an Italian street scene by renowned american plein air painter, MArc Dalessio
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Unshoveled Sidewalks" Oil painting American Realist of suburban snow scene 2023
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Contemporary oil painting by American realist painter, Carl Bretzke. A snow covered winter
Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
"Old Barn In Les Bois" Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting of French Alps
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
. Created en plein air and contrasting the gold, pink, and whites of the wildflowers and the vivid greens
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Montauk Afternoon" oil painting of Hamptons Coastline, trails in the sand dunes
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
decide the mood of the painting. His plein air landscapes, which range in subject from exotic locations
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Glacier Stream In French The Alps" Modern Impressionist Oil Painting of France
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
near Provence. Created en plein air and contrasting the ice blues and whites of the rushing river and
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Great Lakes Grandeur - 2023 American Realist Sunset Oil Painting in Minnesota
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of sun rays peeking through a clouded sky at one of the Great Lakes.
28.8 x 41
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
"Flowers By The Alpine Door" Modern Impressionist Oil Painting by Maria Bertran
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
. Created en plein air and contrasting the lavender flowers, the purples and golds of the moving shadows
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Santa Maria Novella" 2007 realist landscape, oil painting, Tuscany, dirt road
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by American plein-air painter Marc Dalessio. A depiction of the rolling hills of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
"Leaving Sag Harbor by Boat" oil painting, seascape of powerboat sepia tone
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by American Painter Carl Bretzke. This waterscape was painted en plein air in Sag
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$2,485 Sale Price
30% Off
"The Beach at Stoupa" oil painting, White umbrellas in Greece, Mediterranean Sea
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"The Beach at Stoupa" is a plein air painting depicting a popular beach in Stoupa, Greece. Stoupa
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Westview Avalon Harbor" American Realist seascape in California with blue tones
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
, nocturnes, and plein-air landscapes. He is a member of the Plein Air Painters of America since 2021. Carl's
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Ditch Plains Lifeguard" oil painting, beach scene, Hamptons Summer in Montauk
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by Marc Dalessio. Painted en plein air, on the beach (Ditch Plains) in Montauk, New
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Presque Isle (Day 126), July 21, 2024" by Primary Hughes, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
painting that is created on location or en plein air. The piece is framed, and ready to hang.
Primary
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Presque Isle (Day 123), June 27, 2024" by Primary Hughes, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
painting that is created on location or en plein air. The piece is framed, and ready to hang.
Primary
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Presque Isle (Day 121), June 23, 2024" by Primary Hughes, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
painting that is created on location or en plein air. The piece is framed, and ready to hang.
Primary
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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