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"Bluebonnet Creek" Texas Hill Country 1957 39 x 49 Framed!!!
By Porfirio Salinas
Located in San Antonio, TX
learned to stretch canvases, frame paintings and to
sketch in larger compositions from small plein-air
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Navy or Coast Guard 1930s Pursuit Boat Galveston Texas Artist Texas Coast
By Paul Schumann
Located in San Antonio, TX
turning to plein air painting. Schumann married Carolina Adela Bergmann from Fredericksburg, Texas, in
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape with Trees
By Louis Aston Knight
Located in Atlanta, GA
scene and traveled to the United States many times – painting scenes in New York, Florida and California
Category
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fishermans Wharf, San Francisco
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein-air in San Francisco, California. A romantic impression of sailboats docked along
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"1940 - Number Nine" Original Mixed Media on Board by Tom Perkinson, Framed
By Tom Perkinson
Located in Encino, CA
, romanticism, realism, plein-air painting, and nature.
For nearly a century, Riviera Country Club's "golf
Category
1980s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil
$2,450 Sale Price
30% Off
"Sleeping Lady Mountain" Image 12 x 16 Frame: 19 x 23
By Porfirio Salinas
Located in San Antonio, TX
small plein-air studies for the
English artist. He began to accompany Wood and Arpa to the hills
outside
Category
1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Twilight along the River Bend
By Louis Aston Knight
Located in Sheffield, MA
and plein-air approach: "A group of new landscapes by Aston Knight, the popular painter of the
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Arizona Landscape – Dramatic Skies and Desert Light by Carl Oscar Borg
By Carl Oscar Borg
Located in Stockholm, SE
—embodies the immediacy of a plein air study, likely painted on location during one of Borg’s extensive
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Bouquets and Strawberries. Peonies, interior piece, American artist
Located in Oslo, NO
her painting "Big Storm" won the first prize in the art competition of the Plein Air Magazine in US
Category
2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Fuji Apples Still Life with Plaid Cloth
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
, John Hubbard Rich and Nell Walker Warner for Still Life studies. Gleiforst primarily painted plein air
Category
1950s Fauvist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Copper Teapot, Vase and Fruit Still Life
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the Sullivan Goss Gallery exhibition titled “Early California
Category
1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$1,720 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Spring Garden Still-Life Peonies and Garden Gloves
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the Sullivan Goss Gallery exhibition titled “Early
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Pink
White Roses in Crystal Vase Still-Life
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the Sullivan Goss Gallery exhibition titled “Early California.”
Category
1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,560 Sale Price
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Mid Century Roses
Sweet Peas Still Life
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
painted plein air, as well as landscapes and florals. During her lifetime, Helen Gleiforst frequently
Category
1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Floral Bouquet and Splendor Still Life
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
. Gleiforst primarily painted plein air, as well as landscapes and florals. During her lifetime, Helen
Category
1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Green Pears in a Purple Bowl -Still Life in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
, Plein Air Biennial, 2003,2005, Napa Valley, California
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Lilies
By Jane Peterson
Located in Fairlawn, OH
more freedom for painting en plein air and experimenting with quick strokes of color. She often
Category
1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$24,000
Valley View with Pines and Distant Peaks, Sierra Nevada (Possibly Yosemite)
By Carl Oscar Borg
Located in Stockholm, SE
early-20th-century artist of the American West. After coming to California in 1901 and studying with
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Breakfast in Mendocino
Located in San Francisco, CA
space, though she relishes painting en plein air since it allows her to capture the essence of a place
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Drawings and W...
Materials
Watercolor
Open Doors
Located in San Francisco, CA
space, though she relishes painting en plein air since it allows her to capture the essence of a place
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Drawings and W...
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape with Snow
Located in San Francisco, CA
space, though she relishes painting en plein air since it allows her to capture the essence of a place
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Drawings and W...
Materials
Watercolor
Interior Still life with Milk Bottles
Located in San Francisco, CA
and was a music teacher's space, though she relishes painting en plein air since it allows her to
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Drawings and W...
Materials
Watercolor
Lake Tahoe II
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
, 1957-1964; Capricorn Gallery, 1962; Bridge Gallery, 1960-67, all New York.
A plein-air painter during
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape III
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
; Bridge Gallery, 1960-67, all New York.
A plein-air painter during his early years, he later experimented
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Landscape II
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
; Bridge Gallery, 1960-67, all New York.
A plein-air painter during his early years, he later experimented
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Lake Tahoe III
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gallery, 1960-67, all New York.
A plein-air painter during his early years, he later experimented with
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape V
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gallery, 1960-67, all New York.
A plein-air painter during his early years, he later experimented with
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Lake Tahoe
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gallery, 1960-67, all New York.
A plein-air painter during his early years, he later experimented with
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Overlooking the Bay, Mid-Century Coastal Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
known for his sweeping early 20th century plein-air landscapes. Often painted in earth tones juxtaposed
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Landscape
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
-air painter during his early years, he later experimented with abstraction and other modern art forms
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Miwok Trail, Oil Painting
By James Hartman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Francisco Bay Area during the early 20th Century. James's paintings of the Northern California landscape
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Marina Cyclists, Oil Painting
By James Hartman
Located in San Francisco, CA
fascinated with the Society of Six, a group of artists who painted en plein air (outdoors) and exhibited
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Mandalay Beach, Dusk, Oil Painting
By Elizabeth Garat
Located in San Francisco, CA
noted photographer MacDuff Everton at UC Santa Barbara and trained in plein air painting with Maddine
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Through the Trees, Oil Painting
By James Hartman
Located in San Francisco, CA
early 20th Century. James's paintings of the Northern California landscape pay tribute to some of the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
A Morning Walk, Original Painting
By James Hartman
Located in San Francisco, CA
the Society of Six, a group of artists who painted en plein air (outdoors) and exhibited together in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Ocean Cliffs, Warm Light, Oil Painting
By Elizabeth Garat
Located in San Francisco, CA
Santa Barbara and trained in plein air painting with Maddine Insalaco and Joe Vinson in Italy. Elizabeth
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Table with Irises, Original Painting
By James Hartman
Located in San Francisco, CA
painted en plein air (outdoors) and exhibited together in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early 20th
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist More Art
Materials
Encaustic
A Tree on the Bluff, Oil Painting
By Elizabeth Garat
Located in San Francisco, CA
Santa Barbara and trained in plein air painting with Maddine Insalaco and Joe Vinson in Italy. Elizabeth
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Cabins by the Lake, Oil Painting
By James Hartman
Located in San Francisco, CA
plein air (outdoors) and exhibited together in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early 20th Century
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Rose by the Bay, Original Painting
By James Hartman
Located in San Francisco, CA
school, he became fascinated with the Society of Six, a group of artists who painted en plein air
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Art
Materials
Encaustic
Early Modern Railroad Travel Advertising Serigraph of a Church in Taxco, Mexico
By Samuel Hyde Harris
Located in Houston, TX
concentrated on his fine art, or what is known as his en plein air painting. However, rarely do any of these
Category
1930s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
Path to Hidden Beach, Original Painting
By James Hartman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Area during the early 20th Century. James's paintings of the Northern California landscape pay tribute
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist More Art
Materials
Encaustic
Edge of the Woods, Original Painting
By James Hartman
Located in San Francisco, CA
plein air (outdoors) and exhibited together in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early 20th Century
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist More Art
Materials
Encaustic
La Jolla Ocean View Walk, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
art education came from exhibiting at local art galleries, participating in open markets and plein air
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art
Materials
Acrylic
Still Life in a Limited Palette, Oil Painting
By James Hartman
Located in San Francisco, CA
painted en plein air (outdoors) and exhibited together in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early 20th
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Shark Fin Rock, Santa Cruz, with a Burst of Yellow Flowers, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
came from exhibiting at local art galleries, participating in open markets and plein air painting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor, Maui
By John Cosby
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
California; Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
2002 Collectors Choice Award, Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
"Moms Pitcher" - Giclee Print on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
from early childhood, and began painting in the 1970s, moving on to oil in 2000. Hanson was invited to
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Still-life Prints
Materials
Canvas, Panel, Giclée
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Evening Light
Located in San Francisco, CA
Laguna Plein Air Invitational, and in 2011 won Best of Show in the Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"The Outsider" - Original 1989 Screen Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
. Jane continued with her painting and belonged to a plein air watercolor group.
In 1954 the growing
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
India Ink, Laid Paper, Screen
Stagecoach Road
By James Hartman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Francisco Bay Area during the early 20th Century. James's paintings of the Northern California landscape
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist More Art
Materials
Encaustic
Place Setting (bread basket, glasses, butter dish) signed/n, top realist painter
By John Moore
Located in New York, NY
work further subvert true realism, though based off of en plein air sketches, photographs, and
Category
1970s Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Pencil
Women Outside Breton Hotel - Chromolithograph on Paper
By Alson Skinner Clark
Located in Soquel, CA
took up plein-air painting. The couple also spent time at Giverny in 1910, and Clark painted with his
Category
1910s American Impressionist More Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Lithograph
2 Lazy 2 P
Located in Phoenix, AZ
painting from him in 1953.
In a major stroke of good fortune during his early plein-air period, Megargee
Category
1930s American Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
"Sharing" Multi Layer Screen Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
belonged to a plein air watercolor group.
In 1954 the growing family moved to San Mateo and Leddy
Category
1980s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Screen
Pop Art Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print Audrey Flack "Skull
Roses" Photo
By Audrey Flack
Located in Surfside, FL
City
Career
Flack's early work in the 1950s was abstract expressionist; one such painting paid tribute
Category
1980s Photorealist Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer
Pop Art Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print Audrey Flack Rolls Royce Lady Photo
By Audrey Flack
Located in Surfside, FL
abstract expressionist; one such painting paid tribute to Franz Kline. Most influential amongst her early
Category
1980s Photorealist Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer
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