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Santa Barbara Cottage Landscape colorful Plein Air California Impressionist 0-88
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
Category

1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Santa Barbara California Adobe House Trees in Colorful Landscape Plein Air #78
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
Category

1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Santa Barbara California Coast Beach Ocean Mountains Clouds surf Plein Air #0-72
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
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Santa Barbara Farm House California Plein Air Impressionist blue green rose 0-89
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
Category

1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Large Colorado Modernist Oil Painting Wharf Street Plein Air New Orleans Street
By Joellyn Duesberry
Located in Surfside, FL
: (Frame) H 50.5" x W 66.5". sight size 50 x 66" Joellyn Toler Duesberry (1944 – 2016) was a plein air
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

1920s Colorado Mountain Landscape Oil Painting Farm, Jewel Tones Green Purple
By Ernest Lawson
Located in Denver, CO
studying with Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant at the Académie Julian, he resumed painting plein air
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Lady in Red Hat, Paris
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 Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

View from Taft Franklin ST, Los Angeles
By Larry Cohen
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
, CA 1991 American Panorama, Tibor de Nagy, New York, NY Plein Air 1991, Santa Monica Heritage Museum
Category

1980s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Evening over the Virginia Blue Ridge
By Eliot Clark
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Canyon and Santa Barbara, California, Eliot’s exceedingly diversified background included writing as an
Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Still Life, Scarlet Blue , Academie Chaumiere, Paris, Seattle Art Museum, Oil
By William Hixson
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Recent Paintings, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington 1957 Second West Coast Biennale, Santa Barbara
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vase of Daffodils Still Life
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
among top California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the Sullivan Goss Gallery exhibition titled
Category

1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Vase of Daffodil Still Life
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
among top California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the Sullivan Goss Gallery exhibition titled
Category

1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Mid Century Peaches and Pears Basket Still Life
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
. In 2006, her work was featured among top California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the
Category

1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pansies Still Life
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
for Still Life studies. Gleiforst primarily painted plein air, as well as landscapes and florals
Category

1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pastel Landscape by Erle Loran #3
By Erle Loran
Located in Pasadena, CA
Loran's medium of choice because it dried fast and was lighter to transport to his often-remote plein air
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper

Pastel Landscape by Erle Loran #2
By Erle Loran
Located in Pasadena, CA
Loran's medium of choice because it dried fast and was lighter to transport to his often-remote plein air
Category

Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper

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
Category

1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Santa Barbara CA - Plein Air Landscape Hilltop House w Palm Trees Colorful #0-71
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
Category

1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

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
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Santa Barbara Vineyards - Mustard Flowers in Bloom Landscape
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful plein air impressionistic landscape of Santa Barbara vineyard with blooming mustard
Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

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
Category

1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Summer Clouds, East Beach, Santa Barbara , California, Instituto Allende
By Tom Henderson
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
furthered his Plein Air painting techniques first under Charles Movalli and, later, with Edward Ward
Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

View From Foxen Canyon (Santa Ynez Valley, CA) (framed)
By Bruce Everett
Located in Fairfield, CT
pieces, Everett often does smaller more immediate plein air paintings to study and capture the transitory
Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

La Jolla, San Diego, Coastal Painting by Christopher Gerlach
Located in New York, NY
," William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco "Paintings of Santa Barbara and Elsewhere," Easton Gallery
Category

1980s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Ranch Life" Colorful Autumn Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting on Board Frame
Located in New York, NY
landscape where the artist captures a plein air scene of ranch life in the southwest. The scene features a
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Bearded Iris Still Life/Daffodils and Teapot (2-sided painting)
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
for Still Life studies. Gleiforst primarily painted plein air, as well as landscapes and florals
Category

1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Shoreline Shadows
By Dan Schultz
Located in Pasadena, CA
painting received the Plein Air Magazine Award of Excellence at the 15th Annual American Impressionist
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

Mid Century The Eucalyptus Grove Landscape
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful plein air painting of path through an eucalyptus grove by Helen Enoch Gleiforst (American
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Mid Century Autumn Stream Landscape
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
. In 2006, her work was featured among top California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Mid Century Smoke Trees, Palm Springs Landscape
By Carl Sammons
Located in Soquel, CA
CSFA. By the mid-1920s he had abandoned somber pastels in favor of plein air oils. He made painting
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Purple Mountains in Spring Landscape
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the Sullivan Goss Gallery exhibition titled “Early
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Glacier Point Yosemite Landscape
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

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Trees in Spring
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the Sullivan Goss Gallery exhibition titled “Early
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Young Girl With Pink Bow Portrait
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the Sullivan Goss Gallery exhibition titled “Early
Category

1930s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Spring Flow (Lake Tahoe)
Located in San Francisco, CA
. Andy works in oils in the Plein Air tradition. He began college as an art major at Miami University in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Spring Flow on the Little Truckee
Located in San Francisco, CA
. Andy works in oils in the Plein Air tradition. He began college as an art major at Miami University in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fallen Leaf Summer (Lake Tahoe)
Located in San Francisco, CA
and Arizona. Andy works in oils in the Plein Air tradition. He began college as an art major
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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
Category

1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Cardboard

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
Category

1870s Romantic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Flowers and Fruit
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
among top California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the Sullivan Goss Gallery exhibition titled
Category

1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bouquet of Flowers Still Life
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
work was featured among top California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the Sullivan Goss
Category

1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Yellow Roses and Cosmos Still Life
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
Warner for Still Life studies. Gleiforst primarily painted plein air, as well as landscapes and florals
Category

1940s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

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

Masonite, Oil

Peaches and Cherries Still Life
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
studies. Gleiforst primarily painted plein air, as well as landscapes and florals. During her lifetime
Category

1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Bird of Paradise Still Life
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
. In 2006, her work was featured among top California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the
Category

1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Mid Century Bird of Paradise with Fruit Still-Life
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
was featured among top California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the Sullivan Goss Gallery
Category

1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Yellow Roses Tea
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
2006, her work was featured among top California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the Sullivan
Category

1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Mid Century Onion Garlic Still Life
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the Sullivan Goss Gallery exhibition titled “Early
Category

1940s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Red Poppies Still Life with Ceramic Pig
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
Warner for Still Life studies. Gleiforst primarily painted plein air, as well as landscapes and florals
Category

1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Red Geraniums in Copper Cache Pot w/Hall Water Pitcher
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
was featured among top California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the Sullivan Goss Gallery
Category

1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Nude Sleeping by Emil Kosa, Jr., 1930s
By Emil Kosa Jr.
Located in Soquel, CA
the LACMA, the Santa Barbara Museum, the Boston Museum of Fine Art, and the San Diego Museum. Kosa
Category

1920s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel

Paul Grimm-California Plein Air Painting
Located in Pasadena, CA
Paul Grimm (1891-1974) California Plein Air. Marked on verso "Sycamore Study-Oak Park, Santa
Category

Vintage 1960s American Paintings

Materials

Board

California Plein Air Painting by Paul Grimm
Located in Pasadena, CA
This California landscape is by the well listed California plein air artist Paul Grimm (1893-1974
Category

20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Board

Morning Light, Santa Barbara Bird Refuge.
By Ralph Waterhouse
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
location at Santa Barbara Bird Refuge. This refuge is the home to many species of wildlife including a very
Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

California landscape painting
Located in Oakland, CA
Great California plein air oil painting on stretched canvas by Southern California artist Grace D
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Beautiful California Landscape Painting By Joseph P Frey
By Joseph P. Frey
Located in Pasadena, CA
Lovely California plein air painting of mountain vista by JOSEPH P. FREY (1892-1977) . Beautifully
Category

Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Sundown
By Ralph Waterhouse
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
the south facing coast in Santa Barbara, California. Ralph has been painting for over 40 years and
Category

2010s Romantic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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