Paul Bernard King Landscape Paintings

A fine impressionist marine oil painting with boats in a harbor, probably in Maine, under the moonlight by American artist Paul Bernard King (1867-1947). King was born in Buffalo, New York, and after becoming an established printer, went on to study at the NY Art Students League with Henry S. Mowbray. While a student, he became an illustrator for Life and Harper’s magazines, and went on to become well known for his portraits, landscapes, rural scenes, and illustrations. Oil on canvas, signed lower right, signed and title inscribed on verso stretcher “Moonlight, Paul King, Stony Brook...

A fine impressionist coastal harbor scene with boats by American artist Paul Bernard King (1867-1947). King was born in Buffalo, New York, and after becoming an established printer, went on to study at the NY Art Students League with Henry S. Mowbray. While a student, he became an illustrator for Life and Harper’s magazines, and went on to become well known for his portraits, landscapes, rural scenes, and illustrations. Oil on canvas, signed lower right and housed in a carved antique scrollwork...

A wonderful impressionist coastal marine painting of Maine docks painted by American artist Paul Bernard King (1867-1947). King was born in Buffalo, ...

Seasonal landscape painting by American Impressionist painter Paul Bernard King titled "Golden Autumn No.2". The painting consists of orange and light blue tones that make up a beautiful nature scene filled with trees. The artist left his signature in the bottom left corner and the piece is in great condition. The piece is displayed within a beautiful gold frame and includes a vintage artist information card attached to the back. Dimensions Without Frame: H 12.25 in. x W 16 in. Artist Biography: Traditional American painter Paul King was born in Buffalo, New York on February 9, 1867. Even as a boy, Paul learned the meaning of composition, color, and texture as he assisted his father, Bernard H. King, a competent designer and craftsman of objects in precious metal. He also learned the importance of draftsmanship at the age of sixteen when he took up lithography*. After the founding of the Buffalo Art Students League (1891), King became one of the first to study there. In Buffalo's Bohemian Sketch Club he shared his enthusiasm for art with Eugene Speicher, Edward Dufner, and George Bridgman who also taught at the Buffalo Art Students League. The League would move into the basement of the Albright Art Gallery in 1902. Beginning in 1899, Bridgman became an influential teacher at the Art Students League in New York, where, between 1901 and 1904, King studied life drawing under H. Siddons Mowbray, a highly respected academic painter. King had already felt the influence of the international style of impressionism in the 1890s. Some of this derived from the Art Students League and from the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo*. During that period, King's manner was somewhat conservative, as he painted landscapes, marines, portraits, and rural genre. The lure of Europe, particularly Paris, drew King...