Skip to main content

Dennis Sheehan Art

American, b. 1950
Dennis Sheehan was born in Boston in 1950. He has works in major public and private collections including the White House. Sheehan paints in the Barbizon mode with adherence to his 19th century precursors. In the tradition of the tonalist* painters, Sheehan creates landscapes of mood, affected by nature's changing seasons. "Today, in a cultural firmament that has been defined as Postmodern, a new generation of American painters is returning to the old landscape seeking a renewed vision. The cultural strategies that they employ are as diverse as any from the past; in most cases, these painters consciously strive to enter into a dialogue with the history of the White Mountains art. Their work, grounded in a sophisticated appreciation of what has come before, is in many cases deliberately discursive with a tradition that has been all but erased twice by historical and cultural forces." The contemporary work of Dennis Sheehan, for example, affords a great nineteenth-century-predecessor George Inness. Like Inness, whose influence is consciously acknowledged, Sheehan employs the dark palette and thickly pigmented surfaces of the French Barbizon School*. Maintaining a muted tonalist chromatic scheme, Sheehan, like Inness before him, has temerity to eschew picturesque scenery-his Conway Meadows avoids any reference to the traditional climax view of Mount Washington—in the interest of evoking atmospherics* and the appearance of the natural world as it is observed. Optical truth combined with poetic resonance—the search for some ineffable quality of nature beyond words -constitutes the probity of his art. Yet, also like Inness, Sheehan's paintings are produced in the studio. His work is the product of the conscious distillation of prior imagery ranging from the American Barbizon to the abstractions of Franz Kline. For all of the references to history—and there are multiple—there is no mistaking the artist's debt to the more recent past. Without the legacy of action painting, Sheehan's art would be less forceful and evocative than it is." Source: Guild of Boston Artists
(Biography provided by The Benjaman Gallery)
to
1
15
13
5
9
6
5
4
1
1
4
Overall Height
to
Overall Width
to
4
1
12
10
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
15
15
6,961
3,321
2,514
1,213
15
15
15
15
Artist: Dennis Sheehan
"Surf Spray" American Impressionist New England Coastal Sunset Seascape Painting
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted impressionist beach scene by Dennis Sheehan (b.1950). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category

2010s Impressionist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dennis Sheehan, "Changing Seasons" 12x12 Autumn Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Changing Seasons", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 12x12 oil painting on canvas featuring a marshy green landscape in hazy autumn light. Changing foliage highlights the trees in colors of rusted reds and ochres, reflecting in the water below. About the artist: Dennis Sheehan's work is often described as reminiscent of the great masters of the Barbizon School, in France in the 19th century, and the American Tonalist. Born in Boston in 1950, he has works in major public and private collections, including the White House. His work has been featured in many publications including the featured cover of American Artist. Dennis Sheehan received his training in the best traditions of the Boston School, studying at the Vesper George School of Art and the Montserrat School of Visual Art. He also studied with two of R.H. Gammell's former students, Robert Cormier...
Category

2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dennis Sheehan, "Evening Prelude", Moody Sunset Tonalist Landscape Oil Painting
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Evening Prelude", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 14x18 oil painting on canvas featuring a marshy green landscape at dusk. This moody painting shows tree line at the horiz...
Category

2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dennis Sheehan, "Winter's Warmth", Tonalist Landscape Mountain Tree Oil Painting
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Winter's Warmth", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 12x12 oil painting on canvas featuring a traditional snowy landscape just before dusk. Warm afternoon light surrounds fol...
Category

2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dennis Sheehan, "August Afternoon", Tonalist Landscape Tree Oil Painting
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "August Afternoon", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 12x12 oil painting on canvas featuring a traditional marshy green landscape just before dusk. Cool afternoon light surro...
Category

2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Dennis Sheehan, "Glowing Hedgerow", Moody Tonalist Landscape Oil Painting
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Glowing Hedgerow", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 18x24 oil painting on canvas featuring a marshy green landscape at dusk. This moody painting shows tree line at the hori...
Category

2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dennis Sheehan, "Mid Fall" 12x12 Tonalist Tree Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Mid Fall", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 12x12 oil painting on canvas featuring a daytime landscape setting during autumn. Tree leaves are deep reds, purple, oranges an...
Category

2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dennis Sheehan, "Across the Marsh", 18x24 Tonalist Landscape Oil Painting
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Across the Marsh", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 18x24 oil painting on canvas featuring a marshy green landscape at dusk. This moody painting shows tree line at the hori...
Category

2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Dennis Sheehan, "Autumn Afternoon", 18x30 Dusk Landscape Oil Painting
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Autumn Afternoon", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 18x30 oil painting on canvas featuring a landscape at dusk. Remaining light from the setting sun burns the sky in a pink...
Category

2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dennis Sheehan, "Winter Dusk", 16x20 Snowy Landscape Tonalist Oil Painting
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Winter Dusk", is a 16x20 winter landscape oil painting on canvas by artist Dennis Sheehan. Featured is view over a snow covered marshland during the evening hours. The w...
Category

2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Glade at Dusk" Traditional Landscape Waterscape Framed Oil on Canvas Painting
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Glade at Dusk" is an oil painting on canvas by Dennis Sheehan, depicting a marshy landscape at sunset. The artist's use of soft brush strokes evoke a hazy horizon, a moment of refle...
Category

2010s Contemporary Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

"Quiet Splendor" Traditional Landscape Waterscape Framed Oil on Canvas Painting
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Quiet Splendor" is an oil painting on canvas by Dennis Sheehan, depicting a marshy landscape at dusk or dawn. The artist's use of soft brush strokes evoke a hazy horizon, a moment ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

"Wandering Stream" Traditional Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting with Frame
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Wandering Stream" is an oil painting on canvas by Dennis Sheehan, depicting a marshy landscape at dusk. The artist's use of soft brush strokes evoke a hazy horizon, a moment of refl...
Category

2010s Contemporary Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

"Resplendent Meadow" Traditional Marsh Landscape Oil on Canvas with Frame
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Resplendent Meadow" is an oil painting on canvas by Dennis Sheehan, depicting a marshy landscape with the soft glow of dawn or dusk. The artist's use of soft brush strokes evoke a h...
Category

2010s Contemporary Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

"Tranquility at Sunset" Realistic Oil Painting Landscape at Sunset
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Baltimore, MD
Sheehan studied under George Gabin, who paints in a tight and traditional style. There, he learned the technique of American Tonalism, the contrast b...
Category

2010s Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Related Items
'Breaking Wave, California Coast', Tonalist Seascape, New York, Sacramento
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Pogacar' for Vincent Pogacar (American, 1929-1997) and painted circa 1985. A cabinet-sized study of ocean water breaking against b...
Category

1980s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Cetaldo (Italy) In The Rain
By Anna Hornby
Located in Brecon, Powys
Oil on canvas of a Italian Rural scene by this well known and much exhibited artist. Cetaldo In The Rain catches the atmosphere of a gentle rain on a hot summers day. Anna Hornby (1914 - 1996) studied art in Florence with landscape and flower painter Aubrey Waterfield in 1934, and later that year enrolled at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London where she studied under Francis Ernest Jackson...
Category

1960s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Sunday in the Park, 1910"
By Cyprien Eugène Boulet
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed Lower Right Cyprien-Eugène Boulet (1877 - 1927)
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tonalist Painting Sunset Figures Wheat Barbizon Framed 19th Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An antique oil painting in its original ornate gold leaf frame. This tonalist painting depicts figures against a dramatic sunset. The work is signed illegibly lower left. It ap...
Category

1860s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Winter Moonlight
By George William Sotter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
signed lower right
Category

1910s American Impressionist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Late 19th Century Tonalist Rocky Mountain High Camp Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful 19th Century tonalist painting of Flat Top Mountain in the Rocky Mountains by unknown artist (American, late 19th-20th Century). Unsigned. Unframed. Size: 16"H x 24"W. T...
Category

Early 1900s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sunset, 1910 by Hudson Mindell Kitchell (American, 1864-1944)
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th century nocturne by Hudson Mindell Kitchell (1864-1944), Sunset, 1910 features a figure sitting beneath a tree beside a body of w...
Category

20th Century Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Winter Storm, NYC"
By Johann Berthelsen, 1883-1972
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to offer this piece by Johann Berthelsen (1883 – 1972). Born in 1883 in Denmark to artistically inclined parents, Johann Berthelsen would become a widely successful singer, teacher, and painter. After his parents divorced, his mother brought Berthelsen and his siblings with her to the United States in 1890, eventually settling in Wisconsin. At eighteen, Berthelsen moved to Chicago in the hope of becoming an actor, but a friend at the Chicago Musical College convinced him to audition at his school. Berthelsen received a full scholarship and enrolled at the college, where he was awarded the Gold Medal twice. After graduating, he had an active career traveling across the United States and Canada performing in operas and concerts, before joining the voice faculty at his alma mater in 1910. In 1913, Berthelsen became the voice department director at the Indianapolis Conservatory of Music. While in Chicago, Berthelsen met the landscape painter, Svend Svendsen...
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"In Port"
By Edward Willis Redfield
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Edward Willis Redfield (1869 - 1965) Edward W. Redfield was born in Bridgeville, Delaware, moving to Philadelphia as a young child. Determined to be an artist from an early age, he studied at the Spring Garden Institute and the Franklin Institute before entering the Pennsylvania Academy from 1887 to 1889, where he studied under Thomas Anshutz, James Kelly, and Thomas Hovenden. Along with his friend and fellow artist, Robert Henri, he traveled abroad in 1889 and studied at the Academie Julian in Paris under William Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury. While in France, Redfield met Elise Deligant, the daughter of an innkeeper, and married in London in 1893. Upon his return to the United States, Redfield and his wife settled in Glenside, Pennsylvania. He remained there until 1898, at which time he moved his family to Center Bridge, a town several miles north of New Hope along the Delaware River. Redfield painted prolifically in the 1890s but it was not until the beginning of the twentieth century that he would develop the bold impressionist style that defined his career. As Redfield’s international reputation spread, many young artists gravitated to New Hope as he was a great inspiration and an iconic role model. Edward Redfield remained in Center Bridge throughout his long life, fathering his six children there. Around 1905 and 1906, Redfield’s style was coming into its own, employing thick vigorous brush strokes tightly woven and layered with a multitude of colors. These large plein-air canvases define the essence of Pennsylvania Impressionism. By 1907, Redfield had perfected his craft and, from this point forward, was creating some of his finest work. Redfield would once again return to France where he painted a small but important body of work between 1907 and 1908. While there, he received an Honorable Mention from the Paris Salon for one of these canvases. In 1910 he was awarded a Gold Medal at the prestigious Buenos Aires Exposition and at the Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915 in San Francisco, an entire gallery was dedicated for twenty-one of his paintings. Since Redfield painted for Exhibition with the intent to win medals, his best effort often went into his larger paintings. Although he also painted many fine smaller pictures, virtually all of his works were of major award-winning canvas sizes of 38x50 or 50x56 inches. If one were to assign a period of Redfield’s work that was representative of his “best period”, it would have to be from 1907 to 1925. Although he was capable of creating masterpieces though the late 1940s, his style fully matured by 1907 and most work from then through the early twenties was of consistently high quality. In the later 1920s and through the 1930s and 1940s, he was like most other great artists, creating some paintings that were superb examples and others that were of more ordinary quality. Redfield earned an international reputation at a young age, known for accurately recording nature with his canvases and painting virtually all of his work outdoors; Redfield was one of a rare breed. He was regarded as the pioneer of impressionist winter landscape painting in America, having few if any equals. Redfield spent summers in Maine, first at Boothbay Harbor and beginning in the 1920s, on Monhegan Island. There he painted colorful marine and coastal scenes as well as the island’s landscape and fishing shacks. He remained active painting and making Windsor style furniture...
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Forest Strongholds"
By John F. Carlson
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed lower right. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame. Exhibited at the National Academy of Design, 1928
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Navajos at Rest
By Edgar Payne
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Navajos at Rest" is an oil on canvas painting by Edgar Alwin Payne. The painting is signed at the lower right, "Edgar Payne". The framed piece measures 25 1/4...
Category

Early 20th Century Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Navajos at Rest
Navajos at Rest
H 25.25 in W 29.25 in D 2 in
Wind River - Wyoming
By Eliot Clark
Located in New York, NY
Wind River- Wyoming by Eliot Clark (1883-1980) Oil on canvas, linen relined 14 x 20 inches unframed (35.56 x 50.8 cm) 18 ¼ x 24 inches framed (46.355 x 60.9...
Category

20th Century Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Oil, Linen, Canvas

Previously Available Items
Dennis Sheehan, "Harvest Squall", 12x12 Autumn Tree Landscape Oil Painting
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Harvest Squall", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 12x12 tonalist oil painting on canvas featuring a traditional marshy green landscape just before dusk. Cloudy skies loom over changing foliage in this dusky autumnal landscape. About the artist: Dennis Sheehan's work is often described as reminiscent of the great masters of the Barbizon School, in France in the 19th century, and the American Tonalist. Born in Boston in 1950, he has works in major public and private collections, including the White House. His work has been featured in many publications including the featured cover of American Artist. Dennis Sheehan received his training in the best traditions of the Boston School, studying at the Vesper George School of Art and the Montserrat School of Visual Art. He also studied with two of R.H. Gammell's former students, Robert Cormier...
Category

2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dennis Sheehan, "Fall Hues", Moody Tonalist Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Fall Hues", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 20x16 oil painting on canvas featuring a marshy green landscape in hazy autumn light. A tree line with changing foliage highlig...
Category

2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Dennis Sheehan, "Sundown Symmetry", Moody Tonalist Landscape Oil Painting
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Sundown Symmetry, by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 14x20 oil painting on canvas featuring a marshy green landscape at dusk. This moody painting shows the dark tree line at ...
Category

2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dennis Sheehan, "Last Light", Moody Sunset Tonalist Landscape Oil Painting
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Last Light", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 16x20 oil painting on canvas featuring a marshy green landscape at dusk. This moody painting shows tree line at the horizon wi...
Category

2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dennis Sheehan, "Sunset on the Glen", Tonalist Marsh Landscape Oil Painting
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Sunset on the Glen", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 24x36 oil painting on canvas featuring a marsh landscape in the evening light. The...
Category

2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Coast at Daybreak" Realistic Beach Scene at Early Morning
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Baltimore, MD
Sheehan studied under George Gabin, who paints in a tight and traditional style. There, he learned the technique of American Tonalism, the contrast between light and dark, and adopte...
Category

2010s Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Halcyon Glade" Realistic Oil Painting Landscape at Sunset
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Baltimore, MD
Sheehan studied under George Gabin, who paints in a tight and traditional style. There, he learned the technique of American Tonalism, the contrast between light and dark, and adopte...
Category

2010s Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Dennis Sheehan, "Days End", 14x30 Dusk Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Days End", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 14x30 oil painting on canvas featuring a landscape at dusk. Light from the moon glows through a hazy sky, silhouetting the trees...
Category

2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Last Light
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Baltimore, MD
This piece is framed. The unframed dimensions are 12 x 12 inches. Sheehan studied under George Gabin, who paints in a tight and traditional style. There, he learned the technique of...
Category

2010s Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Frozen Sunset
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Baltimore, MD
This piece is framed. The unframed dimensions are 10 x 10 inches. Sheehan studied under George Gabin, who paints in a tight and traditional style. There, he learned the technique of...
Category

2010s Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Winter's Pond
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Baltimore, MD
This piece is framed. The unframed dimensions are 10 x 10 inches. Sheehan studied under George Gabin, who paints in a tight and traditional style. There, he learned the technique of...
Category

2010s Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Harvest, Approaching Storm
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Autumn New England landscape with farmers harvesting hay before the storm by American artist Dennis Sheehan (b. 1950). Sheehan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and is well k...
Category

1990s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dennis Sheehan art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Dennis Sheehan art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of green and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Dennis Sheehan in canvas, fabric, oil paint and more. Not every interior allows for large Dennis Sheehan art, so small editions measuring 12 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Edmund Ward, John MacDonald, and John Francis Murphy. Dennis Sheehan art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,500 and tops out at $19,800, while the average work can sell for $5,200.

Artists Similar to Dennis Sheehan

Recently Viewed

View All