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Art For Sale
Style: Impressionist
Style: Constructivist
A Still Life of Roses in a Ceramic Vase. An oil on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Marcel DYF 1899 - 1985 This piece has been confirmed by Claudine Dyf Picture Size: 18 x 22" (48 x 55cm) Outside Frame Size: 25 x 29" (63 x 73cm) A highly desirable still life with...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

L'Avant-Foyer de l'Opera /// French Impressionist Etching Figurative Lady Man
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Tony Minartz (French, 1873-1944) Title: "L'Avant-Foyer de l'Opera" Portfolio: Revue de l'Art Ancien & Moderne *Issued unsigned Year: 1903 Medium: Original Etching on cream laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Unknown Publisher: Revue de l'Art Ancien & Moderne, Paris, France Framing: Not framed, but matted with 100% cotton rag matting from Holland, gold filet from Italy, and foam board backing. All archival Matted size: 17" x 14.5" Sheet size: 12" x 9" Image size: 9" x 7.25" Condition: In excellent condition Notes: Printed in one color: bistre. This review was founded in 1897 in the continuity of the review Les Beaux-Arts published between 1861 and 1865; Jules Comte, the founder, entitled his first issue Les Beaux-Arts - Revue nouvelle then changed the title to La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Jules Comte directed the review until his death in 1912. Raymond Woog took over , who was provisional director until the start of the war in July 1914. In 1919, André Dezarrois took over this review and was its director until December 1937, date of last issue (published in January 1938). In the meantime, it publishes the Bulletin of ancient and modern art, which has gained a certain notoriety in the community. Biography: Tony Minartz, pseudonym of Antoine Guillaume, born 8 April 1873 to Cannes and died in that city on 13 December 1944 Is a painter, draftsman , illustrator and engraver French. Painter autodidact , Tony Minartz starts to become known in 1896 by exhibiting paintings at the Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts , and then decorates the Pompadour theater of painted panels for fashion shows " Grand Guignol ", directed by L. Darthenay. In 1903, Henri Béraldi , with whom he worked, praised him in The Journal of ancient and modern art, writing that "it was thirty years ago," and he has received advice from Paul Renouard to be formed the technique of etching ; Béraldi adds that his favorite subjects are "Paris at night Paris at night, always." Minartz also gives them some high-remarkable in The Journal of ancient and modern art until 1910: balls, cafe concerts, Parisian in their most beautiful dresses, but also music-halls, music halls, restaurants, large and small theaters, are the preferred settings of his compositions. Its fertile period seems to end in 1914. In addition to the National Salon, Minartz exhibited in Paris at the gallery Bartholomew (1903), the Independent Living (1905, 1906) and the gallery Devambez (1909) and received the Academic Palms . He occasionally collaborates with periodic illustrated as The Almanac Sports (Ollendorff, 1899), or satirical as Gil Blas...
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Art

Materials

Intaglio, Laid Paper, Etching

"Lonely Rocks" - Original 1958 Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Lonely Rocks" - Original 1958 Watercolor on Paper Original watercolor painting of a woman in a red dress standing on rocks along the seashore by Bertram Spencer (American, 1918-199...
Category

1950s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Untitled (Young woman seen from the back)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Young woman seen from the back) Sanguine crayon, charcola and watercolor on paper, c. 1910 Signed with the estate stamp, Lugt 5169 lower left corner Provenance: Estate of ...
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Art

Materials

Charcoal

Reverie - Neo-Impressionist Nude Figurative Oil Painting by Georges Lemmen
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled oil on board nude circa 1905 by Belgian neo-impressionist painter Georges Lemmen. The work titled 'Reverie' depicts a red-haired lady who is kneeling down and resti...
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Full Bloom
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Full Bloom Oil on canvass, 28 x 21 1/2 inches Signed lower right: Robert Hallowell Provenance: Estate of the artist Marbella Gallery, New York Illustrated in Ma...
Category

1930s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

The White Scarf (Self Portrait of the Artist)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The White Scarf (Self Portrait of the Artist) Oil on board, 1894 Signed and dated lower left: E M Heller '94 (see image) Framed in a metal leaf Whistler style frame, Frame: 23 x 18-...
Category

1890s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Antique American Impressionist Framed Beach Scene Signed Elegant Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive American impressionist beach scene painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
Category

1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Figures in a Street - Normandy - Impressionist Figurative Oil - Stanislas Lepine
By Stanislas Victor Édouard Lépine
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in landscape oil on canvas circa 1860 by French impressionist painter Stanislas Lepine. The piece depicts a daytime view of a bustling street in Normandy on a cloudy d...
Category

1860s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Impressionist Coastal Seascape Framed Nautical Sailboat Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted impressionist seascape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category

1980s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Open Sea" impressionist perspective of a sailor in the vast blue Atlantic Ocean
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Open Sea" is an impressionistic perspective of a sailor in the vast blue Atlantic Ocean. Frame Dimensions 29.25 x 41in Artist Bio Ben Fenske (b. 1978), although a native of Minn...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spanish school landscape oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Spanish school - Landscape - Oil on board Oil size 22x28 cm. Frame size 35x40 cm.
Category

1980s Impressionist Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Joseph Josiah Dodd, Duomo Di Milano, Watercolour
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This 19th-century watercolour by British artist Joseph Josiah Dodd (1809-1880) depicts Milan Cathedral in Italy. Rising like a Gothic behemoth, the majestic facade of Milan Cathedra...
Category

1890s Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Hinksey Meadow with Tall Grasses, landscape, floral, Oxford, Cotswolds, meadows
Located in Deddington, GB
An interpretation of a wild flower meadow, in the height of summer. This is an ancient floodplain meadow with all the typical wildflowers of this habitat. This work captures the colo...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co. Stately portrait of Franklin Atwood Park by Arthur Trevethin Nowell (British, 1862-1940). Park is sitting for a classical por...
Category

1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Nude woman
Located in Sempach, LU
“The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.” Lucian Freud. "Nudes are interesting to paint; I've had people say my Ladies are ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Swiss Alps Fauvist Modern Impasto Landscape - Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Swiss Alps Landscape - Original Oil on Canvas Original oil landscape by Alphons Muller (Swiss, 1898-1955) depicting the Swiss Alps. Dark green trees emerge on either side, with a sm...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Sun Behind the Foothills, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 24" x 40"
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Giclée, Digital

Tree of life and fertility». Foliage pattern. Oil painting
Located in Sempach, LU
"vintage pattern of climbing plants and vegetables creating a colourful contrast on a dark green background - Original oil painting - 50х70 cm - no framing necessary. The sides o...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Italian Impressionist Framed St Marks Square Early Detailed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive early Italian impressionist framed view of St. Mark's in Venice. Oil on board. Framed. No signature found.
Category

1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Forest Landscape Oil painting Signed
Located in Sempach, LU
Landscape of Fontainebleau Georges Bousquet Moret (1904-1976) was, first, an engineer passionate about arts. This passion led him to devote his f...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Antique American 1918 Stratford Connecticut Framed Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early American impressionist landscape painting. Framed. Possibly signed verso. Oil on board.
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Interesting Antique Impressionist Night Scene Oil Painting, Signed illegibly
Located in Baltimore, MD
Signed lower left, but difficult to decipher, this dusk or nighttime painting is quite a sophisticated work. A woman is walking along a road with tall trees framing a view to a town...
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Signed Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist flower landscape oil painting by Edward S Annison. Oil on board, circa 1910. Signed. Image size, 9L x 12H. Housed i...
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

French School - PS 238 Le temps des jonquilles - Oil Impressionist
Located in Sempach, LU
PS 238 Le temps des Jonquilles Portrait of a woman with back naked. Structural analysis: Such as Impressionist painting, the subject is firstly a study of light on human body, cr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Ink, Acrylic

At the Bend - Abstracted Russian Landscape Yuri Gusev
By Yuri Gusev
Located in Soquel, CA
Impressionist landscape of a river at the edge of the woods by Yuri Gusev (Russian, b. 1928). There is a kneeling figure between the trees in the foreground. Presented in a pink-hued...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Whwew The Wild Flowers Grow, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
My painting is about spring, spring is about flowers, strong colors and joy. It's like traveling in a dream and waking up suspended in the light :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"El Omda" Oil painting 19" x 19" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"El Omda" Oil painting 19" x 19" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has been painting for three decades and has notably fea...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Egg Girl Flying
Located in Sempach, LU
At first viewing, Egg Girl may come across as humorous, quirky, flippant or even clever. However, there may also be a deeper meaning in the work. The Egg Girl wants to be seen, but she does not want to reveal herself entirely. So, on a human level, Egg Girl is symbolic of the masks we wear, the devices we use to hide ourselves even as we reveal ourselves; to the world and to the judgement of others. How my Eggs came about. I wanted something to change my world, a painting that would make that happen. I wanted something I’d never seen before in the art world. I used to sit for hours late at night thinking about what to paint to make that change. It was Egg lady...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Taurus" Oil painting 29" x 29" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Taurus" Oil painting 29" x 29" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has been painting for three decades and has notably feat...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Hummas Merchant" Oil painting 35" x 35" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Hummas Merchant" Oil painting 35" x 35" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has been painting for three decades and has no...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Woman in a Forest Glade" Robert Lewis Reid, American Impressionist, French Lady
By Robert Reid
Located in New York, NY
Robert Lewis Reid Woman in a Forest Glade Oil on canvas 36 x 27 inches Provenance: Petersen Galleries, Beverly Hills, California Hirschl & Adler Gal...
Category

Late 19th Century American Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"California Mountains, " Orrin White, Impressionism, Southwest Desert Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Orrin White California Mountain Landscape Signed lower right Oil on board 8 x 10 inches A nationally known landscape painter, who spent the prime of his career in California, Orrin White was born in Hanover, Illinois. He was artistically inclined at an early age but did not pursue an art career until he was in his thirties. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from Notre Dame University...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique Historical Painting - First Thanksgiving, Plymouth - Jennie Brownscombe
Located in Baltimore, MD
Jennie Augusta Brownscombe was born in a log cabin in Honesdale, Pa in 1850. She went past her modest roots to attend Cooper Union and the National Academy in New York. By 1890, ...
Category

1910s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Lilacs on the table in the garden" Oil cm. 140 x 125
Located in Torino, IT
Lilac, garden, flowers, violet,Ukraine Very important work Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina. 1949-56: he began artistic studies in Dneprodzerzinsk and later he attended the School of Fine Arts in Kiev. 1956-62: he attended the Academy of Fine Art of Saint Petersburg. 1960: he began his activity taking part in many exhibitions in Russia and abroad. 1973: member of the Union of the Artists. 1980: exhibitions in Austria, Hungary, Japan...
Category

1990s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

" lilac" Spring, Flowers, Violet, Pink , Impressionistcm. 70 x 64
Located in Torino, IT
Lilac,Spring,Flowers,Violet,Pink,Russia,impressionist Published in a monographic catalogue Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born ...
Category

1990s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Spring in Paris
Located in Houston, TX
Well listed Hungarian artist Berkes Antal (1874 - 1938). Active in Paris, Munich and Budapest. "Spring in Paris" circa 1910s. Dimensions: 26"h x 38"w, oil...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

English River landscape, with Swans on the Thames at Temple Lock near London UK
Located in Woodbury, CT
English River landscape, with Church and River at Sunset, Abingdon on the Thames. England Wonderful scene of Abingdon on the Thames by one of Englands best known landscape painters....
Category

1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman by The Lake - Late 19th Century Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous 19th Century figurative landscape of a woman by a lake looking wistfully at boaters by J. Glover (American, 19th Century), c.1870's. Signed lower left "J. Glover." Unframed....
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Brand New Day, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Nava Lundy paints a woman walking along an empty street. She treads along puddles that beautifully showcase the reflections of the architecture and sky i...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride, Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape
By Walter Thomas Sacks
Located in Soquel, CA
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride - Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape A bright, crisp morning and a sleigh ride through new snow in Stowe, Vermont...
Category

1940s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cote d'Azur - French Riviera from Balcony Coastal Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful c.1950 oil on board by French artist Lucien Potronat depicting a view of the Cote d'Azur / French Riviera from a balcony. Excellent quality...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid Century Red Flowers Still-Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Classic mid-century floral still-life featuring large red flowers painted with dynamic impasto brushstrokes with a background in warm orange and yellow tones by Frank McConnell (Amer...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Skagen Colony Danish School Oil Painting
Located in Holywell, GB
Danish School An idyllic scene of children in the sand dunes preparing to go fishing whilst a variety of vessels ply their trade off shore. Late 19th century and signed with the arti...
Category

1890s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Alpine Landscape - 20th Century Impressionist Snowy Winter Canadian Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1940's impressionist oil on canvas laid on board depicting a snow covered Alpine Landscape by Canadian RA artist Adolphus George Broomfield. This excellent quality and c...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"The Kiss - In Paris" Figures Kissing in Paris with Poodle Oil Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the excitement of High-End Fashion, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composi...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting Busy Figures By Rowing Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982) original gouache painting on artist paper, unframed size: 12 x 15 inches condition: overall very good, minor wear to the edges as is normal for an...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Gouache

"Sunflowers" rustic still life of yellow flowers in blue and white vase
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Sunflowers" is a rustic still life of yellow flowers in blue and white vase. Amy Florence creates a dark interior that is brightened by the three sunflowers that casually rest in th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

Italian Landscape - British 19thC art Impressionist oil painting female artist
Located in London, GB
This Italian landscape is an oil on canvas, framed behind glass in its original gallery frame, by Susan Isabel Dacre. A superb painting, painted circa 1888. Dacre was an early member of the Feminist movement and a member of the Manchester arts community. She travelled with Lord Leighton and exhibited widely. This work shows influences of early British impressionism. The painting depicts an Italian landscape with a road sweeping around a hill with dwellings and trees. The brushwork and palette are superb. An excellent example of a 19th century women artists work. Signed lower left. Provenance. Family collection. Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 13 inches by 10 inches. canvas in original excellent condition. Housed in an original gilt frame 20 inches by 17 inches approx. and in good condition. Susan Isabel Dacre (1844 – 1933) was an English female artist of the Victorian era. She was born in Leamington, Warwickshire, and was educated in Salford. For the decade of 1858–68 she lived in Paris. After a winter in Italy (1869), she returned to Paris, and was present during the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune. She returned to England in 1871 and began studying art at the Manchester School of Art, where she won the Queen's Prize in 1875. She began a lifelong friendship with fellow artist Annie Swynnerton; the two women pursued their art studies in Rome and Paris between 1874 and 1880. Around 1872, Lord Leighton dictated notes and observations on his methods of painting and composing his pictures to Susan Dacre during a stay on the island of Capri. From 1877-1880 she was in Paris at the Académie Julian with a fellow - pupil Marie Bashkirtseff...
Category

19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Egrets
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1942 John Charles Terelak is recognized as one of America's finest living impressionists. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he received formal art instruction at the Vespe...
Category

Early 2000s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Plateau de Vaucluse, Mt Ventoux - 21st Century Plein air Landscape Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Jos Leurs Plateau e Vaucluse Mont Ventoux 60 x 70 cm acrylic on canvas not framed, frame is possible. Jos Leurs is a Dutch Impressionistic Plein Air Painter who lived in France for ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

1890's French Impressionist Oil Painting Studio Portrait of a Nude Lady Model
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Studio Model French Impressionist artist, circa 1890's oil on canvas: 27.5 x 16.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound condition
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Clown with Birthday Bouquet - Oil and Ink on Cardstock
Located in Soquel, CA
Clown with Bouquet - Acrylic and Ink on Cardstock Colorful portrait of a clown holding a bouquet of flowers by Jassen Marek (20th Century). A sad clown in a suit with a straw hat ho...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Art

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil, Pen

Egg girl in green
Located in Sempach, LU
02 / 10 / 2023 I signed a book contract for Egg Island; it will now go through the publishing process and will be in print next year. I was overwhelmed by the editorial board's fee...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting Iris Flowers in Vase Still Life Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Irises by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on canvas, unframed measures: 24 high by 15 inches wide condition: overall very...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Art in Society
Located in Singapore, SG
Art is an aesthetic, a sweetener of life. Art relaxes our lives when we are tired of being preoccupied with our daily activities.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Geraniums and Pond, 2022, red and vibrant, floral still life painting
Located in New York, NY
Craddock’s floral paintings are loci for memory, spanning more than a decade and various dwellings. Sharing a kindred spirit with such artists as Jane Freilicher and Lois Dodd, Cradd...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Bouquet, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Carey Parks presents an impressionist still life of dainty flowers on a glass cylinder. Taking a small bunch from a large bouq...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

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