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Art For Sale
Style: Impressionist
Style: Street Art
Evening Stroll-original impressionism London cityscape painting-contemporary Art
By David Farren
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Evening Stroll" by David Farren invites viewers into a serene...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Viola. Spring flowers. Triptych of oil paintings
Located in Zofingen, AG
A spring triptych of brightly coloured Viola blooms.
We are especially delighted by the blooming of spring. As if in it, we see the birth of a new cycle of hope and joy. Seemingly ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Contemporary French Impressionist Oil Still Life of a Lobster
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lobster
by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
dated 1978
canvas: 15.5 x 18.5 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from a large priva...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Louisiana Swamplands (Contemporary Original Oil Painting, Framed)
Located in New Orleans, LA
All I have ever seen of this Amite, Louisiana painter’s depictions of Louisiana swamplands is in the form of prints and reproductions. So I actually had to call him to learn how to p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
"Long Beach Study" oil painting on wood panel, color value sketch, yellow, blues
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein air in Sag Harbor, NY. A favorite local beach to watch the sunset over Noyac Bay. Painted on wood panel with loose brushstrokes, an impressionist painting that is ne...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Baraques" ( near Deal, England) Pastel cm. 24 x 32 1910
Located in Torino, IT
landscape, fishing, England, 1910,pastel,green,blue
Edouard CHAPPEL (Anversa, 1859 – Cagnes-sur-Mer, 1946)
MUSEI
BELGIO
Anversa Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts
FRANCIA
Paris Musée d...
Category
1910s Impressionist Art
Materials
Pastel
"Running away childhood" Figurative horizontal oil painting . Realism
Located in Oslo, NO
In this oil painting, I've blended elements of figurative work, impressionism, and realism to evoke a sense of fleeting innocence and the restless cusp of adolescence. The brushwork ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Magic Forest Abstract 3D Neon Colors Original Painting on canvas, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Lucy Gregry
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Acrylic, Resin on Canvas 3D Neon Colors
Year: 2024
Style: Abstract art,
Title: Magic Forest
Siz...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Acrylic
" Summer Evening Southwest Texas " 1909 Texas Hill Country
Located in San Antonio, TX
Julian Onderdonk "Summer Evening S. W. Texas" Texas Hill Country
(1882 - 1922)
San Antonio Artist
Image Size: 9 x 12
Frame Size: 15 x 18
Medium: Oil on panel
Dated 1909
"Summer Evening S. W. Texas"
"A Texas Painter Worked Under the Radar in New York," By Eve M. Kahn, March 6, 2014, The New York Times
Onderdonk, a San Antonio native who died of an intestinal ailment in 1922, at 40, is best known for painting swaths of Texas bluebonnets. Those canvases can bring more than $500,000 each, while his New York scenes usually end up in the five-figure range.
Onderdonk’s parents were painters in San Antonio, and in 1901, when he was a teenager, they sent him to New York for training. Through 1909, he lived in various Manhattan apartments and Staten Island houses. He then returned to Texas, but continued to spend months at a time in New York.
In 1902 he had married a Manhattan teenage neighbor, Gertrude Shipman. While she focused on raising their daughter, Adrienne, and worrying about their strained finances, “he created more than 600 works of art, often producing a painting or two a day,”
Eyewitnesses recorded his prolific pace in New York, but Onderdonk works bearing those dates rarely turn up. The puzzling gap in his productivity is explained in family correspondence that the Bakers uncovered: The artist admits that he was signing pieces with pseudonyms. He mostly used Chas. Turner and Chase Turner and occasionally resorted to Elbert H. Turner and Roberto Vasquez.
Julian Onderdonk was the son of the important Texas landscapist, Robert Onderdonk. He was the father's pupil at age 16. Sponsored by a Texas patron, he studied at the Art Students League in New York when he was 19, the pupil of Kenyon Cox, Frank DuMond, and Robert Henri. He also studied with William Merritt Chase on Long Island. In 1902, having lost his Texas patron because he married, he asked $18 for 12 paintings at a Fifth Avenue dealer in New...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Home roses. 2020. Oil on canvas, 50x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Home roses. 2020. Oil on canvas, 50x60 cm
Valery Bayda (1958)
Valery Bayda was born in 1958 in Russia. From 1983 to 1989 he studied at the All-Union Sta...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer View, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2022
Style: Impressionism,
Subject: Summer View,
Size: 21.5" x 31" ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
British Impressionist Watercolor of a Seascape with Dramatic Sky and Cliffs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of a Seascape with Dramatic Sky and Cliffs
By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023)
Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed
Dimensions: 11....
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
The Bouquet Of Aromatic Lilacs - lilacs still life painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The modern and stylish still life with lilacs will become a wonderful decoration of any interior!
The painting is 100% hand painted using high quality oil paints on canvas.
The uniq...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
"Sunset Sail" Vintage American School Impressionist Seascape Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted large atmospheric sunset seascape painting. Large and impressive in person. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Image size, 24"H x 48"L.
Category
1960s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman in Sunlight, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2023
Style: Impressionism,
Subject: Woman in Sunlight,
Size: 22" x 25" x ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
21th Century American landscape artist Peter Poskas "Winter Scene"
By Peter Poskas
Located in Rockport, MA
Renowned 21st-century American landscape artist Peter Poskas has dedicated over three decades to capturing the beauty of New England. While his early works bore the influence of Edwa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Early 20th Century Calming Stream Landscape
By Joline Butler Smith
Located in Soquel, CA
A wonderful turn of century landscape of a stream in wooded glen by American artist Joline Butler Smith (American, 1849-1946). Signed lower right corner. Condition: Very good: One te...
Category
1890s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figures Seated Sunny Parisian Park 1980's Signed French Impressionist Oil
By Claude Marin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Paris Park
by Claude Marin (French 1914-2001)
signed and dated 88
oil on artist card stuck on board, unframed
board: 7.5 x 9.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris, Franc...
Category
1980s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Rainy Evening in Paris
Located in Sheffield, MA
Antoine Blanchard
French, 1910-1988
Rainy Evening in Paris
Oil on canvas
13 by 18 in, w/ frame 23 ⅞ by 27 ⅞ in
Signed lower right
Antoine Blanchard is the pseudonym under which the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
White roses, klassische, flowers, horizontal
Located in Oslo, NO
"The bright colors of the white roses against a blue sky often elicit feelings of happiness and tranquility. I have experienced joy while capturing the beauty of nature, feeling a se...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Fashion Lady, Oil Painting by Erik Freyman
By Erik Freyman
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Art Deco painting of a Fashionable Lady by contemporary artist Erik Freyman.
Watercolor with pastel on paper, signed in pencil
Size: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.48 cm)
Category
1990s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil Pastel
The Giant
Located in San Francisco, CA
This beautiful oil on canvas painting is by Serop Vardanian (1914-1997). Vardanian is best known for his depictions of trees, and this one, titled “The...
Category
1970s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
A Couple Embracing Nude Figures In The Landscape
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
A Couple Embracing Nude Figures In The Landscape
Oil on wood panel 7"25h x 10"w with frame 11"x14"
Late 19th Century oil on wood panel signed il...
Category
1890s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"La Bergere" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the drawing in sanguine). Printed in 1923 in an edition of 150 on Arches paper at the atelier Jacomet and published in Paris by Bernheim-Jeune for the rare "Re...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Swirling Golden Sunset Over Boat Harbour Soildor Tower Brittany France
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Swirling Sunset
signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
size: 9.5 x 12 inches
inscribed verso
oil painting on board, unframed
condition: the painting is in very good condition. It has p...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit)
Year: 1963
Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper
Size: 29.5 x 21 inches
Condition: Go...
Category
1960s Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
British Impressionist Watercolor of a Tree-Lined Boulevard with Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of a Tree-Lined Boulevard with Figures
By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023)
Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed
Signed: Yes
Dimens...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
20th Century Oil Painting Figures Walking on Atmospheric Beach Coastline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
"The Elders" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Leigh Ann Van Fossan's "The Elders" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a grouping of sailboats on the horizon of an ocean as the sun brightly shines across the pastel...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
Yellow Leaves in Earthen Vase Contemporary British Modernist Still Life Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Contemporary Still Life
by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century)
gouache painting on artist paper, unframed
artist paper: 23 x 18 inches
condition: overall very good
provenance: a...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Gouache
"Tangerine Evening II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 48"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a warm, vibrant palette and captures a landscape with the sun just along the horizon. The painting has an impres...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Digital, Giclée
"Chrysanthemums painted in Claude Monet" Original Oil Painting by Lilya Volskaya
Located in Zofingen, AG
The paintings are drawn with oil on the canvas.
Shipping rolled in a TUBE.
Chrysanthemums painted in Claude Monet's manner.
Water-based sustainable mineral paints were used to creat...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil, Pigment
Paris - Les Inondations - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Maxime Maufra
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist oil on canvas landscape painting by French painter Maxime Maufra. The piece depicts people rowing boats through the flooded streets in Paris.
Signature:
Signed...
Category
1910s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Free Spirit", oil painting on canvas, by Peter Keizer ("44 x 49"), 2024
By Peter Keizer
Located in Paris, France
Peter Keizer is a Dutch painter and sculptor born in 1961. He studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam and began working as a professional artist following his graduation from the R...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Floral Sheets" contemporary impressionist painting of resting nude woman
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Floral Sheets" is a contemporary impressionist painting of a resting nude woman.
A nude figure lies on her back on a bed. Colorful textiles surround her...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Boats in a Mediterranean Harbor
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on canvas, signed lower right and presented in a magnificent period frame. This painting measures 34" x 46.5" including the frame.
Provenance:
Private Collection NYC
Bradbury...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Canal Scene in Watercolour Narrow Waterway with Leafless Trees and Reflections
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Canal Scene
Signed watercolour painting on artist paper
painting: 10.75 x 8 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Lead Me Home, Impressionist Oil Painting by Diane Monet
By Diane Monet
Located in Long Island City, NY
This lush landscape of the French countryside is emblematic of Diane Monet’s flowering fields and timeless vistas featuring an abundance of greenery and life.
Lead Me Home
Diane Mon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
17th-18th C. original Oil on Canvas, Genre Scene with Figures in a Tavern
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is the original antique 17th/18th-century oil painting on canvas depicting a contemplative scene featuring a man sitting indoors. He is dressed in period clothing, includ...
Category
18th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Farmhouse in Newlyn
Located in Boston, MA
Signed lower right: 'C.E.L. Green'. Two labels verso: 'Brockton Art Center/Fuller Memorial/Cat. #19/C.E.L. Green:/Shore and Landscape/Painter of Lynn and Newlyn/Sept.9-Nov.1, 1980'; ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Rockport Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful 1931 painting by American artist, Giovanni Martino (1908-1997). Oil on canvas measures 25 x 30 inches. Measures 35 x 39 inches framed. The scene depicts what is definitively the Rockport, Mass. fishing pier. Excellent condition with a few very minor areas of paint flaking. The darker areas in the sky is a result of unpainted areas. The canvas is sized with glue but not primed white: observable areas of natural linen color results. Signed wet into wet and dated lower left. No restoration or overpaint.
Giovanni Martino, National Academy of Design* member, was born on May 1, 1908 in Philadelphia PA where all seven brothers and one sister, Filomina, Frank, Antonio, Albert, Ernest, Giovanni, Edmond, and William became painters. They were under the tutelage of their eldest brother, Frank, who in the late 1920s, founded the first commercial art* studio, Martino Studios, at 27 South 18th Street.
Besides studying with his two eldest brothers, Giovanni also studied with Albert Jean Adolph at La France Institute, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts*, The Graphic Sketch Club, and Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia. In his mid teens he accompanied his two eldest brothers to New Hope searching for subjects to paint. In the 1930s, he also started to paint in Manayunk, a hilly mill town along the Schuylkill River...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Mountain of the Bible, Abstract, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahagn Ghaltaghchyan
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Style: Abstract Art
Year: 2023
Title: Mountain of the Bible
Size: 36"...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Massachusetts Landscape Painter Bernard Corey, nice farm scene with Barn
Located in Rockport, MA
"Quiet Fields of Winter" by Bernard Corey is a beautiful landscape that showcases his exceptional talent for depicting tranquil, rural scenes throughout New England, particularly in ...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Roses in the vase
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The series of flowers shows a classical motif with a subtle attention to the subtle movement and rhythm of the flora, with the help of paint, abstract vision and expressive handwriti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting of Irish Countryside Scene with Cathedral in the distance Ireland
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of a beautiful Irish Countryside Scene with Down Cathedral in the distance, Northern Ireland
Art measures 12 x 16 inches
Frame measure ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Inlet" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Leigh Ann Van Fossan's "The Inlet" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a group of sailboats docked in the darkness as their lights cast glimmering reflections on the i...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Promised Land (Night)
Located in London, GB
Hand-pulled screen print. printed on 290gsm Coventry Rag paper with deckled edges
61 x 61 cm
24 x 24 in
Edition of 75
hand-signed and numbered on the front
Cleon Peterson is a conte...
Category
2010s Street Art Art
Materials
Screen
Elegant Portrait of Lady in Rococo Attire Fine 19th Century French Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
by Victor Charles GUÉRIN (1815-1881)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 25.5 x 21.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good condition
Description: This enchanting 19th century painting by the elegance of a lady dressed in lavish Rococo-style attire. Set against the backdrop of grand European architecture, the woman is depicted in a voluminous blue and gold gown...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fighting Time, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Three young dancers style their hair, racing against time before a show. The vibrant brushwork and colors portray the lively and intense energy of dance prepa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Street Life, Chelsea-original impressionism figurative cityscape painting- Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Street Life, Chelsea" by Richard Gower is a vibrant original ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Signed Italian Impressionist Capri Coastal Summer Beach Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Italian impressionist seascape signed oil painting by Cavalier Michele Federico (1884 - 1966). Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 19L x 16H. Unframed
Category
1910s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Delicate Ink Sketch of Peonies Minimalist Floral Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Minimalist Floral Study
fine pen drawing on artist paper
painting: 11.5 x 8.5 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good and sound condition
Description:
Th...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
1930's French Post-Impressionist Oil Still Life Fruit & Portrait of Van Gogh
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Post-Impressionist, circa 1930's
Interior Still Life
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 14 x 18 inches
Stamped canvas
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very good cond...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Large French Impressionist Nicely Framed Paris Street Scene Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early French impressionist Paris street scene oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 24H by 40L.
Category
1940s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Oil Large Framed-Magnolias-Feat. Scottish Tartan-British Awarded Artist
Located in London, GB
*Frame is included, we will work with you to match the best type of the material and method and suit your interior deco colour scheme; design for you, frame it for you.
-We offer you...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Who Let the Dogs Out?, original 10x30 dog portrait and landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Who let the dogs out? The five feisty hounds romp and jump and tease one another in utter joy, or is it pandemonium? It's almost impossible to imagine their upcoming transition as they lead the chase in the highly regimented fox hunt. The fields of green grass, speckled with overgrown wild flowers are the perfect playground for these hounds to catch the scent, with so many stories to tell! Artist Joseph Sundwall grew up in Chicago where his artistic talents were recognized early on. He studied his trade at the Kansas City Art Institute, the famed Art Students League and National Academy of Design in NYC followed by added training in London at the St. Oswald Studios. He developed an exceptional ability to create figurative compositions as well as portraiture to significant acclaim under the tutelage of renowned portrait artist Everett...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Signed Oil Provence Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, signed
Title: Houses in sloping Provencal landscape
Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed.
framed: 23.5 x 20 inches
canv...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
One Red Onion
By Sarah Adams
Located in Deddington, GB
Sarah Adams
One Red Onion
Original Acrylic Painting
Acrylic Paint on paper
Size: 20 cm x 19 cm
Sold Unframed
One Red Onion is an original painting by Sarah Adams. it is painted from ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
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