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Art For Sale
Style: Impressionist
Style: Abstract Geometric
Imagine-Original abstract painting- contemporary artwork- contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Imagine" by Roman Goss is a captivating original abstract painting that invites viewers to explore a world of imagination and possibility. Through a harmonious arrangement of geomet...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Impasto Oil Painting of Melting Snow on English Moor Landscape by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Impasto Oil Painting of Melting Snow on English Moor Landscape by British Artist. Original on Canvas. Art measures 20 x 8 inches Frame measures 25 x 13 inches Colin Halliday is a ...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton, Wood, Varnish, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Pan...

French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Sunset Sky over a French Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Landscape by Michel Kritz (French 1925-1994) signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 15 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound c...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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...
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19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Early Morning Blues, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Crystal DiPietro captures a majestic mountain range inspired by an immersive backpacking adventure. Her loose brushstrokes create a sense of movement and...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Jewish Wedding Judaica Woodblock Print c.1930s WPA Woodcut Print Hand Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Some of his prints were published by the WPA. it is a wood engraving signed in pencil. From a small edition. Albert Abramovitz (1879-1963), bor...
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1930s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Early 20th Century Carmel Point Lobos and Monastery Beach Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous, vibrant early 20th century seascape painting of Point Lobos looking toward Monastery Beach, Carmel by Rinaldo Cuneo (American, 1877-1939). Signed "Cuneo" lower right. Presented in a giltwood frame. Image, 11"H x 12"W. Dubbed “The Painter of San Francisco." Well received at the Panama Pacific International Exhibition in 1915. Born in San Francisco, California and raised in the North Beach area, Rinaldo Cuneo was a painter of landscape, still lifes, city views and muralist who, commissioned by the Federal Art Project adminstrators, painted murals in Coit Tower in San Francisco in 1934. His studio and cottage in San Francisco, later in his career, had a panoramic view of the bay from Telegraph Hill. His family were painters including two of his brothers, Cyrus and Egisto Cuneo, and several family members were founders of the Tivoli Opera Company in San Francisco. He served in the Spanish-American War and then studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art with Arthur Mathews and Gottardo...
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Paseo por el bosque (Walking in the Forest)
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition. Miguel Peidro possesses an innate sensitivity and knowledge of nature that clearly resonates in his work. Its open and panoramic composition...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

French School Portrait PS243 La Contrebasse d'Ingres (Large)
Located in Sempach, LU
PS 243 La Contrebasse d'Ingres Such as Odalisque from Ingres or the photography composition from Man Ray, the most important point is the round shape of the body. The pale body sha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Ink, Oil, Acrylic

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

Freight Dock
By John Rockwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Freight Dock" is an original oil on canvas by noted American artist John Rockwell, 1902-1960 It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist, and also signe...
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1950s 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...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gardeuse de Moutons - Impressionist Figure in Landscape Oil by Julien Dupre
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist oil on canvas figure and animals in landscape by French painter Julien Dupre. The work depicts a shepherdess resting on a log as her sheep graze in the green mea...
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1880s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Flora - Model adjusting her silk stockings"
Located in ludlow, GB
Oil on Canvas of the model Helen, adjusting the suspender on silk stockings. The gown she is wearing is a period gown from the wardrobe of the famous E...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Huge French Post-Impressionist Still Life Oil Painting Fruit & Jugs Autumn Color
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Guy Benard (French b.1928) signed lower corner. Painter from Rouen, Normandy, exhibited throughout France. Title: Autumn Medium: signed oil on canvas, unframed and...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Antique Impressionist Landscape oil painting by Belgium artist, Frans Binje
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique landscape oil painting by Belgium artist, Frans Binje , signed in the lower right corner. This oil on canvas on thick wood board is textured to th...
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1850s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Spring in Carmel Valley Sycamores Landscape
By H. Vanderhoof
Located in Soquel, CA
Impasto oil painting of a Carmel Valley Sycamore Grove. Presented in a wood frame. Signed lower left "H. Vanderhoof." Image, 20"H x 24"L.
Category

1990s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

"My Name is Freddie" - Portrait of Black Woman with Headscarf
By Lucille H. Olpin
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful, painterly portrait of a young black woman with colorful headscarf and sarong by Lucille H. Olpin (Ethel Lucille Harman Olpin), (American, 1909-1990). Signed "Olpin" lowe...
Category

1950s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Contemporary French Impressionist Oil Boat In Stone Beach Bay Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Beach Bay by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) signed oil painting on board, unframed dated 1989 unframed: 20 x 24 inches condition: very good...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

VINCENT VAN GOGH Irises in a Vase, 2016
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 27 x 30 inches ( 68.58 x 76.2 cm ) Image Size: 22.5 x 28 inches ( 57.15 x 71.12 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: van Gogh Exhibition poster from the...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Offset

The Gate, Chelsea
Located in New York, NY
Theodore Roussel (1847-1926), The Gate, Chelsea; etching and drypoint, 1889-1890, signed on the tab and inscribed imp [also signed in the plate lowere right]. Reference: Hausberg 33, fourth state (of 4), from the total printing of about 43 impressions. In excellent condition, trimmed by the artist all around on the plate mark except for the tab, 8 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches. A fine impression, printed on a light cream wove paper with plate tone (wiped to brighten the gate and doorway area) and substantial burr in the drypoint work. According to Hausberg, “The gate and house behind it still stand today at No. 4 Cheyne Walk...
Category

1880s Impressionist Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Superb Impressionist Oil Painting Trees Riverbank Major artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Riverbank by Elie Anatole Pavil (Ukraine 1873-1944) signed oil on canvas, unframed 19.75 x 25.5 private collection, France the painting is in overall very good and sound condition
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Crashing Waves - Big Sur Coastal Cove Original Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Crashing Waves - Big Sur Coastal Cove Original Oil on Masonite Dramatic small-scale, professionally framed seascape by Stephen John Skerce (American, 1926-2010). Waves crashing into a Big Sure Cove and Seagulls gliding on the wind currents. Well known for many years on the Monterey coast for his seascapes and beach scenes. Signed "Skerce" in the lower right corner. Signed "Stephen Reno Skerce" on verso, with the artists Mountain View Studio stamp on frame. Presented in a wood frame with a linen liner. Frame size: 12.5"H x 14.75"W Board size: 5"H x 7"W Stephen John Skerce (American, 1926-2010) was a painter from Monterey, California. He received his formal art training from the Chicago Art Institute, Salinas Art School, and the Academie Julien in Paris, France. He is known for his landscapes, seascapes, and harbor scenes. He was an artist with both the Valley Art Gallery in Salinas and Venture Gallery in Monterey. He was also served in the US Marine Corps.
Category

1980s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Gulli I /// Impressionist Anders Zorn Swedish Etching Antique Girl Face Portrait
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Anders Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920) Title: "Gulli I" Series: Gulli *Signed by Zorn in pencil lower right. It is also signed and dated in the plate (printed signature) lower right Year: 1914 (second state of two) Medium: Original Etching on cream Van Gelder Zonen laid paper Limited edition: approx. 50 impressions Printer: the artist Zorn himself, Mora, Sweden Publisher: the artist Zorn himself, Mora, Sweden Reference: Asplund No. 265; Hjert & Hjert No. 162 Sheet size (irregular margins): 12.88" x 10.13" Image size: 5.13" x 3.5" Condition: Faint UV stain. Minor toning to sheet and minor paper loss at bottom center margin. It is otherwise a strong impression in excellent condition Very rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Santa Fe, NM. Fleur-de-lis shield (Van Gelder Zonen) watermark at left center margin. Pencil inscribed "Gulli No. 1" lower right in margin. Retains old paperwork from previous framing. Biography: Anders Leonard Zorn...
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1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Etching, Laid Paper, Intaglio

Late 19th Century Cairn Terrier Puppies, Dog Portrait
By Katherine L Fitz
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming 19th-century painting of two Cairn Terrier puppies playing in sewing basket by Katherine L. Fitz (American, 19th Century). Written on verso, "Pa...
Category

Late 19th Century American Impressionist Art

Materials

Cardboard, Oil

Harbor, Print on Canvas
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Print on Canvas Subject: Harbor, Size: 12" x 15" x 0.8''inch, 30x38x2cm Unframed, Stretched on the wooden bar, Gallery Wrapped, Ready to Hang All works a...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Color, Canvas

Handlining For Cod, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
On the Grand Banks, off the coast of Newfoundland, fishermen leave their schooners to board their dories in pairs to catch cod using handlines. This maritime painting has been create...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

"Snow on Downtown Wall St" NYC Impressionist Oil Painting Style of Guy Wiggins
Located in New York, NY
"With shades of Pierre Bonnard’s Parisian street vistas and Edward Hopper’s New York shopfronts, American impressionist Cindy Shaoul’s oil paintings depict the much-loved locales and...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Fishing Boat on Rural River Green Landscape Signed Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ellie Anatole Pavil (Ukraine 1873-1911) signed oil painting on board, framed framed: 8.25 x 10.5 board : 7 x 9 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: overall very ...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

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

Bananas - original hyperrealistic still life oil painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
In "Bananas" by Vita Kobylkina, the artist skillfully captures the vibrant essence of everyday objects, elevating the mundane into a captivating work of art. At the heart of the canv...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid-Century Big Sur Rocky Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic seascape along rocky Big Sur beach with surf by Willard Little (American, 20th century), circa 1940. Aqua blue water, both shallow and deep, reflects the golden sunlight. Are...
Category

1940s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Cardboard

Sunset In The Pine Forest - sunny winter painting by Nikolay Dmitriev
Located in Sempach, LU
"The winter impressionist painting with the forest and the setting Sun is a beautiful wall decor piece. The bright painting is full of different colors, and the artist professionally...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

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 Mid Century Landscape
By Charles H. Wilton
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful landscape of fishing boats at harbor on the Coast of France by Charles H. Wilton. Rendered primarily in muted tones, a few splashes of bold color add vibrant accents to the composition. A few boats sit at the docks, their reflections rendered expertly in the shimmering water. Above the water, several large buildings boldly cut into the sky. Signed "CH Wilton...
Category

1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paul Sannemann, Still Life With Chrysanthemums, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century oil painting by German artist Paul Sannemann (1886-1943) depicts a vibrant still life with chrysanthemums. Sannemann had an eye for colour, never one to shy ...
Category

1930s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Capitola, California, 1950s Framed California Seascape Marine Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Capitola (California) is an oil on board painting by Jon Blanchette (1908-1987) circa 1955. Marine seascape painting with crashing waves and buildings along the coast painted in shad...
Category

1950s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Board, Oil

White Path - 3D small contemporary abstract round mural sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Erin Vincent is a Toronto based-artist whose work draws on a variety of repetitive and labor intensive processes and materials. Things and common objects have always fascinated Vinc...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel, Archival Paper

Cotsowold View, Foxcote, original painting, landscape, countryside, affordable
Located in Deddington, GB
Cotswold View, Foxcote by Georgie Dowling [2021] original oil paint on canvas Image size: H:40 cm x W:40 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:40 cm x D:2cm Sold Unframe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Four Orange Kittens Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Orange Kittens watercolour painting on artist paper painting: 9.5 x 12.5 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound condition
Category

20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Blue Shadows, Original Painting, Figurative, Blue winter art, Oil on canvas
Located in Deddington, GB
Blue Shadows is an original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. Blue Shadows is one of a series of shadow paintings interested in light, shade and shadow. The artist is exploring the relati...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Degas, Composition, Degas Pastels Et Dessins Reproduits Par D. Jacomet (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin d'Arches paper, mounted on archival museum board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Deg...
Category

1950s Impressionist Art

Materials

Engraving

Farmhouse by the Sea - Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Farmhouse by the Sea - Original Watercolor on Paper Tranquil landscape of a seaside farmhouse on the sand surrounded by coastal plants, in soft neutral watercolors. A distant ocean s...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Purple - Lithograph by Lorenzo Indrimi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Purple is a contemporary artwork realized by Lorenzo Indrimi in the 1970s. Mixed colored lithograph. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin. Edition of 51/100.
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Lithograph

White Ducks Swimming in Pond Contemporary English Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Swimming Ducks English Impressionist, 21st century oil on board, unframed board : 8 x 10 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and sound condition
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Young Elegant Lady In A Hat, Nocturne
Located in PARIS, FR
François Clément SOMMIER, known as Henry SOMM Rouen 1844 - Paris 1907 Young Elegant woman in hat, nocturnal Watercolor Signed lower right 32 x 21 cm 50 x 40 cm framed Very good cond...
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Ink, Oil, Acrylic

Young girl - Original etching, Signed (1873)
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Cézanne Young girl Original etching and roulette Signed in plate "P. Cézanne" and dated 1873 in lower right corner On vellum 32 x 25 cm (c. 13 x 10") REFERENCES : - Catalog...
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1870s Impressionist Art

Materials

Etching

Reflections of Lake Como
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Framed "Reflections on Lake Como" is a limited edition ARTIST PROOF numbered 22/25. It is a tasteful new frame. $400
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Giclée

Antique American Impressionist Framed Harbor Scene Seascape Sunset Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist dock scene painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category

1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist Watercolour of a View from a Window
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Impressionist watercolour on paper view of a scene from the artist's window by Henri Clamen. The painting is titled and dated: 'de ma fenetre 10 Juillet 1927'. Though not sign...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Meadow herb, Scottish borders, Original painting, Landscape, Nature, Pink floral
Located in Deddington, GB
Meadow herb, Scottish borders by Natalie Bird, oil on board painting in an impressionist style. The landscape composes of mounatins in tones of blue in the background with pink flowe...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

'The Hayfield - Haystacks"
Located in Cambridge, GB
Elliot Seabrooke was well travelled and very much a follower of Cezanne initially and then later much interested in the pointillism of Seurat. Seabrooke studied at the Slade under t...
Category

1930s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil Crayon

"Cloudy Evening, Dering Harbor" impressionist night view of northeastern harbor
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Cloudy Evening, Dering Harbor" is an impressionist night view of the northeastern harbor. Kelly Carmody’s work has been widely exhibited and collected. One of her major figurative...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Board

Homage On the Threshold of Liberty Original Painting by Stasy Vo
Located in Sempach, LU
I collected meaningful symbols of this brutal war in Ukraine for liberty on this canvas: the leopard as a sign of help with armament, metal from Azovstal, images of the mother's womb...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Afternoon Shawdows, Wyoming" Landscape painting by Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS
Located in Rockport, MA
A beautiful 12"x12" painting by Tom Nicholas. Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1934. From 1953 to 1956 he was a scholarship student at the School of V...
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Landscape painting by Rockport Artist Tom Nicholas b. 1934 "By the Sea, Acadia"
Located in Rockport, MA
Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1934. From 1953 to 1956 he was a scholarship student at the School of Visual Arts, New York City. In 1961 he received a...
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS, figure and landscape painting "Wash Day, Vermont"
Located in Rockport, MA
A wonderful 16"x20" Tom Nicholas. Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1934. From 1953 to 1956 he was a scholarship student at the School of Visual Arts, N...
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

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