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Art For Sale
Style: Impressionist
Style: Arte Povera
Sailing boats in Fowey Estuary with Fowey behind, impressionist oil, Cornwall UK
Located in ludlow, GB
Sailing Boats on the Fowey River Oil on Panel, Signed and Framed A stunning gem by the wonderful Frits Goosen. This oil depicts Sailing boats in the Fowey Estuary with the beautifu...
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

East Village Bums, Tramps Smoking and Drinking at Blue Green Wall
Located in Miami, FL
Four East Village down-and-out derelicts and apparent friends sit on a step and engage in a lively chat. They are smoking and drinking. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the...
Category

1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

American Impressionist Paul Cornoyer, "Bearksin Neck, Rockport"
Located in Rockport, MA
Paul Cornoyer, born in 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, was an American Impressionist artist. Initially studying at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts under Halsey C. Ives, he began his artistic journey painting in a style reminiscent of the Barbizon School. His first exhibition took place in 1887, followed by further studies in Paris at the Académie Julian under notable instructors such as Jules Lefebre, Louis Blanc, and Benjamin Constant. Inspired by French Impressionism during his travels to Paris, London, and Venice, Cornoyer embraced a more fluid and tonal style, particularly evident in his landscapes and cityscapes. Returning to St. Louis in 1894, he painted a mural at the Planters Hotel, depicting the city's birth. Over the next six years, little is known about his work except for the creation of a significant triptych titled "A View of St. Louis," which became iconic for the city. Encouraged by the artist William Merritt Chase, Cornoyer moved to New York City in 1899, where he gained recognition for his urban cityscapes, particularly scenes after rainfall. Capturing the essence of city life with vivid depictions of streets, carriages, and towering buildings, Cornoyer's work became synonymous with New York's urban landscape. He also taught at the Mechanics Institute and mingled with prominent artists such as Childe Hassam and J. Alden Weir, expanding his artistic circle to include New England art schools. In 1917, Cornoyer relocated permanently to Massachusetts, establishing his studio in East Gloucester. He played a pivotal role in founding the Gloucester Art...
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Patterns of life
Located in PUIFLIJK, NL
Over the last few years Francien has created a series of paintings, which stylistically dovetail into its overall work. This interesting new series came about by the birth of her lon...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Soviet Allegory, Contemporary Art, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara Harutyunyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Metal Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art, Title: Soviet Allegory...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Metal

1960’s French Oil Painting Exotic Summers Day Cagnes Sur Mer Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cagnes Ser mer dated 1961 Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Contemporary French Impressionist Oil Windswept Coastal Scene Fluffy Clouds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Little Fluffy Clouds by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) dated 1997 signed oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 13 x 16 inches condition: very good provenance: from a lar...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Looking outside
Located in PUIFLIJK, NL
Francien Krieg, a contemporary Dutch artist, gives a new dimension to figurative painting with her penetrating and unfiltered portraits. Krieg, who received her art education at the ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

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

Original Landscape Oil Painting: Fall Colors
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Charles Jiao grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution, which caused his formal education to be frequently interrupted. To avoid wasting his time, his father had him get tutore...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Original Landscape Oil Painting: Late Afternoon in the Mountains
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Charles Jiao grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution, which caused his formal education to be frequently interrupted. To avoid wasting his time, his father had him get tutore...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

French School - Summer in La Baule VI Oil painting Iconic Post Impressionist
Located in Sempach, LU
Summer in La Baule VI Sun Bathing Summer Scene: Women enjoying sunbathing in La Baule VI Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame 30x30cm ■■ 11,8x11,8 inc...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Ink, Oil, Acrylic

Hippolyte Leroy (1876-1943) - A view of Blankenberghe, 1873
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left: " Hip Le Roy, Blankenberghe, 1873," This painting captures the serene vista of Blankenberghe, inviting viewers into the essence of coasta...
Category

19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Newgarden
Located in Kennett Square, PA
Newgarden By Spencer Verney At the end of the runway of Newgarden airport, a letterbox view of large thunderheads is visible beneath the cloud layer. Oil on linen, mounted to a pan...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Reverse Shot
Located in Kennett Square, PA
Reverse Shot By Spencer Verney 12"x12" Oil on panel Please feel free to get in touch with any questions about this piece or commissioning a custom painting.
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Old House, July
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Wonderful pastoral landscape by well-known third generation St. Petersburg painter, Alexander Kremer. Kremer's paintings are a mix of realism and impressionism in the best tradition...
Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Still Life on Wood
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Very fun painting by artist, Ekaterina Bokotey, a graduate of the prestigious Repin Academy in St. Petersburg. The whimsical, well-painted tells the story of a serious fly fisherm...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Walk
Located in Sempach, LU
1 Technique The paintings are painted with a palette knife and a brush on canvas. 2 Topic He paints beautiful landscapes with great love. Puts all his experience and skills. U...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Canvas

Gentleman in Tailcoat
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Strong impressionist work by young St. Petersburg-based painter, Ilya Zlobin. Having graduated from the prestigious Repin Academy several years ago, Zlobin is a well-known up-and-co...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Camouflage VI
Located in Singapore, SG
Camouflage VI has been inspired by Klimt's living, breathing woman with a brooding air—rather than a serene, mythical being. As a female subject, she is a strong, expressive woman ca...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Flower Study No. 10 - Pink Bouquet Flower Impressionist Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
'Flower Study No. 10' is an original impressionist floral painting by urban impressionist painter Steve Javiel. The piece incorporates a blend of acrylic paints, oil pastels, and spr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Itching for Spring, Bison Wildlife Oil Painting on Canvas, Native American Art
Located in Whitefish, MT
Itching for Spring by John Potter Bison Oil Painting on Canvas 10" x 8" 14" x 16" (framed) Landscape and wildlife artist John Potter was raised in ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Lavandaie, ca 1905
Located in BLARICUM, NL
OTTO VAN REES Freiburg im Breisgau 1884-1957 Utrecht WASSENDE VROUWEN I LAVANDAIE 1905 Oil on canvas 43 x 52 cm. Signed: lower left ‘OvR’ Particularities: ID 35. Provenance: Pri...
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Find Your Way Back
Located in San Francisco, CA
'Find Your Way Back' is an impressionist floral painting by urban impressionist painter Steve Javiel. The piece incorporates a blend of acrylic paints, spray paints, and solid marker...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Étude des paysans
Located in GLEN IRIS, AU
Albert Lebourg ​ Étude des paysans ​ pencil on paper, signed lower right, estate stamp on the reverse, 19 x 13.5cm ​ Provenance: Vente Maître Dumousset, Paris, May 1999: Pri...
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Pencil

On The Mantle 1 (Pink)
Located in London, GB
Vibrant colours and texture adorn the surfaces of each artists’ compositions. Dawn Beckles’ use of paint, print making and collage create bold depictions of the domestic: the exotic ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Original Richard Burton, The Robe Film
Located in Cumming, GA
Original Graphite Sketch on Paper 1953 / Signed 1959 Inscribed “Sketch for Robe Feature” 10 5/8″ x 13 1/2″ Viewable 25″ x 29 1/2″ Framed The Robe, a fictional Biblical epic film was ...
Category

1950s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Graphite

Intermezzeo #1: Nocturn
Located in Singapore, SG
Distance is a relationship between two things that connects or separates them. Distance in this work is an 'interlude', an activity that is carried out on the side-lines of daily act...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

On The Mantle 6 (Pink)
Located in London, GB
Vibrant colours and texture adorn the surfaces of each artists’ compositions. Dawn Beckles’ use of paint, print making and collage create bold depictions of the domestic: the exotic ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Giovane ragazza con papaveri (Young Girl with Poppies)
Located in Washington, DC
Literature: Manuel Carrera, “Una ritrattistica manciniana nelle collezioni della Gnam,” Belle-Arti 131, no. 2 (2013), p. 44 (color illus.)
Category

1890s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Time Flies but Memory Stays
Located in Singapore, SG
Time flies but memories stay in the mind along with feelings. Some of the memories we may let dry and wither like leaves that fall from the tree and some we...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Sun on Snow II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 30"
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 silver floater frame ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Digital, Giclée

Mother-of-Pearl Seaside
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Painting by talented young artist from the Repin Institute in St. Petersburg. This a light, airy impressionist work of the beach and is full of light and abstraction. While classi...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

At The Painting School - Charcoal on Paper Red Grey Color
Located in Sofia, BG
"At the painting school" by the impressionist Alexandr Reznichenko. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: charcoal on paper STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary Edition : Unique, signed T...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Greenwich village Street Scene with Colorful Walls - Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
In the 1970s, color photography was still not recognized as fine art. As a street photographer, Mitchell Funk breaks with traditional black and white photography and shoots on the ...
Category

1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

I'm Sorry
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Very fun painting by artist, Ekaterina Bokotey, a graduate of the prestigious Repin Academy in St. Petersburg. A wonderfully colorful and whimsical genre about young love gone wro...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Young Woman
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Sergei Besedin was born in the village of Ruska near the Ukrainian city of Lozovaya. He was born into a working class family who were staunch communists. Besedin, shortly after the R...
Category

1950s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Shad Fishing on the Delaware"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Illustrated in "Joseph Barrett, The Prime Years 1970s - 1990s", pg. 49, plate #056. Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Joseph Barrett (1936 – ) Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1936 and studied at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Barrett, now of Lahaska, Pennsylvania, has been painting his entire adult life. His favorite subjects include the landscape surrounding New Hope and many local landmarks often encompassing figures into his compositions. Barrett utilizes a heavy impasto and his palette bears similarities to that of Fern Coppedge and George Sotter. Barrett’s paintings are always found in unique and somewhat charming handmade frames designed by the artist and finished in metal leaf. A living contemporary of the no longer living “New Hope School” impressionist painters, Joseph Barrett resides outside of New Hope above his old-fashioned antique shop and studio. Entering Barrett’s shop is like taking a step back in time. Inside this cluttered and dusty haven of treasures from the past, is a studio spanning only four by eight feet. This little studio, containing cans of old brushes...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Summer Guests"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Illustrated in "Joseph Barrett, The Prime Years 1970s - 1990s", pg. 16 018 Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Joseph Barrett (1936 – ) Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1936 and studied at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Barrett, now of Lahaska, Pennsylvania, has been painting his entire adult life. His favorite subjects include the landscape surrounding New Hope and many local landmarks often encompassing figures into his compositions. Barrett utilizes a heavy impasto and his palette bears similarities to that of Fern Coppedge and George Sotter. Barrett’s paintings are always found in unique and somewhat charming handmade frames designed by the artist and finished in metal leaf. A living contemporary of the no longer living “New Hope School” impressionist painters, Joseph Barrett resides outside of New Hope above his old-fashioned antique shop and studio. Entering Barrett’s shop is like taking a step back in time. Inside this cluttered and dusty haven of treasures from the past, is a studio spanning only four by eight feet. This little studio, containing cans of old brushes and hundreds of used paint tubes...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

East Hampton Louse Point at Sunset with Warm Colors, Landscape Photography
Located in Miami, FL
The stunning natural beauty of East Hampton's Louse Point is artistically recorded by photographer Mitchell Funk in a chorus of golden browns and warm ochers. The picture is ar...
Category

1990s Impressionist Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Italian Courtyard
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Igor Shipilin was born in 1961 in Crimea, Sevastopol. After finishing the elementary school he chose his further education to be directed towards art and painting. He graduated from ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Making Friends
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 31 Jane DeDecker’s energetic and dynamic bronze sculptures serve as a reflection of her own life experiences and those of her closely-knit family. Her twelve nieces and ne...
Category

Early 2000s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Bronze

"Chisholm Trail"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Charles Hargens (1893 - 1997) Carversville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania artist and illustrator Charles was born in Hot Springs, South Dakota. As a young boy he loved to draw cowboys, Indians and ranch buildings. By age ten, he was “a commercial success” selling drawings of neighbors’ barns and houses for $25. When he grew older, his parents consented to enroll him at the Pennsylvania Academy (1913-20) where he studied with Daniel Garber, Hugh Breckenridge, Henry McCarter, and William Merritt Chase. At Garber’s invitation, Hargens occasionally came to visit his Lumberville studio to paint with him. A lifelong friendship resulted. In 1915, the Pennsylvania Academy awarded Hargens its Cresson Traveling Scholarship and he went to Paris to study at the Academie Julian and the Academie Colarossi. Hargens was a fellow of the Pennsylvania Academy and a member of the Society of Illustrators, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Philadelphia Sketch Club. He exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago (1923 awards) and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1915 prize, 1917 prize, 1918 award). By the early 1920s, he began to produce illustrations for book jackets, books, magazines and advertisements. His career took off and soon his illustrations of cowboys, Indians, Western life, Revolutionary War action and boy scout themes appeared in, or adorned the covers of The Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, Liberty, McCall’s, Boy’s Life and Gentlemen’s Quarterly. His work also appeared on billboards and advertisements for Stetson hats and Coca-cola. It was conditioned by Hargens that all of his original art was returned to him after being published. His entire body work remained in his studio until his death in 1997; this is largely the reason his paintings have not yet commanded the high prices of his contemporary Saturday Evening Post illustrators (i.e. Rockwell, Leyendecker and N.C. Wyeth). At first he and his wife worked from their studio in Philadelphia. In 1940, they purchased a property at the intersection of Aquetong and Sawmill roads in Carversville. They commuted to Philadelphia regularly and stayed in South Dakota every summer. Eventually, he set up a studio next to his Carversville home. After moving to Carversville, Hargens began a lifelong friendship with George Sotter. Hargens’ Carversville home was the subject of many of George Sotter’s paintings long before and during the time Hargens lived there. Hargens also studied with Henry Rand...
Category

1930s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"An Afternoon Along the Seine, Paris" Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas Scene
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional impressionistic depiction of an afternoon along the Seine in Paris by Mario Passoni, on a spring day with the busy activities of people wa...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tuck's Point, Massachusetts
Located in Washington, DC
American Impressionist
Category

1940s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil Crayon, Cardboard

Alaskan Husky Dogs - The Howl of the Malamute - Men's Adventure Story
Located in Miami, FL
Daniel Content painted in the grand tradition of the Golden Age of Illustration, in the style of Dean Cornwell, N.C. Wyeth, J.C Leyendecker ...
Category

1930s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Summer Skies"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Peter Sculthorpe (born 1948) Peter Sculthorpe was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1948. His talent was evident even as a child and developed rapidly in high school, where he was awarded an art scholarship in his senior year. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Hussian School of Fine Art under William Palmer Lear. He is a recipient of the Daisy Jamison Art Scholarship. Sculthorpe's work is represented in private and corporate collections including General Electric, AT&T, DuPont, and Nabisco. His paintings are in the permanent collections of the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington, Delaware; the William Penn Art Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. He has presented his work in exhibitions including the American Watercolor Society, the National Academy of Design in New York, the Philadelphia Sketch...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of a young Swedish woman, bathed in warm firelight, Oil on Panel
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
Sam Uhrdin (Swedish School, 1886-1964) Sam Uhrdin was born in 1886 in the Swedish town of Siljasnas to the north-west of St...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"l'Auberge de la Place au Manège", Gerard Valtier, Oil on Canvas, French, Hotel
Located in Dallas, TX
"l'Auberge de la Place au Manege" by Gerard Valtier is an original oil on canvas that measures 29x36 inches. Valtier uses many different bright and vivid c...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Two Umbrellas in New York Snowstorm
Located in Miami, FL
Heavy snow creates a shadowless scene which allows blue and red umbrellas to pop out from a subdued background. Funk captures a magic moment of perfect spacial and color harmony. ...
Category

1990s Impressionist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Big Moon over Magenta Sea - Pink Crashing Wave at New Jersey Shore
Located in Miami, FL
Veteran photographer Mitchell Funk strikes a fine balance between abstraction and representation in this optically pleasing color photograph. The sky turns pink magenta as waves cras...
Category

1970s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Old New York Bar with Ballantine Beer Neon Sign
Located in Miami, FL
Moody image of a man looking out while the photographer looks in. The picture is organized in a composition of alternating floating faces and floating signs. This work also represen...
Category

1970s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Covid-19, Cherry Blossom Park Avenue. No Cars but One Lone Figure and Dog
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. There is beauty in disaster. Underlying a seemingly picturesque springtime New York scene lurks the question - " Where's the Traffic and People." Yet...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Inkjet

Pink Umbrellas in the Snow, New York City, Fine Art Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated, numbered lower left recto 3/15 , other sizes available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer"....
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Inkjet, Photographic Paper

Noonday Sail
Located in Greenwich, CT
Painting of a young boy with a toy sailboat in the water.
Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Monastery
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Vladimir Skryabin was an innovative painter who lived in Leningrad/St. Petersburg during the 20th century. He was classically trained as a painter and graphic artists and his painti...
Category

1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

When the Mist is Lifting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Landscape oil painting depicting a misty shoreline with three birds near the water, and a sloop visible off in the upper left of the scene.
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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