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Period: Early 1900s
French School Impressionist Rural Landscape Signed oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Vivid Landscape⬅️ ⏩It is signed R Dufils, probably Roland Dufils (1920-1973) Paris 7th ⏪ Roland Dufils was a French painter born in Maromme, a commune in the Normandy region of F...
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Tonalist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Puerto de Jávea
By Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida
Located in Madrid, ES
JOAQUÍN SOROLLA Y BASTIDA Spanish, 1863 - 1923 PUERTO DE JÁVEA signed and dated "J. Sorolla B. / 1905" (lower right) oil on canvas on cardboard 7 x 8 inches (18 x 20.5 cm.) framed: 1...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard, Canvas

Forest landscape bathed in sunlight / - The Monumentality of the Forest -
Located in Berlin, DE
Wilhelm Feldmann (1859 Lüneburg - 1932 Lübeck), Sunny forest landscape, c. 1900. Oil on canvas, marouflaged on wood, 37 cm x 48 cm (inside dimensions), 42.5 cm x 53.5 cm (frame), sig...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Orientalist: "Arabian Horseman" dated 1903 André Chaumière
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Fantasia of Arabian Horseman" dated 1903 André Chaumière (French, XlX-XX) Oil on canvas Handcrafted original wood frame with bronze applique 20 3/4 x 12 3/4 (28 1/2 x 20 frame) inc...
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Art Nouveau Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Le Pont Royal - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Auguste Royal
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist oil on canvas riverscape by French modern painter Auguste Herbin. The work depicts a view of the Pont Royal bridge over the River Seine in Paris. The shadowy fig...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Scotsman in Paris, 1902 Pink Sky over the Seine Impressionist painting
Located in Norwich, GB
“He dipped his brush in light and air” – wrote the artist Sir John Lavery RA about Alexander Jamieson's art. See the evidence of this in this wonderful view of the Paris with dapple...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Girl Nursing her Pet Dog, 1904
Located in Hillsborough, NC
One of Rosell's most popular subjects, he is known for his little girl and animal figures. In this good-sized painting, the little girl figure is particularly charming, as she is nu...
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Romantic Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

German Autumn Landscape With Windmill, 1903
Located in Stockholm, SE
Reinhold Grohmann (1877-1915) was a German painter who studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, a renowned art school that attracted students from all over the world. Grohmann's wo...
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Post-Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

An auction at Drouot's in Paris.
Located in Paris, FR
An auction at Drouot's in Paris. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Around 1900-1910. René François Xavier Prinet (31 December 1861, Vitry-le-François – 26 January 1946, Bourbonne-les-Bains) was a French painter and illustrator who drew his subjects from middle-class society. He was born to Henri Prinet, an Imperial Prosecutor in Vitry-le-François. A promotion led to him being posted in Paris, where they lived in a home not far from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. His father painted as a hobby and was supportive of his desire to study art, having him seek the advice of Louis Charles Timbal [fr], a well-known church painter and friend of the family. Around 1880, he began his studies in earnest, in the studios of Jean-Léon Gérôme; remaining with him until 1885. That year, his painting "The Infant Jesus" was accepted for display at the Salon. This was followed by studies at the Académie Julian. At this time, he also became associated with a group of young artists known as the Bande Noire (Black Stripe), which included Lucien Simon, André Dauchez...
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Realist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French North African early 20th century Impressionist, Fishermen coming ashore
Located in Woodbury, CT
French North African early 20th-century Impressionist, Fishermen coming ashore with their daily catch. André Humbert was born in Paris on the 27th of November. He was a student of t...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine 1900's French Belle Epoque Period Portrait of a Lady, signed & dated oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Belle Epoque Lady French School, signed and dated 1907 oil painting on canvas: 24 x 19.5 inches antique original gilt frame: 29 x 24 inches condition:...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1900's Horses at the Trough
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century oil painting of two horses at watering trough by William M. Lemos, Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist (American, 1861-1942), circa 1900. Writing on verso is in ...
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American Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

French Oil painting on Canvas, a reclining Nude 19Th
Located in Gavere, BE
French Oil painting on Canvas, a reclining Nude 19Th Additional Info: Title: reclining nude Medium: original oil on canvas Signature: Signed lower right Provenance: private collect...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Imre Goth, 1893-1982, Hungary, "Little lady with doll" Oil on canvas circa 1931
By Imre Goth
Located in Berlin, DE
Large, enticing and very decorative painting. Oil on canvas. Signed Imre Goth 1931. 1931. Motif of an elgant, young girl with her doll. Beautiful painting in impressionist style. ...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Herman Hyneman Original American Portrait, Signed and Dated 1907
Located in New York, NY
Herman Hyneman (1849-1907) Sunday Morning, 1907 Oil on board 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. Framed: 21 1/3 x 17 1/2 in. Signed lower right: Copyright 1907 by H.N. Hyneman Inscribed verso: Sunday Morning by H.N. Hyneman The following is from Peter Jung who credits "a friend named Jeff Gold on Long Island." Herman N. Hyneman (1849 - 1907) was born in 1849 to one of the most prominent Jewish families in Philadelphia. Unlike most Jewish families of the time, his embraced and encouraged his artistic talent. In 1874, Hyneman followed his first cousin Moses Ezekiel, National Academy member, to Europe to study. They first went to Germany and then to France where Hyneman began eight years of study with Leon Bonnat, the French Master. In Paris, the twenty-five year old Hyneman resided in a studio building at 75 Boulevard Clichy, with expatriates Frederic Arthur Bridgeman, Charles Sprague Pearce, Milne Ramsey, and Edwin Blashfield. Hyneman was clearly exposed to the works of these more experienced artists, as well as that of Walter Gay. In 1879, one of Hyneman's genre paintings, entitled "Desdemona", was accepted into the Paris Salon. That painting received favorable reviews both in Europe, and later in Philadlephia where it was exhibited alongside the works of other Philadelphia Artists exhibiting at the Salon that included Thomas Eakins, Pearce, Edward May...
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American Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Venice, 1906, " Italy, Warren W. Sheppard, Realist, Oil, Gondola, Canal
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Marine painter Warren W. Sheppard was born in Greenwich, New Jersey, to a ship captain father who instilled in his son a love and respect for the sea. He studied privately with Mauritz F. H. De Haas and took courses in drawing at Cooper Union in New York City. He traveled along the Mediterranean coast in 1879, sketching the ports of Naples, Gibraltar, Genoa and Messina. Sheppard’s foreign tours continued between 1888 and 1893, with stays in Paris and Venice, where he captured the architecture and busy canals of the Floating City. This fondness for travel also translated to his home country. He sailed along the East Coast from New Jersey to Maine in search of subjects and was an expert navigator, eventually writing the book Practical Navigation. Yacht design became a second career for Sheppard and he participated in a number of sailing competitions himself, most notably winning the New York-to-Bermuda race twice while skipper of the Tamerlane. Sheppard exhibited at the Denver Exposition, Chicago Exposition...
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Realist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique British Signed & Dated Oil Painting Mother & Child by Cottage Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape with figures in a cottage signed by W.Greaves oil on canvas, framed dated 1909 framed: 10 x 19 inches canvas: 9 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: ve...
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Victorian Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Exeter Cathedral - Scottish Edwardian Impressionist architectural oil painting
By James Kay
Located in London, GB
This beautiful Scottish Impressionist Edwardian architectural oil painting is by noted artist James Kay. Painted circa 1900 the painting is of Exeter Cathedral in Exeter in Devon in ...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Far Away Thoughts", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Daniel Hernández
Located in Madrid, ES
DANIEL HERNÁNDEZ Peruvian, 1856 - 1932 FAR AWAY THOUGHTS signed "Daniel Hernandez" (lower right) oil on canvas 27-1/2 x 19-1/4 inches (70 x 49 cm.) framed: 39-3/8 x 31-1/8 inches (100 x 79 cm.) Daniel Hernández Morillo...
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Realist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

FRENCH SCHOOL Urbanscape La defense France PARIS - SNOW - Chut les Barbizons!
Located in Zofingen, AG
⭐ La Défense ⭐ It's a cityscape, dominated by modern, high-rise buildings (Sky scrappers, office in Paris ) buried on snow.. The architecture suggests a contemporary urban environme...
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Tonalist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic

1903 Walpi Hopi Village, Arizona First Mesa Landscape circle of Elmer Wachtel
Located in Soquel, CA
Walpi Hopi Village, Arizona First Mesa Landscape by Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel. Significant southwestern painting of Hopi at Walpi Mesa in Arizona...
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Hudson River School Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Gold Leaf

French School - Poppy Starwars oil Painting - th century Original
Located in Zofingen, AG
Poppy Starwars Structural analysis: _ Feeling of the wind in the flowers_ Abstract drippings bring movement to the still life painting. There are 2 systems of contrasts. First one...
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Tonalist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Oil, Acrylic

Large Antique German Oil Canvas Hermann Frobenius Pre-Raphaelite Painting 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A Large and impressive antique oil on canvas Pre-Raphaelite painting by the German artist, Hermann Frobenius (1871-1954), signed and dated 1900. Frobenius had classical training and studied both in Rome and Florence, he later was in the circle of Arnold Bocklin and Hans von Marees, he settle in Munich but also in Dresden briefly and latterly in Berlin. He, like many other European painters was fascinated with North Africa and painted many oriental scenes of Algiers, Tunis and Cairo, he was represented at many exhibitions, including the "Great German Art Exhibition" in Munich 1941. This painting (an early example of the artist's work) is very finely painted in the Pre Raphaelite style, depicting a medieval costumed...
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Pre-Raphaelite Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Le Jardin de Lagny - Garden with young girl Post-impressionist
Located in Miami, FL
Le Jardin de Lagny Provenance: Arthur Tooth, London Radon Gallery, NY This beautiful evocation of a lyrical French landscape is a fine example of of Po...
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Post-Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Fauvist "Still Life with Flowers and Skull" Louis Mathieu Verdilhan
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Fauvist Vanitas "Still Life with Flowers and Skull" Louis Mathieu Verdilhan (Provence, France, 1875-1928) Circa 1910 Oil on canvas on ...
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Fauvist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

Portrait Blue Miles Davis French School READY TO HANG Chut les Barbizons!
Located in Zofingen, AG
Portrait Blue Miles Davis Portrait of the famous Miles Davis Technique: oil, acrylics and ink on canvas 73x60cm ■■ 28,7x23,6inch ⏩》R E A D Y -- T O -- H A N G《⏪ 🟢 → Original ...
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Tonalist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Gesso, Canvas, Stretcher Bars

Pointillist - Scandinavian Winter Landscape, 1907 by Arthur Percy
Located in Stockholm, SE
Introducing "Scandinavian Winter Landscape, 1907" a mesmerizing painting by the artist Arthur Percy Carlsson, later known as Arthur C:son Percy (1886-1976). Born in Vickleby, Öland, Percy's artistic journey was one defined by unwavering determination and exceptional talent. This landscape painting presents a winter landscape, likely set during the early spring season. The canvas portrays a vast, snow-filled meadow, blanketed in pristine white. Above, the sky comes alive in a captivating pointillist style, with hues of blue, turquoise, and yellow forming delicate, scattered dots, while small clouds grace the horizon. The scene unfolds with an enchanting backdrop of a distant forest, its trees adorned with a touch of winter's charm. Between the enchanting forest and the expansive meadow, a few humble houses...
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Pointillist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Courtship, Success Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 22.00" x 15.50", Framed 31.00" x 24.00" Success Magazine Cover, The Success Company, Ne...
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Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th-20th Century Oil on Panel An 18th Century Interior "Dressing for the Ball"
Located in LA, CA
Eduardo León Garrido (Spanish, 1856-1949) A very Fine oil on panel "Dressing for the Ball" depicting 18th century interior scene of a young 'High Society' maiden getting dressed for ...
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Academic Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Portrait de Madame Luce - Post Impressionist Portrait Oil by Maximilien Luce
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas portrait by post impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The painting is of the artist's wife, Ambroisine "Simone" Bouin, seated in a chair with a vase ...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Still Life w/ Green Apples & Copper Vessels, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Adam Lehr (American, 1853–1924) Still life with green apples and copper vessels, 1908 Oil on canvas Signed lower right 16 x 24 inches 27 x 35 inches, framed Exhibited: WOLFS Gallery...
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Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Lady (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance") - 20th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this watercolor are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparke...
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Romantic Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

"Venetian scene", 19th Century oil on canvas laid on cardboard by Antonio Reyna
Located in Madrid, ES
ANTONIO REYNA MANESCAU Spanish, 1859 - 1937 VENETIAN SCENE signed & located "A. Reyna, Venezia" (lower right) oil on canvas laid on cardboard 8 ...
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Realist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

"At the Annual Fair", an early 20th Century oil on canvas by Alberto Plá Rubio
Located in Madrid, ES
ALBERTO PLA Y RUBIO Spanish, 1867 - 1937 AT THE ANNUAL FAIR signed & dated "Pla Rubio, 909" (lower right) oil on canvas 14 X 25-5/8 inches (35.5 X 65 cm.) ...
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Post-Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Baigneuses, St-Jean-de-Monts
Located in Dallas, TX
signed "A. Lepère" at lower left
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Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

A Daughter of the South
Located in Greenville, DE
Number 382 in the Schoonover raisonné. Signed and dated 1909. Beautifully reframed in custom 23 karat gold leaf frame.
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Realist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

La Seine a Herblay - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Charles Guilloux
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas riverscape by French impressionist painter Charles-Victor Guilloux. The work depicts a view of the houses of the commune Heblay-sur-Seine lining the ba...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Water Let in on a Field of Alfalfa
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed with initials M.P. (lower right); inscribed Article III. "Irrigation" water let in on a field of alfalfa (in the lower margin) Written on back "February of 1902. Hot Springs,...
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Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Portrait Ou veux tu que je... French School Impressionist Pop 246 READY TO HANG
Located in Zofingen, AG
⭐ French School - PS 246 Ou veux tu que je regarde ⭐ Portrait of a woman sitting on the beach with balloon from Banksy Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden ...
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Tonalist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Stretcher Bars, Mixed Media, Oil

Early 20th century English Fox Hounds, Huntsmen &, horse and cart in landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Early 20th-century English oil painting with the subject taken from one of Robert Bloomfield's poems, The Farmers Boy. "E'en Sober Dobbin lifts his clumsy heel, and kicks, disdainful of the dirty wheel Edward Algernon Stuart Douglas...
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Victorian Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

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 resting her head on her arm. Signature: Signed lower right and titled on original artist's label verso Dimensions: Framed: 16"x19" Unframed: 10"x13" Provenance: Original artists label verso for Georges Lemmen at 96 Avenue Coghen , Brussels Private collection - Brussels Georges Lemmen was the son of an architect and studied under Amédée Bourson at the academy in St Joost-ten-Node. He was invited in 1889 to join the Group of Twenty ( Cercle des XX) which had been launched in 1884 by Oscar Maus and had in the interim emerged as an influential force in Belgian artistic circles, not least by bringing to public and critical attention the work of such artists as Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. The Cercle des XX would be reborn in 1894 as La Libre Esthétique. In the early days of the Cercle des XX, Lemmen espoused a pointilliste technique. His earlier painting was clearly influenced by the Neo-Impressionists; over time, however, his style became more subtle and nuanced - recalling, perhaps, that of his compatriot Van Rysselberghe, another Cercle des XX member. With the group's rebirth as the Libre Esthétique, Lemmen's work became more intimiste in character, most notably in his portraits, nudes and still-lifes, where the influence of Bonnard and Vuillard is unmistakable, as is that of Renoir, particularly after Lemmen's travels in the Midi in 1911. From this point onwards, he would go on to make a major contribution to the renewal of the graphic and decorative arts in terms of his input to the new 'free' aesthetic and to Art Nouveau. Although his draughtsmanship retained its essential purity and elegance of line, his painting became more fleshy, imprecise and sensual, his compositions governed less by technical considerations than by the urgent need to express his emotions. Between 1889 and 1893, Lemmen exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris, aligning himself with the Neo-Impressionists. In 1893, Henry van de Velde invited him to participate in the Pour l'Art association that had been created in Antwerp. He travelled to the south of France in 1911. By this juncture, he had already exhibited solo on two occasions (in 1906 and 1908) at the Galerie Druet in Paris. A further solo exhibition in 1913, his first in Brussels, cemented Lemmen's reputation. Museum and Gallery Holdings: Bremen (Kunsthalle): Standing Nude Combing her Hair Brussels (Mus. royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique): Children's Room (watercolour); Reading; Couture; Young Girl by the Sea...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

'Young Girl Sewing' Paris, Universal Exposition, Danish Oil, Pont Aven, Brittany
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Find' for Ludvig Find (Danish, 1869-1945) and painted circa 1900. Ludvig Find first attended Copenhagen's School of Fine Arts and Kroyer's school (1888) before ...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Lilac flowers at the door, 1901 uplifting floral still life large oil on canvas
Located in Norwich, GB
Here is a painting that will lift you - one feels happy every time one looks at it. It is such a lovely, unusual twist to the theme of the floral still life: here we have flowers, not in a vase, but attached to a wooden front door. I wonder if the artist did this with actual flowers, perhaps for a sweetheart, and then decided to paint the scene? At any rate: who wouldn't want to come home to find a large bunch of glorious lilac as they come home? The artist is Emile Baudoux (1850 -1929), who studied with Humbert and Cabanel. Paris-born, he liked to work in Normandy, where he had his studio. He exhibited his work at the "Salon des Artistes Français" until 1927, where he obtained a gold medal in 1910. The important oil on canvas presented here, dating from 1901, may have been shown at the Salon, as it bears an exhibition number "30" at the upper right of the canvas. It is signed and dated at the lower left as seen in the photos. Measuring 81 x 60 cm, the overall size including its original large oak frame...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Coast Guard Cutter with Cannons Spanish-American War Maritime Original Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
Turn of 20th Century Spanish-American War Coast Guard Cutter with Cannons Original Oil Painting A fine example of maritime ship portraiture oil painting of a Coast Guard Cutter with cannons under sails during the Spanish American War by renowned Nautical British/American painter Captain William Lindsay Challoner (British/American 1852-1901), 1901. Auction values Luminous and striking painting with seaman unfurling sails heading into rough waters. Challoner served as captain of a naval vessel (Coast Guard Cutter) during the Spanish-American War. Here he is depicted on the deck of the ship while seamen scramble aloft on the rigging during a gale. The captain stands tall before the cannons at the ready to fend off intruders. His paintings are rare and highly prized by museums and Nautical collectors alike. Signed: Lower right corner "W. Challoner" Not framed Dated: "1910" Provenance: A local Monterey Bay area estate find. Condition: Professionally restored (conservation report available) Image size: 27.75"H x 47.38"W William Lindsay Challoner lived the peripatetic life of a mariner, spending much of his time at sea, and in ports such as New Orleans and San Francisco, California. He was born in Bedminster, England, and attended the York Naval Academy. In 1880, Challoner married Mary Cadogan. That same year, the couple immigrated to Argentina and then New Orleans. They had one son, William Lindsay Challoner, Jr. Lloyd’s Lists record Challoner as master aboard J.P. Macheca, a “Clipper Schooner” running bananas from Jamaica during the mid-1880s. The clipper also raced at the Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans. As is often the case, Challoner’s middle name is misspelled as “Lindsey” in J.P. Macheca & Co. records. He is also said to have served as captain for vessels in the Morgan Line. Painting was at first an avocation for Challoner, but his draftsmanship and handling of paint suggest academic training. He may also have learned to make precise topographical drawings at the York Naval Academy. Many of his ship portraits are in the English tradition, notably followers of Samuel Walker, a leading English maritime artist in the 1850s. Like his Liverpool counterparts, Challoner used receding linear and atmospheric perspective to focus on the crisp portraits of specific ships. At their best, his canvases are highly finished, a style that imitates the Venetian tradition of topographical city views associated with Giovanni Antonio Canal, also known as Canaletto. However, Challoner’s restrained bravura paint handling also may bear witness to the influence of the French Impressionists. Challoner seems to have arrived in New Orleans about 1880. He advertised in the press and exhibited at the Creole Art Gallery and Grunewald’s Music Store in New Orleans. In 1887, Challoner moved to San Francisco, where he exhibited his maritime scenes at the Mechanic’s Institute and became a U.S. citizen. He may have been back in New Orleans after 1891, and served as captain of a naval vessel during the Spanish-American War. His art clients tended to be men involved in the shipping industry—ship owners and commission merchants, along with professional clubs and maritime benevolent societies. Challoner’s principal competition in New Orleans was August Norieri, a talented ship portraitist and painter of marines. While Norieri lived hand-to-mouth, Challoner drew a handsome salary working as a ship captain, presumably until shortly before his death at the age of 49. Securing the commission for painting the newly founded New Orleans Yacht Club suggests that Challoner was held in higher regard as an artist than Norieri. The two artists together met the market demand for ship portraiture and marine views in the port city, as had Edward Arnold and James Guy...
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American Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

French School Impressionist Landscape Le Mont Saint Michel Signed oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Vivid Landscape Le Mont Saint Michel⬅️ ⏩It is signed J Moreau, probably Jacques Gaston Moreau (1903-1994) ⏪ Jacques Gaston Moreau (1903-1994) was a French painter renowned for hi...
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Tonalist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

'Women Gathering Garlands', Paris, Cooper Union, Metropolitan Museum, NAD, NG
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Fred. Ballard Williams' for Frederick Ballard Williams (American, 1871-1956) and dated 1906. An early twentieth-century oil showing two young women in classical robes, one standing holding a polished silver mirror while her companion braids her hair with flowers, all beneath a canopy of foliage with a distant view beyond towards a body of blue water. Frederick Ballard Williams first artistic training took place artistic training took place at the Cooper Union in New York and he subsequently worked for a time in the drafting room of John Williams. He later studied at the New York Institute of Artists with John Ward Stimson, before enrolling in the life class of the National Academy of Art where he studied under Charles Yardley Turner and Edgar Melville Ward. Williams made two trips to Europe, first in 1904 and again in 1908. During his first trip, he visited France, staying with Henry Golden Dearth...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Lady of the Lake”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas. Condition is very good. Signed lower left. Inscribed Paris and dated 1904. Overall with gold leaf over wood frame frame 28 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches. There is a second f...
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Romantic Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cattle Series Study, Early 20th Century Bovine/Cow, Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Henry George Keller (American, 1868-1949) Cattle Series Study, 1901 Oil on canvas Signed verso 22 x 26 inches 28.5 x 33 inches, framed Keller, a leading painter in Cleveland, was born at sea, off Nova Scotia on April 3, 1869. His earliest training was in Karlsruhe, Germany under Hermann Baisch (1846-1894), then at the Cleveland School of Art...
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Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fishing Boats at Doelan - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Paul Madeline
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on board landscape by French post impressionist painter Paul Madeline. This beautiful work depicts a view of the picturesque port of Doelan in Britanny, France. ...
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Post-Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Early 20th Century Allegorical Figurative -- Pale Horse Coming to Shore
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming impressionistic painting with allegorical theme of pale horse coming to shore by Cash Arthur Bond (American, 1876 - 1952), circa 1900. Signed "C.A. Bond" lower left corner. ...
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American Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board, Cardboard

Impressionist River landscape, English Fisherman on river at Sunrise and Cottage
Located in Woodbury, CT
Impressionist River landscape, English Fisherman on river at Sunrise with a Cottage. Owen Morgan was a classic British Impressionist. While Impressionism is often associated with F...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

La Colline Saint Catherine - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert Pinchon
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed fauvist oil on canvas riverscape c.1908 by French post impressionist painter Robert Antoine Pinchon. The work depicts a view of the River Seine in Rouen, with Saint Catherine'...
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Post-Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Early 20th century Coastal English Impressionist scene
By Lionel Birch
Located in Woodbury, CT
Lionel Birch was a landscape and animal painter from the turn of the 19th to 20th century. He traveled throughout Europe painting and for a while lived in Florence Italy. Most of his...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Symbolist British Painting Prophet woman Peasants Art nouveau 20th
Located in PARIS, FR
ROBERTSON 20th Oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm (69 x 82 cm with frame) Signed and dated lower left "RBTSN / 1909" Very good condition Beautiful black frame with black edging This symbolist...
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Symbolist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Demonstrators - Impressionist Oil, Figures in City Landscape by Andre Devambez
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Wonderful figures in night landscape oil on canvas circa 1904 by French impressionist painter and illustrator Andre Devambez. The piece depicts demonstr...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique oil on canvas, English beach scene, with sand dunes and people walking
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well-painted English early 20th-century beach scene landscape Daniel Sherrin 1868-1940 signed L. Richards This is a framed original oil painting on canvas by the late British painter Daniel Sherrin who painted under the pseudonym of L Richards. It is signed and was painted circa 1910 and is in excellent condition. BIOGRAPHY Daniel Sherrin (1868-1940) Daniel Sherrin was the son of John Sherrin...
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Victorian Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962) The Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, 1909 Oil on panel Signed and dated lower right, titled verso 8.5 x 10.5 inches 13.75 x 16 inches, framed Impressionist painter A.G. Warshawsky was active in Cleveland, Paris and Monterey, California. Although Warshawsky is known as a classic Impressionist, he is also known for using a realistic style in his portraiture. Warshawsky was born in 1883 in Sharon, Pennsylvania to Ezekial and Ida Warshawsky, Jewish immigrants from Poland. The family then moved to Cleveland, Ohio. His brother Alexander (Xander) also became an accomplished painter in his own right. Warshawsky graduated from the Cleveland School of Art in 1900, taught by Louis Rorimer...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Study of a Statue of Buddha, Japan
By Lilla Cabot Perry
Located in Milford, NH
A fine small oil study of a Buddha in Japan by American artist Lilla Cabot Perry (1848-1933). Perry was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and went on to...
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American Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lonely Mother and Child in Embrace - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
In this interior illustration for "When the Heart Beats Young" by J.W. Riley, pioneering female illustrator Ethel Franklin Betts creates an intimate statement of mother and child in an embrace. The composition is abstract with patterns that suggest the influence of Asian art—initialed lower right. Work is framed under glass - Oil on board Ethel Franklin Betts Bains (September 6, 1877 – October 9, 1959) was an American illustrator primarily of children's books during the golden age of American illustration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Betts first gained work illustrating magazines, including St. Nicholas Magazine, McClure's, and Collier's. Beginning in 1904, she was commissioned to illustrate several books, including James Whitcomb Riley's The Raggedy Man, While the Heart Beats Young, and Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess...
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American Impressionist Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Christ with Sainted Knights
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right J. C. Leyendecker’s illustrations and advertisements fueled a collective visual memory for the early 20th century American public. Over the course of his career, Leyendecker created 322 covers for The Saturday Evening Post, as well as numerous other magazines, including Collier’s and Ladies’ Home Journal. The only illustrator to eclipse his fame was Norman Rockwell and Rockwell was quick to credit Leyendecker as his mentor and inspiration. This previously unknown work was recently discovered at a small country auction in South Carolina. It is likely an early work by Leyendecker, dating to circa 1900. The sinuous reddish orange flames emitted by the slain dragon recall the steam and vapors found in his later work, including an advertisement for Ivory Soap and a Thanksgiving cover for The Saturday Evening Post. The chiseled features and elegant expressions of the two knights and Christ are similar to those of his many successful advertising campaigns and illustrations. The inclusion of columns and the decorative border also are seen in works ranging from the 1901 Thanksgiving edition cover of Success magazine...
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Early 1900s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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