Impressionist Figurative Paintings
IMPRESSIONIST STYLE
Emerging in 19th-century France, Impressionist art embraced loose brushwork and plein-air painting to respond to the movement of daily life. Although the pioneers of the Impressionist movement — Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir — are now household names, their work was a radical break with an art scene led and shaped by academic traditions for around two centuries. These academies had oversight of a curriculum that emphasized formal drawing, painting and sculpting techniques and historical themes.
The French Impressionists were influenced by a group of artists known as the Barbizon School, who painted what they witnessed in nature. The rejection of pieces by these artists and the later Impressionists from the salons culminated in a watershed 1874 exhibition in Paris that was staged outside of the juried systems. After a work of Monet’s was derided by a critic as an unfinished “impression,” the term was taken as a celebration of their shared interest in capturing fleeting moments as subject matter, whether the shifting weather on rural landscapes or the frenzy of an urban crowd. Rather than the exacting realism of the academic tradition, Impressionist paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings represented how an artist saw a world in motion.
Many Impressionist painters were inspired by the perspectives in imported Japanese prints alongside these shifts in European painting — Édouard Manet drew on ukiyo-e woodblock prints and depicted Japanese design in his Portrait of Émile Zola, for example. American artists such as Mary Cassatt and William Merritt Chase, who studied abroad, were impacted by the work of the French artists, and by the late 19th century American Impressionism had its own distinct aesthetics with painters responding to the rapid modernization of cities through quickly created works that were vivid with color and light.
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Style: Impressionist
Large 20th Century French Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Lady in Grey Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Claude Benard (1926-2016, French), signed
Portrait of a Fashionable Young Lady
oil painting on canvas, unframed, signed upper corner
painting: 32 x 24 inches
provenance: the artists ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Dutch Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of a Country Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Country Lady
Dutch Impressionist, late 19th century
oil on wood - looks like a cigar box lid?
framed
framed: 11 x 8.5 inches
board: 8...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Red Tone Harbour Town at Low Tide Landscape
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Boathouse Landscape
signed and dated 94'
by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 9 x 10.75 inches
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition: The painting is in good condition, with mino...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French impressionist landscape, Barbizon forest, with river and cows at Sunset
Located in Woodbury, CT
French impressionist landscape, Barbizon forest, with river and cows at Sunset
George Boyle was a pioneering 19th-century British artist inspired by European Impressionist painters.
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Beautiful French Impressionist Oil Lady Reading in Flower Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 20th century
Title: Lady reading in garden, beautiful French Impressionist work
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
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Oil
"Winter landscape" Oil cm. 90 x 90 1984
Located in Torino, IT
White,Winter,snow
Dmitrij KOSMIN (Omsk, 1925 – Moscow, 2003)
Dmitrij Kosmin has represented the Soviet Union at the Biennale of Venice in 1966.
Works by Dmitrij Kosmin can be found ...
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1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Holy Mathmatical Representation Batman!" (2024) By Warren W. Kessler
Located in Denver, CO
"Holy Mathmatical Representation Batman!" (2024) by Warren W. Kessler is an original, handmade oil painting on aluminum panel that depicts an abstract still-life of a batman action f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal
woman in profile oil on canvas painting portrait
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Alexandre Siches (1921-2009) - Woman in profile - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 35x27 cm.
Frameless.
Alexandre Siches Piera (1921-2009)
Catalan painter with an innate capacity for dra...
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1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Market Day (Provence), Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Faye Vander Veer depicts a busy market day in Aix-en-Provence. Towering sycamore trees cast cool shadows, while warm, dappled light illuminates the scene...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mother & Children - Impressionist Figurative Oil by Jean-Francois Raffaelli
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figures in landscape by French impressionist painter Jean-Francois Raffaelli. The work depicts two young girls with their mother in a landscape overlooking boats...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Woman and flowers oil on board painting Ramón Pichot
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ramón Pichot Soler (1924-1987) - Woman and flowers - Oil on panel
Oil measures 33x41 cm.
Frameless.
Ramon Pichot i Soler (Figueres, 1924 - Barcelona, May 24, 1996) was a Catalan pai...
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1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
June Beauties by Millie Gosch, Framed Flowers Oil Still-Life Painting
By Millie Gosch
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unframed this piece is 14 x 11
Millie Gosch is an avid plein air painter who paints studies from real life and from these studies she creates her beautiful landscape pieces. An exp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Paris Street Scene, Notre Dame
By Maurice Falliès
Located in Norwich, GB
Notre Dame Cathedral by Maurice Falliès (French, 1883-1965), an artist who specialised in Paris street scenes. His work was recently shown at the Musée...
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1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rowing Boat On Sunset Purple Lake Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Purple Sunset
signed by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
measures: 9 high by 10 inches wi...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"California Beach" By Sparky LeBold, Pacific Ocean Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"California Beach" by Sparky LeBold (US and Portugal based) is a beautiful handmade oil painting that depicts a view of the Pacific Ocean on a stormy evening.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Spa...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
French Contemporary Art by Jean Duquoc - J'Aime les Chemins d'Océan
By Jean Duquoc
Located in Paris, IDF
Signed at the bottom right
Jean Duquoc is a French artist born in 1937 who lives & works in Belz, Brittany in France. In his work, we can see the skill with which he uses color, mov...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Beach Scene with Figures" Impressionistic Oil Painting in Zandvoort Holland
Located in New York, NY
A wonderfully rich beach scene done in Zandvoort Holland in the Mid-20th Century depicting figures in the sand. Some figures are by the water as kids play in the distance. The impres...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Annunciation
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"Annunciation" from the "PERICHORESIS SERIES" captures a contemporary and deeply personal interpretation of the moment of divine communication, integrating themes o...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Lilac in the light" Flowers, Lilac cm. 71 x 65 oil
Located in Torino, IT
Flowers,Garden ,Lilac ,Purple,Spring
Russian art
Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015)
MUSEUMS
Moscow, Tret’jakov Gallery
Moscow, USSR Artists Collec...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting of Murlough Bay with the Mourne Mountains in the Distance Ireland
Located in Preston, GB
Original Oil Painting of Murlough Bay with the Mourne Mountains in the Distance, Ireland
Art measures 30 x 20 inches
Frame measure 36 x 24 inches
Wi...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Washington Square Park in Snow" Impressionist Winter Street Scene Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A truly stunning jewel and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City winter scenes depicting Washington Square Park in the snow. An iconic scene that so many have come...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Autumn Care
Located in Atlanta, GA
Oleg Ardimasov was born on July 24, 1936 in the village of Lermontovka, in the Khabarovsk region of Russia. As a young artist, Oleg studied visual arts under Anfisa Burkova. After n...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Italian Courtyard Scene with Figures" Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical oil painting depicting a Courtyard Scene in Lombardy, Italy by Luigi Cagliani. As an Italian Impressionist artist, most of Cagliani's works were produced in the first hal...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Manhattan Midtown Rain, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A person walks down a rainy Manhattan street under a blue umbrella. Glowing storefronts line the sidewalk, adding warmth to the cool, wet surroundings. Inspir...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-20th Century French Signed Oil Portrait of a Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Woman
French artist, mid 20th century
signed oil on board, frames
Framed: 29 x 23 inches
Board : 22 x 15 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition:...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Cross on Cliffside View of a Sailboat Landscape
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cliffside View
signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
dated 94'
Size: 8.75 x 10.5 inches
Oil painting on board, unframed
double sided
Condition: The painting is in good condition, wit...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century French Illustration Sketch Of Butterflies Wallpaper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Winter Silence" Carl Wuermer, American Impressionism Quiet Snowy Landscape
By Carl Wuermer
Located in New York, NY
Carl Wuermer
Winter Silence
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas
25 x 30 inches
Known for serene, realistic landscapes, he was a widely exhibited painter who won numerous awards includi...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Charming Village Scene with Spired Church
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Charming Village Scene with Spired Church
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 7.25 x 9.75 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, u...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Bathing by the River', Colorado Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Inscribed lower right, 'Len Chmiel' (American, born 1942) and painted circa 1980.
Born in Chicago, Chmiel moved to California at the age of eight. He firs...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Western Landscape by New England Impressionist painter
Located in Doylestown, PA
This Western Landscape by New England Impressionist painter Richard Edward Miller is a 12.5 x 23.5 inches, oil on board painting from 1931. A plein-air and impressionist painter as ...
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1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Sailboats in the Swedish Archipelago Painting by Justus Lundegård, Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Justus Lundegård grew up in the Swedish village Hörby.
He started his art studies at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts 1880–84 and later in Munich and Paris where he switched to an Impressionist style.
In this painting, we can see his later talent for painting white light...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Interior with Lady Reading - Scottish Edwardian 1910 art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Scottish Edwardian Impressionist interior oil painting is by noted Scottish female artist Annie Rose Laing. Painted circa 1910, the composition is the interior of a room...
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1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Evening Time New York Hudson River School Scene Oil on Canvas Ornate Frame
Located in Soquel, CA
Evening Time Hudson River School Style Scene Oil on Canvas
European style painting of the Hudson river Valley School by B. Czerniawski (Polish/Ame...
Category
1860s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tossa de mar spanish seascape original oil on cardboard painting mediterranean
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 38x44 cm.
Josep Marfa Guarro (1928-2014)
Josep Marfa Guarro was a Catalan painter specialized in landscape painting.
Among Josep Marfa Guarro's work are numerous waterc...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Honfleur Harbor Scene
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Honfleur Harbor Scene
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 5.75 x 7.75 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on board, unframed
...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Castle, Signed Watercolour painting by Norman Lindsey
By Norman Lindsay
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Castle
By Norman Lindsay (1879-1969),
Watercolour painting on canvas mounted on board and framed
signed to lower right
painting measures: 30.5cm x 23.5cm
framed: 77.5cm x 70.5cm
...
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1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Bords de Seine aux Andelys
By George Binet
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Georges BINET (1865-1949)
Bords de Seine aux Andelys, 1905
Oil on canvas
Size: 21 x 33 cm
Signed and dated lower right
Painting in perfect condition.
Old gilded frame (some small chi...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Silence
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Cornelius van Fulpen– American (1905 - 1987)
Title: Silence
Year: 1984
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 19.5 x 23.75 inches
Framed size: 25.5 x 29.75 inches
Signature: Signed, da...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I was lost but I'm found
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"I Was Lost But I'm Found" from the "PERICHORESIS...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Impressionist Boat In Still Shore in the Lighthouse Golden Sunset Oil
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Golden Horizon
signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 7.5 x 10 inches
Oil painting on cardboard, unframed
Condition: The painting is in good condition, with minor signs of aging....
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Gouache Street Scene of Sunlit Stone Steps and Tower
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Street Scene of Sunlit Stone Steps and Tower
by Fanche Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 10.5 inches (height) x 8.5 inches (width)
Gouache painting on card, unframed
Condit...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Cold Stream, " Oil painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Cold Stream" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a small stream winding its way past fresh snow covered ground and barren brush.
Bio/artist...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Golden Light Rustic Boats on Still Waters Oil Painting
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rustic River Scene
by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 9 x 11 inches
Oil painting on cardboard, unframed
Condition: The painting is in good condition, with minor signs of aging.
Pro...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Red Roses & Blue Vase" (2024) By C.W. Mundy, Original Still-Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
C.W. Mundy's "Red Roses & Blue Vase" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a still-life featuring vibrant red roses in a dark blue vase on a wooden table.
About ...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard, Canvas
"Boats in the harbor" Britany France, Oil cm. 180 x 95
Located in Torino, IT
Sailboat,Sea,France,Port,Boat ,Landscape ,Britain , Atlantic Ocean,
Blu , Grey .
Label on the back Galleria Pirra Torino
This work is more than 50 years old. To produce the necessar...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Splashes at the Beach" Impressionistic Beach Scene Oil Painting on Panel
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts an impressionistic scene at the beach with beautiful brushwork and whimsical colors. The splashes and children playing are captrued with a nostalgia, as the col...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Stream illuminated by the sun"Winter, light, snow cm. 97 x 85 1999
Located in Torino, IT
Winter, light, snow ,white
Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015)
1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina.
1949-56: he began artistic studies ...
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1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Impressionist Interior of the artists studio
By Marion Huse
Located in Woodbury, CT
A printmaker, painter, and commercial artist, Marion Huse created work that ranged from realism to abstraction and included portraits, figure subjects, landscapes, and floral still l...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Scene of Two Figures Along a Quiet Harbor
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Scene of Two Figures Along a Quiet Harbor
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 6.25 x 4.5 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil paintin...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spanish school (XX) women on the beach oil on canvas painting seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil measures 27x22 cm.
Frame measures 38x33 cm.
Signed Domenech.
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Magdalena Afternoon
Located in Denver, CO
Rocky trail and landscape
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Moret-sur-Loing, France
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Moret-sur-Loing, France
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 8.75 x 6.75 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition:...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's French Portrait of Moody Atmospheric Lady Artists Working Sketch Oils
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975)
oil on unstretched canvas, unframed
painting: 20 x 16.75 inches
provenance: the artists estate, France
condition: the painting is on unstretched can...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed Impressionist Oil Painting Fishermen Banks Green Canal Poplar Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Le Pecheur
by Elie Anatole Pavil (Ukraine 1873-1944)
signed
oil on canvas, unframed
24 x 29
private collection, France
the painting is in overall good and sound condition, minor surf...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Standing in the Catbird Seat, " Mixed Media Painting
By Josh George
Located in Denver, CO
Josh George's (US based) "Standing in the Catbird Seat" is an original, handmade mixed media painting that depicts an aerial view of intersecting buildings...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
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