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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
Period: 20th Century
Amalfi
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Amalfi" c. 1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Italian artist Lido Bettarini, 1927-2019. It is signed at the lower right cor...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1930's French Portrait of a Lady Sketchy Atmospheric Working Study on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) circa 1930's oil on unstretched canvas, unframed painting: 22.5 x 19 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: the painting is on uns...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Firenze
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Firenze" c. 1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Italian artist Lido Bettarini, 1927-2019. It is signed at the lower left cor...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Courtyard at Noon
Located in New York, NY
Robert Spencer paints a sun-drenched scene of figures moving about outside red clay buildings in his work entitled, “Courtyard at Noon.”
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1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Isla d'Alba
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Isla d'Alba" c. 1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Italian artist Lido Bettarini, 1927-2019. It is signed at the lower righ...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Nude Lady Sunbathing on Beach British Modernist 20th Century Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
On the Beach by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century) oil painting on thin board, unframed board: 18 x 22.5 inches condition: overall very good pr...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1950s French Post Impressionist Oil Moulin Rouge Can Can Female Dancer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Large Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Elegant Lady on Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady under Parasol, the beach in the distance English School, Impressionist signed oil on board, framed framed: 32 x 27 inches board: 24 x 20 inches provenance...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

English Impressionist Oil Painting Artists Nude Model Posed On Bed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Model by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century) oil painting on board, unframed board: 15.5 x 24 inches condition: overall very good provenance: all the paintings we have by t...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

English Impressionist Oil Painting Nude Female Model Laying Down
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century) oil and crayon painting on board, unframed board: 23 x 17.5 inches condition: overall very good provenance: all the paintings we...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Crayon, Oil

Large Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Figure Walking over Stone Bridge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pont de Grez sur Loing by Eugene Jacques Schlumberger (FRENCH, 1879-1960) signed front and back titled to the back oil on canvas, framed in an elaborate gilt swept frame framed: 30 ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Two Women in a Cafe - British 1930's art oil portrait painting Spain jugs pink
By Darsie Japp
Located in London, GB
An original oil on canvas by the British listed artist Darsie Japp. It was painted circa 1930 and depicts two woman at a table having a drink. A very evocative inter war oil painting. Provenance. James Bourlet Framers. Sotheby 12.11.86. Condition. Oil on canvas, 28 inches by 22 inches unframed and in excellent condition. Housed in a gallery frame, 36 inches by 30 inches framed in good condition. Darsie Japp (1888-1973) was born in Liverpool and attended St John's College of the University of Oxford. After he graduated he worked in the offices of his father's shipping company in the City of London between 1904 and 1907. Whilst working in the City Japp studied at the night school of the Lambeth School of Art under Philip Connard. Japp studied at the Slade School of Art between 1908 and 1909, where he became friends with his fellow student Stanley Spencer and would often visit him in his home at Cookham in Berkshire. Japp specialised in landscape and figure paintings and exhibited with the New English Art Club of which he became a member in 1919. At the start of the First World War Japp joined the British Army and, eventually, became a Major in the Royal Field Artillery commanding an artillery battery in Macedonia, for which he was awarded the Military Cross...
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1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of Bearded Man Amazing Frame d. 1901
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of J. Knowles inscribed and dated to label verso oil on canvas, framed in hand painted elaborate frame framed: 25 x 22 inches canvas: 22 x 1...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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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

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Oil

"Desert Storm" Large scale Figurative Oil on Canvas 1991
Located in Soquel, CA
"Desert Storm" Primitive oil painting depicting a hooded figure draped in red and blue cloth, while gazing off into the near distance at a mosque. The figure is completely covered in...
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1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

White on White
Located in Columbia, MO
Ann Dettmer White on White Oil on panel 18 x 12 inches, 22.5 x 16.5 (framed) Signed lower left
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Marche aux Fleurs - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Edouard Cortes
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist oil on canvas cityscape circa 1960 by French painter Edouard Leon Cortes. The work depicts figures in the flower market at the Place de la Madeleine in Paris, Fr...
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1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Violin
Located in Columbia, MO
Anita Winter Violin Watercolor 7 x 5 inches, 11.75 x 9.75 (framed)
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Spanish seascape oil on canvas painting european art xx century cadaques
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Durancamps (1891-1979) - Cadaques - Oil on canvas Oil measures 38x61 cm. Frame measures 52x75 cm. Rafael Durancamps i Folguera (Sabadell, March 29, 1891 [1] - Barcelona, January 4...
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1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Snow on the Mall
Located in Columbia, MO
Ann Dettmer Snow on the Mall Oil on panel 12 x 16 inches, 17.5 x 21.5 (framed) Signed lower left
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Madrid - Scottish 1920's Post Impressionist art Spainish street oil painting
Located in London, GB
A fine large oil painting by John Bulloch Souter. This is a super evocative oil on canvas depicting a scene in Madrid and was painted in 1921. It is housed in its original gilded oak...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Old Manila Street Scene, Mid Century Modern Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Old Manila Street Scene, 1960s Figurative Landscape Beautiful mid century modern figurative landscape by Didi Fernandez (Filipino, 20th Century). This charming 1966 old Manila street scene, in the style of the well-known Filipino painter Cesar Buenaventura...
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1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

English Impressionist Painting Elegant Lady In Blue Dress Reading A Letter
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady Reading by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century) watercolour painting on thin board, unframed painting : 14.75 x 16 inches condition: overall very good provenance: all the pai...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

English Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Sailing Yacht at Sea with Tug Boat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
J. Wingate, British mid 20th century signed & dated oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 21.5 x 27.5 inches canvas: 18 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, English condition...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mount Sumbing or Gunung Sumbing an Active volcano in Central Java, Indonesia
Located in Soquel, CA
Mount Sumbing or Gunung Sumbing an Active volcano in Central Java, Indonesia Volcano and crop harvesters on the Javanese Island in Indonesia by Dutch artist Dirk A. Vonk (Dutch b-191...
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1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Along the Shore, Staten Island, New York
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Along the Shore, Staten Island, New York" 1937, is an oil painting on canvas board by Italian/American artist Xavier Barile, 1891-1981. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. Also signed, dated, and titled on the back. The canvas board size is 12 x 16 inches, framed size is 16.25 x 20.25 inches. Framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold bevel and fabric liner. It is in excellent condition, especially considering the age. About the artist: Xavier J Barile was a Social Realist painter, teacher, lecturer, graphic artist, and writer. He was born March 18, 1891, in Tufo, Italy. His love of beauty manifested itself at a very early age. During his early teens, he used to design monograms for the young girls of his home town, Tufo, Italy, to embroider on their most precious possession, their hope chest and trousseau. In 1907, his mother brought him, his two younger brothers and two sisters to New York, to join their father who had been in New York for several years, preparing the way. He quickly learned English and spent some time helping his father, who was earning a living for the family as a tailor. Having learned English well, Barile then enrolled in the Evening Art Classes at Cooper Union Institute in New York. In due course he enrolled in the Art Students League, New York City. Here he came under the influence of John Sloan, Reginald Marsh and Victor Perard as teachers and George Luks, Robert Henri and Everett Shinn of "the Eight" as friends and colleagues. In 1939 John Sloan dedicated his book, Gist of Art as follows, "To my old friend, first monitor of my first class at the Art Students League 1914." This friendship and mutual regard lasted until Sloan's death in 1951. Of course, it was only natural that Barile should be a part of the "Ashcan School," painting the New York Scene. During this time that he was on his own he worked with all mediums - oil, watercolor, pastel, casein, charcoal, etc. - and he did some fine work with monotypes. It was during these years, the 20's and 30's, that he began to exhibit in such places as the Whitney Studio Club (forerunner of the Whitney Museum of American Art), The Kit Kat Club, The Anderson Gallery, The Cincinnati Museum, The New Mexico Museum, National Society of Painters in Casein, The Salmagundi Club and many other exhibits throughout the United States. He is currently represented in The National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA) Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. In the mid 30's, like many another struggling artist, XJB worked on the WPA Art Project. One of the murals he worked on is in the U.S. Customs House, Bowling Green, N.Y.C. In this project he collaborated with Reginald Marsh who was the supervisor of this phase of the work. The years until 1939 were spent working in all parts of the United States and in conducting his own classes for aspiring artists. In 1939, on the recommendation of John Sloan, he became the founder, first teacher and Chairman of The Department of Fine Arts, Pueblo Junior College, Pueblo Colorado...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1950s French Post Impressionist Nude Lady Artists Model Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Sunrise over the Fields by Swedish Artist Alfred Bergström, 1902, Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Alfred Bergström (1869 - 1930) was a prominent Swedish artist and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. He honed his artistic skills thr...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

" White Flowers " Oil on canvas cm. 54 x 49 1990 white, pink , green
Located in Torino, IT
Gleb SAVINOV (Kharkiv prov., Ua 1915 – St. Petersburg 2000) Gleb Alexandrovich Savinov was born in Ukraine and spent part of his childhood in Saratov. His father, Alexander Ivanovic...
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1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Contemporary British Modernist Painting Figures Walking To Grand Hall London
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape signed by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British 20th century) oil painting on board , unframed board: 11.75 x 11.75 inches condition: overall very good provenance: all the painting...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Octave Cartel(Belgian painter) - 20th century Still life painting - Strawberries
Located in Varmo, IT
Octave Cartel (Belgian, 1884 - 1944) - Still life of strawberries. 27 x 37 cm without frame, 41 x 50 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on cardboard, ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

At the Foot of the Statue - Scottish art Impressionist figurative oil painting
Located in London, GB
A fine large oil painting by Scottish listed artist William Strang. This is a super evocative oil on canvas which depicts a family at "The Foot of the Statue". It was exhibited in 1904 in Bradford exhibition of fine arts lent by L W Hodson of Wolverhampton who was a patron of his work. This is a fine example of an early 20th century Scottish oil with good subject. It is a good size and signed. This wouldn't be out of place in Kelvingrove Gallery in Glasgow. Signed lower left. Provenance. Bradford Art Gallery 1904. Sotheby 19th June 2002 Guide price £20000-30000GBP. Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 30 inches by 25 inches and in excellent condition. Housed in a fine period frame, 39 by 34 inches framed and in good condition. William Strang (1859-1921) was born at Dumbarton, the son of Peter Strang, builder, and educated at the Dumbarton Academy. He worked for fifteen months in the counting-house of a firm of shipbuilders before going to London in 1875 when he was sixteen. There he studied art under Alphonse Legros at the Slade School for six years. Strang became assistant master in the etching class, and had great success as an etcher. He was one of the original members of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers, and his work was a part of their first exhibition in 1881. Some of his early plates were published in The Portfolio and other art magazines. He worked in many manners, etching, dry point, mezzotint, sand-ground mezzotint, and burin engraving. Lithography and wood-cutting were also used by him to create pictures. He cut a large wood engraving of a man ploughing, later published by the Art for Schools Association. A privately produced catalogue of his engraved work contained more than three hundred items. Amongst his earlier works were Tinkers, St. Jerome, A Woman Washing Her Feet, An Old Book-stall with a Man Lighting His Pipe from a Flare, and The Head of a Peasant Woman on sand-ground mezzotint. Later plates such as Hunger, The Bachelor's End and The Salvation Army were also important. Some of his best etchings were done as series—one of the earliest, illustrating poet William Nicholson's Ballad of Aken Drum, is remarkable for clear, delicate workmanship in the shadow tones, showing great skill and power over his materials, and for strong drawing. Another praised series was The Pilgrim's Progress, revealing austere sympathy with John Bunyan's teaching. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Ancient Mariner and Strang's own Allegory of Death and The Plowman's Wife, have served him with suitable imaginative subjects. Some of Rudyard Kipling's stories were also illustrated by him, and his likeness of Kipling was one of his most successful portrait plates. Other etched portraits included those of Ernest Sichel and of J.B. Clark, with whom Strang collaborated in illustrating Baron Munchausen...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Early 20th Century Portrait of a Young Girl in Blue
By Charles Ezekiel Polowetski
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a reclining young girl in blue by Charles Ezekiel Polowetski (Russian, 1884-1955). Signed "Polowetski" in the lower left corner. "C.E. Polowetski" and "96-5th AVE N.Y." a...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Spanish Wedding - British art 1950's oil painting bride Spanish landscape
Located in London, GB
An original oil on panel by Pauline Glass who was educated on the continent at the Academy Julien and who exhibited throughout her career. This stunning oil is a bold, adventurous an...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1950s French Post Impressionist Portrait Of A Elegant Lady In Brown Jacket
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Bathers, Oil on Canvas, 1914
By Roger Grillon
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Roger GRILLON (1881-1938), France, 1914. "Bathers". With frame: 114x94 cm - 44.9x37 inches ; without frame: 92x73cm - 36.2x28.75 inches....
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1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1950s French Post Impressionist Historic Shepard In Purple Robe Holding A Crook
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Sidewalk Downtown" - Cape Ann Artist, Street Scene in Gloucester, MA
Located in Rockport, MA
Great street scene by Carl W. Peters. Carl began sketching when he was in elementary school, and he often drew pictures on the blackboard to amuse his friends. His family moved from...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Wooden Bridge, Old Lyme.
Located in Storrs, CT
This charming, historical scene is housed in a stunning Hassam-style champagne silver leaf frame. The location is probably Birch Mill Road, which is off Sterling City Road in Old Lym...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Seaview, Fire Island, New York, Sand Dunes, Ocean Side
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Seaview, Fire Island, New York, Sand Dunes, Ocean Side" 1956, is an oil painting on canvas board by Italian/American artist Xavier Barile, 1891-1981. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. Also signed, dated, and titled on the back. The canvas board size is 12 x 16 inches, framed size is 22 x 26 inches. Framed in an ornate wooden gold frame, with black velvet liner. It is in generally excellent condition, the frame have some minor restorations, barely visible and 2 small area where the velvet is scratched. About the artist: Xavier J Barile was a Social Realist painter, teacher, lecturer, graphic artist, and writer. He was born March 18, 1891, in Tufo, Italy. His love of beauty manifested itself at a very early age. During his early teens, he used to design monograms for the young girls of his home town, Tufo, Italy, to embroider on their most precious possession, their hope chest and trousseau. In 1907, his mother brought him, his two younger brothers and two sisters to New York, to join their father who had been in New York for several years, preparing the way. He quickly learned English and spent some time helping his father, who was earning a living for the family as a tailor. Having learned English well, Barile then enrolled in the Evening Art Classes at Cooper Union Institute in New York. In due course he enrolled in the Art Students League, New York City. Here he came under the influence of John Sloan, Reginald Marsh and Victor Perard as teachers and George Luks, Robert Henri and Everett Shinn of "the Eight" as friends and colleagues. In 1939 John Sloan dedicated his book, Gist of Art as follows, "To my old friend, first monitor of my first class at the Art Students League 1914." This friendship and mutual regard lasted until Sloan's death in 1951. Of course, it was only natural that Barile should be a part of the "Ashcan School," painting the New York Scene. During this time that he was on his own he worked with all mediums - oil, watercolor, pastel, casein, charcoal, etc. - and he did some fine work with monotypes. It was during these years, the 20's and 30's, that he began to exhibit in such places as the Whitney Studio Club (forerunner of the Whitney Museum of American Art), The Kit Kat Club, The Anderson Gallery, The Cincinnati Museum, The New Mexico Museum, National Society of Painters in Casein, The Salmagundi Club and many other exhibits throughout the United States. He is currently represented in The National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA) Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. In the mid 30's, like many another struggling artist, XJB worked on the WPA Art Project. One of the murals he worked on is in the U.S. Customs House, Bowling Green, N.Y.C. In this project he collaborated with Reginald Marsh who was the supervisor of this phase of the work. The years until 1939 were spent working in all parts of the United States and in conducting his own classes for aspiring artists. In 1939, on the recommendation of John Sloan, he became the founder, first teacher and Chairman of The Department of Fine Arts, Pueblo Junior College, Pueblo Colorado...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Impressionist Large Scale Female Nudes in a Landscape, 'L' été a la rivière'
Located in Cotignac, FR
Impressionist oil painting of female nudes cavorting in a river landscape. The painting is signed with initials 'EH' bottom left and dated '66'. It is also initialled and dated to th...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Fiberboard, Oil

Young Girl in Summer, Andre Gisson
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Andre Gisson (1921-2003) Title: Young Girl in Summer Year: circa 1973 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 9 x 12 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, recto ANDRE GISSON ...
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1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sunrise on Nantucket Island Fisherman Gazing at the Sky 1929
Located in Soquel, CA
Sunrise on Nantucket Island Fisherman Gazing at the Sky 1929 Nantucket Sunrise, a Fisherman is gazing at the sky by James Francis Barker (American, 1872 – 1950). In the style of Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847 - 1917) was active/lived in New York, Massachusetts. Albert Ryder is known for Romanticism-pastoral landscape painting. Barker has a heavy impasto and extensive brushwork throughout and captures American Post Impressionism with this early sunrise on Nantucket Island scene. Image, 10.25"H x 14.25"W Signed "J. F. Barker" dated "3/29" on Stretcher bar verso Signed James F. Barker on Linen verso James F. Barker’s lineage traces back to eleven of the original Nantucket settlers. He was born in 1872 in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of a railroad ticketing agent and a New Orleanian of Spanish and French extraction. His ancestors on his father's side included 11 of the 15 families who settled Nantucket in 1659. He graduated from Cornell University in 1893 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and spent another year studying Architecture at the graduate level. He briefly worked at D. H. Burnham & Company and Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. before switching to education, With a degree in mechanical engineering and graduate degree in architecture, his career was centered among institutes of higher learning. Barker was also a skilled painter and a talented photographer. Barker specialized in waterfront, wharf, and beach scenes. The artist exhibited his work during the summer months at the Eagle’s Wing Studio on Union Street, having named the studio after a steamer, which had been captained by his grandfather. James Francis Barker (1872 – 10 December 1950) was the second president of the Rochester Athenæum and Mechanics Institute, succeeding Carleton B. Gibson, from 1916–1919. He also pursued painting, pottery, metal working, and cabinet making. Gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket He was born in 1872 in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of a railroad ticketing agent and a New Orleanian of Spanish and French extraction. His ancestors on his father's side included 11 of the 15 families who settled Nantucket in 1659. He graduated from Cornell University in 1893 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and spent another year studying Architecture at the graduate level. He briefly worked at D. H. Burnham & Company and Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. before switching to education, becoming Superintendent of the Manual Training Department at East Division High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1897. He left in 1904 to pursue similar positions at Grand Rapids High School and the Hackley School in Muskegon, Michigan. In 1906, he participated in the formation of East Technical High School in Cleveland, Ohio and served as its first principal. He married the former Kate Spooner in 1897 and raised one daughter. After being widowed in the late 1930s, he married Josephine M...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Along the fence. Plywood, oil, 14x14 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Along the fence. Plywood, oil, 14x14 cm
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1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Plywood, Oil

Beautiful 1930's French Signed Oil Portrait Lady Purple Dress Blue & Pink Back
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady in Purple Dress against a Pink and Blue Wallpaper background French School, circa 1930's signed lower front corner oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 22 x 18 inches p...
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1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Jasmine vase " Oil cm. 72 x 85 1985
Located in Torino, IT
Green,white,Jasmine ,Russian post Impressionism GLEB SAVINOV (Charkev, 1915 – St. Petersburg, 2000) Works by Gleb Savinov can be found in various private collections in Europe, Ja...
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1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Catedral de Toledo, Espana II
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Fermin Santos Alcade Title: Catedral de Toledo, Espana II Year: Circa 1960 Medium: Oil on canvas board Canvas board size: 28.5 x 21.25 inches...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

A Venetian Canal - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Antoine Bouvard
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist landscape oil on canvas circa 1920 by French painter Antoine Bouvard Snr. The work depicts a figure rowing on a gondola beside buildings lining the canal at the ...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Landscape with Trail
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Trail" c.1930 is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Frederick Ernest Swedlun, AKA: Ernest Fredericks (18...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

“The fairy tale” oil cm 40 x50 1955
By Boris Nicolaiev
Located in Torino, IT
child,mother,book Boris Nicolaie (1925/2017) Museums St. Petersburg: Museum of History St. Petersburg: Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts Moscow: Ministry of Culture Kiev: Museum of ...
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1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Young Lady in Red - British 20's Impressionist oil painting interior
Located in London, GB
Painted circa 1920 by the noted British Impressionist portrait painter Walter Ernest Webster, this lovely oil painting depicts a beautiful young woman in an impressionist palette. Si...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Contemporary British Modernist Oil Portrait Of A Blonde Lady In Pearl Earrings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape signed by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British 20th century) dated 93' oil painting on board , unframed board: 15 x 12 inches condition: overall very good provenance: all the pain...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mexican Market
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Mexican Market" 1975 is an oil painting on canvas by Mexican artist Antonio Vasquez Parra, 1927-1984. It is signed and dated at the lower left corner by the artist. The...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Sunflowers" Oil cm. 62 x 58
Located in Torino, IT
Sunflowers, Yellow, Russians, Label on the back Galleria Pirra Torino Work exhibited in the exhibition "Georgij Moroz" at the Russian museum in Saint Petersburg 2007 Exhibition in De...
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1980s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French Coastal Beach Scene with Sand Dunes 20th Century French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Nude in the Roman Baths oil on linen 1967
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude in the old Roman baths by M. Bondi (Italian, 20th C.) Excellent execution and details. Oil on linen Image 47"H x 23.5"W Signed lower right "M Bondi" On verso "M Bondi - Livorno,...
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1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Still life with peonies. 1969, plywood, oil, 68x59 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with peonies 1969, plywood, oil, 68x59 cm
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1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Plywood, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Children Playing Forest Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
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1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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