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19th century Dutch Fishing Boats by the shore with fisherman and Village beyond
19th century Dutch Fishing Boats by the shore with fisherman and Village beyond

19th century Dutch Fishing Boats by the shore with fisherman and Village beyond

By William Raymond Dommersen

Located in Woodbury, CT

William Raymond Dommersen Dutch, 1850–1920 Fishing Boats at the Shoreline, circa 1890 Oil on canvas Signed lower right A charming late 19th-century Dutch coastal scene by William Ra...

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1890s Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"La Boheme" Large Scale Rose and Burgundy Acrylic & Oil Pastel Abstract 72"x72"
"La Boheme" Large Scale Rose and Burgundy Acrylic & Oil Pastel Abstract 72"x72"

"La Boheme" Large Scale Rose and Burgundy Acrylic & Oil Pastel Abstract 72"x72"

By Karina Gentinetta

Located in New York, NY

"La Boheme", 2026, 72" H x 72" W. "La Boheme" is a monumental contemporary abstract painting consisting of acrylic, pencils, and oil pastels on canvas by Argentine-born artist Kari...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil, Color Pencil

Realism Paintings by Houston Realist Society Realism Still-life Landscape
Realism Paintings by Houston Realist Society Realism Still-life Landscape

Realism Paintings by Houston Realist Society Realism Still-life Landscape

Located in Houston, TX

Shown are paintings by the Realist Society of Houston. They are a group of realist artists in the Houston area who find inspiration from learning about art and art history. We also...

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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Farmers by the river"
"Farmers by the river"

"Farmers by the river"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Unidentified Artist – 19th Century "Farmers by the River" Medium: Oil on canvas Framed Dimensions: 42 x 60 cm Canvas Dimensions: 51 x 70 cm Period: 19th Century This beautifully comp...

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19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Painting: "Landscape with Figures," oil on canvas, mid-1700s
Painting: "Landscape with Figures," oil on canvas, mid-1700s

Painting: "Landscape with Figures," oil on canvas, mid-1700s

Located in Milan, IT

Oil on Canvas. French school of the mid-18th century. The Romantic-style landscape depicts a lush, green setting in which a romantic encounter takes place between a soldier and a lad...

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1750s Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Hunt Slonem "3 in Gold" Unique Oil painting of bunnies
Hunt Slonem "3 in Gold" Unique Oil painting of bunnies

Hunt Slonem "3 in Gold" Unique Oil painting of bunnies

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: 3 in Gold Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 18" x 24" Framed Dimensions: 24" x 30" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: ...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Modernist Nature Study Lake Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Antique American Modernist Nature Study Lake Landscape Framed Oil Painting

Antique American Modernist Nature Study Lake Landscape Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed illegibly lower left. Image size, 36L x 24H. Housed in a period modern frame.

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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Gouache

Vintage 20th Century Painting of Lush Green Ireland Village by Irish Artist
Vintage 20th Century Painting of Lush Green Ireland Village by Irish Artist

Vintage 20th Century Painting of Lush Green Ireland Village by Irish Artist

Located in Preston, GB

Vintage 20th Century Painting of Lush Green Ireland Village by Irish Artist, Liam Reilly Art measures 24 x 18 inches Frame measures 28 x 22 inches This stunning painting captures t...

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1980s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Georgian Contemporary Art by Gia Khutsishvili - Memories of Odyssey
Georgian Contemporary Art by Gia Khutsishvili - Memories of Odyssey

Georgian Contemporary Art by Gia Khutsishvili - Memories of Odyssey

Located in Paris, IDF

Oil on canvas Gia Khutsishvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, on July 18, 1966, into a family of artists. He graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts in 1989. Since 1990...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Venetian Town Scene" Romantic Impressionist Oil Painting Street Scene & Figures
"Venetian Town Scene" Romantic Impressionist Oil Painting Street Scene & Figures

"Venetian Town Scene" Romantic Impressionist Oil Painting Street Scene & Figures

By Luigi Cagliani

Located in New York, NY

A whimsical oil painting depicting a Street Scene in Venice of people going about their day by Luigi Cagliani. As an Italian Impressionist artist, most of Cagliani's works were produ...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Hunt Slonem "Max" Original bunny painting in oil

Hunt Slonem "Max" Original bunny painting in oil

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Max Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hunt Slonem is an...

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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Mythological scene, study for the Prize of Rome 1864, French academism, Homer
Mythological scene, study for the Prize of Rome 1864, French academism, Homer

Mythological scene, study for the Prize of Rome 1864, French academism, Homer

Located in Norwich, GB

This rare mythological scene depicting the Greek author Homer on the island of Scyros. You will notice the Trojan War being fought in the background. Our painting, dating from 1864, is unsigned, but has a solid attribution to academic artist Henri-Léopold Lévy...

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Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Vintage Expressionist Landscape Original Oil Painting
Large Vintage Expressionist Landscape Original Oil Painting

Large Vintage Expressionist Landscape Original Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

A gorgeous bright green expressionist landscape by Carl Ashby. From the collection of renowned painter Steve Wheeler. Nicely framed in a gold and black wooden floater frame. Measurin...

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20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Landscape Mary Magdalene Bril Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master
Landscape Mary Magdalene Bril Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master

Landscape Mary Magdalene Bril Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Fantastic Landscape with Mary Magdalene Paul Bril (Antwerp, 1554 – Rome, 1626) Workshop of First half of the 17th century Oil on canvas (76 x 96 cm - In antique frame 95 x 11...

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17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still Life With Flowers, Late 17th-Century Dutch Painting
Still Life With Flowers, Late 17th-Century Dutch Painting

Still Life With Flowers, Late 17th-Century Dutch Painting

By Simon Pietersz Verelst 1

Located in Cheltenham, GB

This late 17th-century still life painting, attributed to Dutch artist Simon Pietersz Verelst (1644-1710/1717) presents an arrangement of flowers gathered within a vase. At its cent...

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1680s Dutch School Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Antique American Impressionist Hudson River School Coastal Seascape Oil Painting
Antique American Impressionist Hudson River School Coastal Seascape Oil Painting

Antique American Impressionist Hudson River School Coastal Seascape Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique impressionist painting of a coastal seascape. Oil on canvas, circa 1900. Signed illegibly. Framed. Image size, 18L x 12H.

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1890s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Boat Oxford Md Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Fresh Paint
Boat Oxford Md Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Fresh Paint

Boat Oxford Md Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Fresh Paint

By Michael Budden

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

Fresh Paint oil/panel 11 x 14 unframed 16.5 x 19.5 framed signed LL Fresh Paint is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a bea...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Impressionist Signed Flower Still Life Oil Painting Great Frame
Antique American Impressionist Signed Flower Still Life Oil Painting Great Frame

Antique American Impressionist Signed Flower Still Life Oil Painting Great Frame

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American impressionist flower still life oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1920. Signed. Image size 20L x 16H. Housed in a period giltwood frame.

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1920s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Saint Yverdon - Creuse - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Emmanuel De La Villeon
Saint Yverdon - Creuse - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Emmanuel De La Villeon

Saint Yverdon - Creuse - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Emmanuel De La Villeon

By Emmanuel Victor Auguste Marie de la Villeon

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Signed and dated oil on panel landscape by French impressionist painter Emmanuel De La Villeon. The work - painted in predominantly blue with splashes of white and green - depicts a ...

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1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Guardian - large, green, blue, landscape, impressionist, acrylic, resin on panel
Guardian - large, green, blue, landscape, impressionist, acrylic, resin on panel

Guardian - large, green, blue, landscape, impressionist, acrylic, resin on panel

By Peter Hoffer

Located in Bloomfield, ON

At 5 by 10 feet, this brilliantly executed landscape on panel has a luminosity and a depth rarely seen. The painting has many layers, and is finished in resin. The central figure of ...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Oil, Acrylic

"Arat" Amaranth Ehrenhalt, Unique Painting, Woman Abstract Expressionism, 1974
"Arat" Amaranth Ehrenhalt, Unique Painting, Woman Abstract Expressionism, 1974

"Arat" Amaranth Ehrenhalt, Unique Painting, Woman Abstract Expressionism, 1974

By Amaranth Ehrenhalt

Located in New York, NY

Amaranth Ehrenhalt (1928–2021) Arat, 1974 Gouache and watercolor on thick paper Painting: 38 x 28 cm l 15 x 11 in. Frame: 52 x 42 cm l 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. Signed, titled and dated ...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

French Surrealist Cubist Figurative Abstract Oil Painting Signed 1972
French Surrealist Cubist Figurative Abstract Oil Painting Signed 1972

French Surrealist Cubist Figurative Abstract Oil Painting Signed 1972

By Andres 33

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Key Details Artist: French School, signed and dated 1972 Title: Figurative Abstract Medium: Oil painting on board, framed Size: Painting: 19.75 x 25.5 inches; framed: 21.5 x 27 inche...

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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Untitled"
"Untitled"

Jean Calogero"Untitled", Circa 1950

$1,200Sale Price|25% Off

"Untitled"

By Jean Calogero

Located in Southampton, NY

Oil on canvas painting by the Italian artist, Jean Calogero. Circa 1950. Signed lower left Overall in museum quality gold leaf frame 17.5 by 15.75 inches. Condition: Good. Provenan...

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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"INTRO BEAT 01 OUTRO", abstract mixed media dark geometric painting
"INTRO BEAT 01 OUTRO", abstract mixed media dark geometric painting

"INTRO BEAT 01 OUTRO", abstract mixed media dark geometric painting

By Hyland Mather (X-O)

Located in Philadelphia, PA

"INTRO BEAT 01 OUTRO" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of acrylic and aerosol with string and pins on canvas, the work is presented in a solid wood tray frame. It measure...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Thread, Wood, Acrylic, Pins

Rocky Landscape at Sunset, Oil on Canvas, Signed, Circa 1900
Rocky Landscape at Sunset, Oil on Canvas, Signed, Circa 1900

Rocky Landscape at Sunset, Oil on Canvas, Signed, Circa 1900

Located in Stockholm, SE

This sunset landscape by Hans Agersnap presents a quiet and ccontemplative view of the Danish countryside at the close of day. The composition is dominated by undulating hills, bathe...

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Early 1900s Romantic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Collie Dog with Kittens Antique English Victorian Dog & Cat Oil Painting
Collie Dog with Kittens Antique English Victorian Dog & Cat Oil Painting

Collie Dog with Kittens Antique English Victorian Dog & Cat Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Collie Dog with Kittens English artist, 19th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 22 x 30 inches canvas: 16.5 x 23.5 inches Provenance: private collection, England Condition: The ...

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19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"4 Teal" White Outline Bunnies on Teal Blue Oil Painting on Wood Antique Frame
"4 Teal" White Outline Bunnies on Teal Blue Oil Painting on Wood Antique Frame

"4 Teal" White Outline Bunnies on Teal Blue Oil Painting on Wood Antique Frame

By Hunt Slonem

Located in New York, NY

A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts four gestural white bunnies on a Teal Blue background encased in diamond dust with thick ...

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2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel, Glass, Acrylic

Last Supper De Witte Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Tuscany school Old master
Last Supper De Witte Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Tuscany school Old master

Last Supper De Witte Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Tuscany school Old master

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

17th-century Tuscan painter The Last Supper After Pieter de Witte (c. 1548 – 1628) oil on canvas (89 x 134 cm – framed 100 x 145 cm) This delightful painting, depicting th...

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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vase Of Roses Still Life - Original Impressionist on Board
Vase Of Roses Still Life - Original Impressionist on Board

Vase Of Roses Still Life - Original Impressionist on Board

By Leon Franks

Located in Soquel, CA

Vase Of Roses Still Life - Original Impressionist on Board Original oil still life painting of a vase of colorful roses by Leon Franks (Canadian, 1914-1970). The green vase sits hol...

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20th Century Post-Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Sunflower
Sunflower

Sunflower

By Casey Childs

Located in Pasadena, CA

Visual Description: This contemporary painting painted in oil on linen is a portrait of a red-headed woman in an impressionistic style. Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly ...

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2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Portrait Noblewoman Kneller 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Art
Portrait Noblewoman Kneller 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Art

Portrait Noblewoman Kneller 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Art

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 – London 1723) Portrait of an English noblewoman, presumably Mary Capel, Countess of Essex (1679–1726) Oil on canvas 128 x 104 cm. In frame 146 x...

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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique still life painter (Italyl) - 19th-20th Still life painting - Flowers
Antique still life painter (Italyl) - 19th-20th Still life painting - Flowers

Antique still life painter (Italyl) - 19th-20th Still life painting - Flowers

Located in Varmo, IT

Italian painter (19th century) - Still Life with Vase of Flowers. 83 x 62 cm (without frame) / 96.5 x 76.5 cm (with frame). Oil on panel, in wooden frame (not signed). Floral comp...

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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Large Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Large Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting

Large Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 20H by 24L. Excellent ready to hang condition. Impressive colors and compo...

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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Long Beach, Sag Harbor 04.16.2026" Oil painting, Impressionist Seascape, framed
"Long Beach, Sag Harbor 04.16.2026" Oil painting, Impressionist Seascape, framed

"Long Beach, Sag Harbor 04.16.2026" Oil painting, Impressionist Seascape, framed

By Nelson White

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

An oil painting by Contemporary American Painter, Nelson H. White, known for his impressionist paintings of natural landscapes. "Long Beach, Sag Harbor 04.16.2026" was painted at a b...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still-Life Fruit Pace Paint 17th Century OIl on canvas Old master Roman school
Still-Life Fruit Pace Paint 17th Century OIl on canvas Old master Roman school

Still-Life Fruit Pace Paint 17th Century OIl on canvas Old master Roman school

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Michele Pace, known as Michelangelo del Campidoglio (Rome, 1625–1669), Circle of Still Life with Fruit Roman School of the second half of the 17th century oil on canvas (72 x ...

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17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Racing Yacht Comet Off New York, Oil on Canvas, Framed, 1879
Racing Yacht Comet Off New York, Oil on Canvas, Framed, 1879

Racing Yacht Comet Off New York, Oil on Canvas, Framed, 1879

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Racing Yacht "Comet" Off New York, 1879 Oil on canvas 14 x 24 inches (35.6 x 61 cm) Framed dimensions: 24 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches Signed lower left: A. Cary Smith 79 Provenance Private...

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1870s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Water Bearers, Africa - British 1920's Orientalist art oil painting
Portrait of Water Bearers, Africa - British 1920's Orientalist art oil painting

Portrait of Water Bearers, Africa - British 1920's Orientalist art oil painting

By Gerald Spencer Pryse

Located in Hagley, England

This superb vibrant Orientalist Post Impressionist oil painting is by noted British artist Gerald Spencer Pryse. It was painted about 1925 when Pryse was visiting Morocco and Norther...

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1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Impressionistic Seascape Venice Painting Michael Budden Moonlight on the Canal
Impressionistic Seascape Venice Painting Michael Budden Moonlight on the Canal

Impressionistic Seascape Venice Painting Michael Budden Moonlight on the Canal

By Michael Budden

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

Moonlight on the Canal, Venice oil/panel 12 x 16 unframed, 18.38 x 22.38 framed Signed LR Moonlight on the Canal is a beautiful oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contempo...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Bluebonnet Creek"  Texas Hill Country 1957 39 x 49 Framed!!!
"Bluebonnet Creek"  Texas Hill Country 1957 39 x 49 Framed!!!

"Bluebonnet Creek" Texas Hill Country 1957 39 x 49 Framed!!!

By Porfirio Salinas

Located in San Antonio, TX

Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 30 x 40 Frame Size: 39 x 49 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dated 1957 "Bluebonnet Creek" Texas Hill Country Biography Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) Porfirio Salinas was a self-taught artist who painted landscapes of Central Texas with an emphasis on the vast bluebonnet fields that grow there in the springtime. Born in 1910 in Bastrop, Texas, he attended public schools in San Antonio. He also observed works in progress by the director of the San Antonio Art School, Jose Arpa, as well as landscape painter, Robert Wood. Wood is said to have paid Salinas five dollars a picture to paint bluebonnets because "he hated to paint bluebonnets". Salinas served in the military from 1943 to 1945. Although he was assigned to Fort Sam Houston, he was allowed to live at home. At the fort, Colonel Telesphor Gottchalk assigned him to paint murals for the officer's lounge and various other projects, and Salinas continued to be able to paint during his entire conscripted period. Even before he achieved notoriety among galleries, dealers, and museums, Salinas was widely followed and appreciated by many Texans, including former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who may be considered responsible for launching Salinas popularity beyond the boundaries of Texas. In 1973, Texas capital, Austin, honored Salinas for having "done much to bring the culture of Mexico and Texas closer together with his paintings". Salinas died in April 1973 in San Antonio, Texas. From the years of the Great Depression through President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society of the 1960s, Texan Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) remained one of the Lone Star State's most popular artists. Today, his works remain popular with Texas collectors and those who love landscapes of the beautiful "Hill Country" that lies in the center of the state. One of the first Mexican American painters to become widely recognized for his art, Salinas was a favorite of President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, as well as of Sam Rayburn, the longest-serving Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Texas Governor John Connelly. In fact, President Johnson was so enamored with his Salinas paintings that the artist will forever be associated with America's first Texas-born President. Works by Porfirio Salinas are in a number of museum collections, grace the halls of the Texas State Capitol and the Governor's Mansion in Austin, and are included in virtually every major private collection of Early Texas Art. Porfirio Salinas was born on November 6, 1910, near the small town of Bastrop, Texas, about thirty miles from Austin. His father, Porfirio G. Salinas (1881-1967), and his mother, Clara G. Chavez, struggled to make a hardscrabble living as tenant farmers, but eventually were forced to give up farming. The family moved to San Antonio, where Salinas' father was able to get a job working as a laborer for the railroad, but the scenic area around Bastrop, with its pine trees and the wide expanse of the Rio Grande River, would forever remain a touchstone for the artist. For the rest of his life, Salinas and his brothers went back frequently to visit their grandmother in her little farmhouse. When in Bastrop, Porfirio painted on the banks of the Rio Grande or in the groves of pine trees. The Salinas family was close-knit and Porfirio was the middle child of five children, so he had an older brother and sister as well as a younger brother and sister. His mother was a native of Mexico, so throughout his childhood the family made the long drive to Mexico to visit Clara Salinas' family. As a child growing up in the bi-lingual section of San Antonio, Salinas drew and painted incessantly and by the time he was ten, he was already producing work that was mature enough to sell to his schoolteachers. Many years later in an article in the New York Times he was described as a "boy whose textbooks were seldom opened and whose sketchbook was never closed." Instead of studying, the young artist spent his spare time watching artists paint in and around San Antonio. As an aspiring painter, Salinas was fortunate to grow up in the historic city, which had the most active art scene in Texas. It was his exposure to older, professional painters that encouraged the precocious young painter to leave school early in order to help his family and pursue a career as a professional artist, despite his father's inability to see art as a career with any future for his son. When Salinas was about fifteen he came to know the artist Robert W. Wood (1889-1979). He met Wood while he was employed in an art supply store and he soon began to work as an assistant to the English-born painter, who had moved from Portland to San Antonio in 1924. Although the diminutive Englishman was already an established professional artist, he did not have a great deal of formal art training and so he was then studying with the academically trained Spanish painter Jose Arpa (1858-1952) in order to augment his knowledge and give his work a more polished look. Salinas was an eager young man, and while working in Wood's downtown San Antonio studio he learned to stretch canvases, frame paintings and to sketch in larger compositions from small plein-air studies for the English artist. He began to accompany Wood and Arpa to the hills outside San Antonio, where they painted small Plein-air studies of fields of blue lupin - the state flower, the famous "Bluebonnets" of Texas - in the springtime and scenes of the gnarled Red Oaks as they changed color in the fall. He was soon assisting Wood in the tedious work of painting the tiny blue flowers that collectors wanted to see in the landscapes they purchased of central Texas. According to a 1972 newspaper story, "Legend has it that one day in the 1920s artist Robert Wood decided he could not bear to paint another bluebonnet in one of his landscapes. He hired young Porfirio Salinas to paint them in for him at five dollars a painting." Whether this story is accurate or apocryphal isn't clear, but the ambitious and independent young Salinas wasn't destined to be anyone's assistant for very long. The formative event of Porfirio Salinas' teenage years was the Texas Wildflower Competitive Exhibitions, a Roaring-Twenties dream of the eccentric oilman Edgar B. Davis (1873-1951). These competitive shows of paintings of wildflowers and Texas life were mounted in San Antonio from 1927 to 1929. Held at the newly opened Witte Museum each spring, the exhibition featured large cash prizes donated by the philanthropic Davis, which were an inducement for artists to travel from all over the United States to paint in the Hill Country of Texas. The "Davis Competitions," as they were known, helped to cement San Antonio's reputation as an art center, a legacy that remains with the "River City" today. The shows generated a great deal of excitement in the area, helping to make celebrities of the some of the artists who had already settled there and encouraging others to make San Antonio their home. Over the three years that the wildflower competitions were held, more than 300 paintings were exhibited, and many thousands of viewers saw the paintings at the Witte Museum and on tours throughout the state and in New York. Each year Davis would generously purchase the winning paintings and then donate them to the San Antonio Art League. Young Porfirio Salinas would have been able to not only watch his two mentors - Robert W. Wood and Jose Arpa - paint the works that they entered in the Davis Competitions, he would have been able to see Arpa take several of the major prizes, receiving the judge's accolades for "Verbena," "Cactus Flower" and "Picking Cotton," works that are still on view at the San Antonio Art League Museum today. Unfortunately, Davis eventually put his donations to work in other charitable endeavors, bringing to an end the wildflower events, but only after they inspired Salinas and other young painters and had helped to make wildflower paintings the most sought-after subject for traditionalist Texas collectors. In 1930, when he was only twenty, Salinas hung out a shingle and began to paint professionally, augmenting the sales of his easel paintings with what little business he could garner by painting signs for local concerns. It was a struggle for the young artist to make a living, as the effects of the Great Depression were settling in. His early works are very similar to those of Robert Wood's, both in subject matter and treatment. Salinas did small paintings of Bluebonnets for the tourists who visited San Antonio to see the famous Alamo as well as paintings of the Texas missions...

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1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Antique American School Framed Signed Serene Lake Landscape Original Painting
Antique American School Framed Signed Serene Lake Landscape Original Painting

Antique American School Framed Signed Serene Lake Landscape Original Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American school landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 24 by 33 inches overall, and 20 by 29 painting alone. Nice period frame. Excellent condit...

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1890s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Kings Bench Walk, Temple Gardens, London, Victorian Oil on Panel, 1902
Kings Bench Walk, Temple Gardens, London, Victorian Oil on Panel, 1902

Kings Bench Walk, Temple Gardens, London, Victorian Oil on Panel, 1902

Located in Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB

Louis Grimshaw British (1870-1943) Medium: Oil on panel Unframed size: 11.5. x 17.5 inches Framed size: 21 x 26 inches Signature: Signed (Lower left and dated 1902) Also inscribed o...

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Early 1900s Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Fine Large British Countryside Farm Landscape Oil Painting with Thatched Cottage
Fine Large British Countryside Farm Landscape Oil Painting with Thatched Cottage

Fine Large British Countryside Farm Landscape Oil Painting with Thatched Cottage

By Donald Ayres

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

British Countryside Landscape Oil Painting with Thatched Cottage by Donald Ayres Signed by Donald Ayres (British, b. 1936) Framed: 30 x 42 inches Canvas: 24 x 36 inches Medium: Signe...

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20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Sheep Resting In The Autumnal Sunset Fine 19th Century British Oil Painting
Sheep Resting In The Autumnal Sunset Fine 19th Century British Oil Painting

Sheep Resting In The Autumnal Sunset Fine 19th Century British Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Dusk by Edmund Morrison Wimperis (British 1835-1900) signed initials and dated 91' oil on canvas, framed framed: 20 x 28 inches canvas: 15 x 23 inches Provenance: private collection...

Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

After Gerhard ter Borch (1617-1681) - 19th Century Oil, The Concert
After Gerhard ter Borch (1617-1681) - 19th Century Oil, The Concert

After Gerhard ter Borch (1617-1681) - 19th Century Oil, The Concert

Located in Corsham, GB

A charming 19th century genre scene after Gerhard ter Borch (1617-1681). Ter Borch was known for his ability to depict elegant interiors and subtle social interactions. Unsigned. Wel...

Category

19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil