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Landscape Paintings For Sale
Style: Impressionist
Style: Post-Impressionist
Champs de fleurs - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Jacques Martin-Ferrieres
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A simply beautiful oil on canvas circa 1950 by French post-impressionist painter Jacques Martin-Ferrieres. The work is of a field filled with bright flowers in all shades of red, lil...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Mill Along Neshaminy Creek" Bucks County Snow Scene Landscape Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist winter pastoral scene of a quaint snow covered home by the Mill Along Neshaminy Creek in Bucks County, PA. Willett has portrayed this charming mill scene in a most inti...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
French Impressionist Oil Painting of A Tranquil Village View with Stone Bridge
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of A Tranquil Village View with Stone Bridge
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, ...
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tropical magic. Original oil painting on canvas
Located in Zofingen, AG
How often do we connect with ourselves in this moment, truly enchanted by the beauty of nature?
"When you change your thoughts, you change your world," said Lao Tzu.
I focus on wha...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large French Impressionist Nicely Framed Paris Street Scene Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early French impressionist Paris street scene oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 24H by 40L.
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Women in Meadow, Impressionist Oil Painting on canvas by Lucien Neuquelman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lucien Neuquelman, French (1909 - 1988) - Women in Meadow, Year: circa 1938, Medium: Oil on canvas, signed lower right, Size: 9.5 x 13.75 in. (24.13 x 34.93 cm), Frame Size: 16.5...
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape with Figures oil on board painting Spain european art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Landscape with Figures
Artist: Sebastià Congost i Pla (1919-2009)
Technique: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 13 x 16 in (without frame) / 17.7 x 20.9 in (with frame)
Signature: Signe...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
SUNSET NOSTALGIC IMPASTO ROY PETLEY contemporary British artist
By Roy Petley
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Roy Petley ..Petley paints en plein air, which is a French expression meaning "in the open air", to create his popular works that depict the wide expanse of English beaches and the g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Canoe, Nautical, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Nautical, Contemporary art, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 202...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
CLAUDE MONET Style 19th CENTURY IMPRESSIONISM OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING Antique 19th Century Fine Quality Piece Gold Gilt frame
OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING BRITISH SCHOOL 19th Century in a Gold Frame
Description.
19th century Piece
“Good C...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Provence Gnarled Trees Mid 20th C.French Post Impressionist Signed Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975)
signed watercolour, ink on paper, mounted in a card frame
inscribed verso
card frame: 17 x 22 inches
painting: 12 x 17 inches
provenance: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Rest and Breathe
Located in THOMERY, FR
"Rest and Breathe" is an acrylic on wood painting measuring 40 x 50 cm, created by Linda Clerget. This exclusive artwork for DegreeArt captures a serene moment in nature, where vibra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Breath Of Spring
Located in Zofingen, AG
As spring awakens, the landscape comes alive with vibrant colors and gentle sounds. A crystal-clear river meanders through the scene, its surface shimmering under the soft sunlight. ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
«Irises in Aunt Vera’s garden » Large impressionistic floral painting
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork presents a vibrant and intricate bouquet of irises, masterfully blending a spectrum of purples, blues, and yellows. The composition captures the fluidity and elegance of...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"New England Farm, " Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This large landscape oil painting by John Traynor captures a scene in New England. Cows are visible in front of a long picket fence, with a red barn and house behind the fence and lush green trees on either side and along the hills in the horizon. Fluffy, almost abstracted clouds sit above the hills, with a patch of blue skies shining through toward the top of the image. The painting is 48" x 72", and 58" x 82" framed. It is professionally framed in a classic, antiqued, gold leaf frame. It is signed by the artist in the bottom right-hand corner of the canvas, and is wired and ready to hang.
John C. Traynor's painting style is reminiscent of some 19th century painters and the Dutch Masters. He uses his knowledge of light and color to create a certain mood in each of his works. The creation of atmosphere is an important element in Traynor's paintings. Painting outdoors, on location, is a prime source of inspiration and ideas for his landscapes. John travels extensively, painting the landscapes around him.
John was born in 1961 and spent his early years in Chester and Mendham, New Jersey. His art studies began at Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey, and from there he furthered his education at Paier College of Art in New Haven, Connecticut. He studied figure painting at the Art Students League of New York, as a merit scholar, with Frank Mason. Traynor continued his studies in Vermont with Mr. Mason on landscape painting, drawing with Carroll N. Jones Jr. of Stowe, Vermont and sculpture with Brother Jerome Cox...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1940's Provence Painting French Lake Landscape - Post Impressionist artist
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
signed and dated 46'
From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947
watercolour painting on paper, unframed
meas...
Category
19th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Vintage oil painting on canvas, Winter Landscape, Village, figures. Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This delightful winter landscape painting portrays a quaint rural village scene set along a frozen river or pond, likely in the 19th century. The composition is centered around a gro...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Victorian Scottish Highlands River Landscape Sandy Beaches Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland River
Scottish school, mid 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 27 x 37 inches
Canvas: 20 x 30 inches
Provenance: Private collection, UK
Condition: overall very go...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Winter City Impressionism Original oil Painting One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Eduard Matevosyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Panel
Year: 2025
Style: Impressionism,
Title: Winter City
Size: 14" x 11" x 0....
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moonlight Along the Coast
Located in Spokane, WA
Measures
Painting 20 x 25 inches
Framed 24 x 39 inches (approximately)
This luminist and atmospheric evening seascape by Granville Redmond (1871 - 1935) was painted on Catalina Island off the California coast c.1920. Redmond was a very prominent California Impressionist known for his serene tranquil and mood-filled California coastal paintings bathed in moonlight with waves gently rolling onto the shore. As a deaf mute, he explained that without speech and hearing, his abilities to see things in a detailed and poetic way were much more honed and enhanced. He was renowned for his Impressionist landscapes, particularly those featuring California wildflowers, coastal scenes, and tonal moonlit settings. Despite his deafness from a young age, Redmond achieved significant acclaim for his art and even acted in silent films, becoming friends with Charlie Chaplin, who built an art studio for him on his large movie lot. Redmond lost his hearing due to scarlet fever as a child and later attended the California School for the Deaf in Berkeley, where his artistic talents were nurtured. He studied at the California School of Design in San Francisco before continuing his studies in Paris at the Académie Julian. He became a highly respected landscape painter, shifting between vibrant Impressionist poppy...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fishing Boats in Mediterranean Harbor Signed Antique French Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Fishing Harbor
by André Salomon le Tropézien (French early 20th century)
signed oil on on canvas, framed
framed: 29 x 25 inches
canv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Coastal Scene with Fishing Boats
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Coastal Scene with Fishing Boats
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 7.5 x 9.5 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on board, ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Quiet Village Scene with Reflections Oil Painting
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Quiet Village Scene with Reflections
signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 9.5 x 12 inches
Oil painting on cardboard, unframed
Condition: The painting is in good condition, with...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Marks of the Day's End on the Return
Located in THOMERY, FR
In "Marks of the Day's End on the Return", Linda Clerget masterfully captures the fleeting beauty of dusk with a dynamic and expressive palette. Bold brushstrokes and vibrant colors ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Mid-20th Century Vibrant Fauvist Landscape of a Village Scene Richly Textured
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vibrant Fauvist Landscape
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 13 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good condition
Description: This vibrant mid-20th-ce...
Category
Mid-20th Century Fauvist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barcelona Spain acrylic on canvas painting fauvist
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Emilio Bosch Roger - Barcelona - Acrylic on canvas
Canvas measurements 55x46 cm.
Frameless.
Category
1970s Fauvist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1940's Provence Cottage Summer Garden Painting - Post Impressionist artist
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
inscribed verso
From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947
watercolour painting on paper, unframed
measureme...
Category
19th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Farm Fields in Landscape Signed 1900's French Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape
by Maurice Georges Poncelet (French, 1897-1978)
oil painting on board, signed verso
9.5 x 13 inches
condition: overall good and sound though a little shabby from previous s...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The City Gal
By Andre Kohn
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is an original work by Andre Kohn. Growing up near the Caspian Sea, Kohn's received a formal art education from the University of Moscow where he studied with members of the la...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Board
Pine Trees. Heuwiese, Weite. Square, impressionism, landscape, oil, forest
Located in Oslo, NO
"This work was created en plain air in the Swiss Alps." said Anna Shesterikova about this artwork. "In my oil painting I have captured the beauty of nature with a style that hovers b...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage French Oil Painting Purple Mountain Landscape Wind Swept Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed.
Size: painting: 10 x 12 inches
Prov...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century English Oil Painting - Rural Church in Harvest Field Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: English Impressionist
Title: The Parish Church
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Size: painting: 12 x 14 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Summer Fields, Michigan Artist, American Impressionism, Landscape
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Mathias Alten (German/American 1871-1938)
Signed: M. Alten (Lower, Left)
" Summer Fields ", circa 1914
Oil on Canvas Laid on Board
10" x 14"
Housed in a 2" Carved Newcomb Mackl...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"BANKS OF BLUE" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY BLUEBONNETS RIVER 40X50 FRAMED
Located in San Antonio, TX
W. A. Slaughter
(1923 - 2003)
Dallas / San Antonio Artist
Size: 30 x 40
Frame: 40 x 50
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated 1974
"Banks of Blue" Texas Bluebonnets
Biography
W. A. Slaughter (1...
Category
1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Soft Moody Colors Cubist Oil Painting Sailing Boat in Harbor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Maggy Clarysse (1931-2011)
oil on board , unframed
10.5 x 8.75 inches
signed front
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from the artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bird Sanctuary on Greige by Sarah Robertson, Vertical Floral Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sarah Robertson, Bird Sanctuary on Greige, 60 x 48 in, Mixed Media on Canvas
With soft, neutral tones and expressive mark-making, Bird Sanctuary on Greige offers a sophisticated take...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Antique Canadian Modernist Oil Painting Hamilton Bright Framed Blue Green 20th
Located in Buffalo, NY
A bright and beautiful Canadian modernist landscape.
This unsigned work has a label on the reverse from a Canadian gallery and an inventory number and stamp from a collector in NYC....
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Calm Sea
By Ernest Haskell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Calm Sea
Oil on mahogany panel, 8 7/16 x 6 1/2 inches
Signed lower left (see photo)
This work was inspired by Haskell's frined, teacher and mentor, James Abbott McNeill Whistler,...
Category
1890s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Autumn Lake, Impressionist Acrylic Painting by Erik Freyman
By Erik Freyman
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Impressionist landscape painting of a lake and trees in Autumn by contemporary artist Erik Freyman. Nicely framed.
Signed lower left
Canvas size: 12 x 16 inches
Frame size: 17.5...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nicely Framed Antique American School Bustling Summer Beach Impressionist Ocean
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted antique American impressionist beach scene painting. Oil on board. Signed. Handsomely framed in a giltwood impressionist molding. Ready to hang excellent cond...
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wells Next the Sea, Norfolk Landscape - British Edwardian art coast oil painting
Located in London, GB
This beautiful British Edwardian Impressionist coastal landscape oil painting is by noted artist John Alfred Arnesby Brown. Painted circa 1910 the location is Wells Next the Sea in N...
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dramatic Coastal Seascape with Stormy Sky Expressive Textured Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Coastal Seascape
by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
dated 1965
canvas: 21 x 26 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from a large p...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impressionist view of people in St. Marks Square in Venice
By Pam Masco
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Impressionist view of St. Marks Square, Venice.
Pam Masco was an American from Massachusetts, and a graduate of the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1976). She was married to the English artist John Heseltine. Her work is in well-known private and corporate collections and has been shown at the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Watercolour Society and other London Galleries as well as in the Provinces. She travelled throughout the U.S.A. and Europe and painted American and European subjects, portraits, landscape and figure compositions, still life and interiors. From 1978 she was involved in drawing, painting, technical painting courses, watercolour and graphic design. She illustrated for major British and American publishers until 1988. Authors include Bruce Chatwin...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mexican Market with Couple
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Mexican Market with Couple" 1976 is an oil painting on canvas by Mexican artist Antonio Vasquez Parra, 1927-1984. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by th...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Vintage Oil Painting View over old town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"View over the Town"
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
oil painting on board, unframed
Size 8.75 x 12.5 inches
The painting could not have better provenance - having come fr...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cadaques Spain oil painting spanish mediterranean landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
**Technical Sheet**
**Title:** Cadaqués
**Artist:** Rafael Durán Benet
**Technique:** Oil on canvas board
**Dimensions:** 13 x 16.1 inches
**Support:** Canvas board
**Fram...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Antique American Impressionist Alaskan Fall Landscape Framed Oil Painting
By Paul Lauritz
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted American impressionist fall landscape of Mt Denali in Alaska by Paul Lauritz (1889 - 1975). Oil on canvas. Excellent color and composition. Housed in a period...
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unto the Hills
Located in Spokane, WA
Measures
Painting 20 x 16 inches
Framed 27 x 23 inches
This lovely early 20th century William Wendt (1865 - 1946) painting c. 1909 features a Pasadena California landscape domina...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Mt. Evans and Bierstadt, Colorado" - Oil Landscape Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Shingler’s "Mt. Evans and Bierstadt, Colorado" (2016) is an original oil painting on wood panel, measuring 16 x 20 inches (40.64 x 50.80 cm). Known for his dynamic landscapes r...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
French Impressionist River landscape, Rolleboise on the Seine, Paris
Located in Woodbury, CT
Impressionist French River landscape, with boats, a boat house.
Rolleboise on the Seine
Choosing to acquire a French 1950s Impressionist river landscape by Frederic Luce is an oppo...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunlit Cactus, Original Painting
By David Forks
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A cluster of cacti bask in the warm afternoon light near Del Rio, Texas. The radiant sun highlights their prickly exteriors and vibrant colors. Contrasting wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Broadway
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Broadway (?), 1952, oil on Masonite, signed and dated lower left, 15 x 18 inches, inscription verso may say "Broadway", presented in its original frame
Jean Dominique van Caulaert w...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paris Art on a Spring Morning
Located in Soquel, CA
Paris street scene by a French street artist signed lower right. Label on verso "Angelo Ponza" Art Gallery Naples, Italy.
Image, 16"H x 20"W
Frame, 20"H x 24"W
Category
1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Quarter, New Orleans
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Nestor Fruge (1916-2012). Courtyard, French Quarter, New Orleans, ca. 1970. Watercolor on paper, 12 x 16.5 inches. Unframed. Excellent condition. Signed lower right. Unframed.
Born...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Lovely Vintage French(?) Post-Impressionist Landscape Painting - Picking Poppies
Located in Baltimore, MD
This post-impressionist painting is signed, titled and dated 1955 by the artist, but the signature is difficult to decipher. It is oil on masonite board and is titled “Les Coquelico...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rowboat Beneath the Trees, 1918
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative landscape by Axel Edvard Peter captures the serene beauty of nature with remarkable skill. Painted in 1918, the scene depicts a wooden rowboat resting in still waters beneath the sheltering branches of a lush tree. The dappled sunlight filtering through the foliage creates a mesmerizing interplay of light and shadow, while the artist’s use of short, expressive brushstrokes imbues the composition with a vibrant, almost impressionistic quality. The rich greens and golden hues of the landscape reflect Peter’s mastery of color and atmosphere.
Axel Peter was a Swedish painter known for his distinctive artistic voice, shaped by his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and further training in Paris and Germany. He was part of the influential Opponents’ Movement (Opponentrörelsen) of 1885, alongside artists such as Richard Bergh, Nils Kreuger, and Eugène Jansson...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Impressionist English River Landscape Painting with Flowers & Figures
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Impressionist English River Landscape Painting with Wild Red Flowers & Figures by British Artist, David Hyde. The painting depicts two children play...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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The Netherlands was home to landscapes as a major theme in painting as early as the 1500s, and ink-on-silk paintings in China featured mountains and large bodies of water as far back as the third century. Greeks created vast wall paintings that depicted landscapes and grandiose garden scenes, while in the late 15th century and early 16th century, landscapes were increasingly the subject of watercolor works by the likes of Leonardo da Vinci and Fra Bartolomeo.
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