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Landscape Paintings For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1940s
"Ole Swimmin Hole" Southern California Pond and Hills Oil on canvas board 1930s
By Clyde Eugene Scott
Located in Soquel, CA
"Ole Swimmin Hole" Southern California Oil on canvas board 1930s
Elegant mid century landscape depicting a lake and hillside in summer by well known and collected California artist ...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board
“On the Riverfront”
By John Clymer
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas landscape painting by the well known British artist, John Clymer. Signed lower right. Circa 1975. Condition is excellent. Painted in a Post impressionist st...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Rough Surf Coastal Seascape Beach Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school seascape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Unframed. Image size, 20L x 16H.
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Mount Vernon N.Y. (Train on the Railroad)" Impressionist Landscape Oil on Board
By Hayley Lever
Located in New York, NY
An outstanding oil painting executed with thick use of paint capturing a luminous sight of a train in motion under a bridge with heavy smoke trailing upward. We can feel that a mood...
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Mid Century Sierra Mountain Lake Landscape
By Lillian Jackson Heath
Located in Soquel, CA
Sweeping mid-century landscape of a lake and snow-capped mountains by Lillian Josephine Heath (American, 1864-1961). A gigantic, snow-covered mountain dominates the upper portion of the composition, rising above the rest of the landscape. In the shadow of the mountain is a valley lake, filled with snowmelt, with several smaller mountains in between.
Signed "Lillian Heath" lower left.
Displayed in a giltwood frame.
Image, 20.5"H x 28"L.
Lillian Heath was one of the Jolly Daubers at the turn of the 19th-century and as a young student, married the senior artist and instructor, Frank Heath in Santa Cruz, California. Artists Frank and Lillian [Heath] by Margaret Koch [transcribed from Santa Cruz Public Library website]….Frank L. Heath courted Lillian Dake Storey during painting trips around Santa Cruz County back in the 1890s.
Those were the years when Lillian was riding a saddle horse daily from Santa Cruz to the Powdermill where she taught school. Today [1974] the Powdermill is Paradise Park.
Frank's actual proposal of marriage was delivered at Rocky Falls, a beautiful scenic place on Carbonero Creek. There he had constructed a painting platform with a perfect view of the rushing waters, and it was there that he asked Lillian in that formal day and age, to be his bride.
Frank was nearly 40 years old at the time, and Lillian was about 32.
She had always been interested in art and had talent to a large degree. She took a year's leave of absence from teaching school to travel alone to New York where she visited relatives and stayed to study china painting and the painting of miniatures which is an art in itself.
‘When I returned from New York I enrolled in the art classes of a Santa Cruz artist who was making a name for himself,’ she once said with a smile.
The artist was Frank L. Heath, and that was the start of their romance, she told me in 1959. She accepted Frank's proposal at Rocky Falls.
At the Heath home on Third Street, Beach Hill, Frank added a wing with a large studio workroom downstairs and several bedrooms upstairs. That was his wedding gift to his bride.
‘The Studio’ had a fireplace and big bay windows that looked out over the town of Santa Cruz and back to the mountains they both loved and painted many times. Lillian painted a set of tiles for the fireplace; they showed darting swallows in the clouds above a stream where song birds perched on tulles and water lilies floated.
In 1897 Lillian and Frank were married in the First Methodist Church and they moved into the home on Beach Hill, a house she continued to live in for 64 years.
Frank's father, Lucien Heath, was the first Secretary of State of Oregon. He came to Santa Cruz from Oregon in 1866 with his wife, Jane, and sons, Frank and Henry. A daughter, Lina, had died in Michigan where the Heaths lived before crossing the plains to Oregon in 1852. [?]
In Santa Cruz Lucien Heath opened one of the early hardware stores on Pacific Avenue in partnership with John Byrne...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Winter in City Park" Snowy Landscape Scene
By Fannie Lou Spelce
Located in Austin, TX
By Fannie Lou Spelce
Oil on Canvas
14" x 18"
Framed Size: 18.5" x 22.5"
About the artist:
Fannie Lou Bennett Spelce (1908–1998) was an American folk artist from Dyer, Arkansas, who ...
Category
1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Garden's coffee by Paul Chevallier - oil on wood 45x64 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on wood sold with frame
Total size with frame 80x62 cm
Paul Chevallier is a French artist from the 19th to 20th century
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th French Impressionist Pastel Painting Provence Dappled Light Garden Path
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Wax Crayon
Mid Century Southwest Desert Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Southwest Desert Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Vast Southwest plein air landscape of a desert scene with mountains, cacti, and other desert plants...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Oil Painting of the Cullin Hills on Isle of Skye in Scottish Highlands
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Oil Painting of the Cullin Hills - the iconic Mountain Range on Isle of Skye in the Scottish Highlands, by 20th Century Artist, Roger Gallaher
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
...
Category
1970s Pointillist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Topanga Canyon", Robert Wood, Original Oil on Canvas, Landscape, 25x30 in.
By Robert William Wood
Located in Dallas, TX
Known for his scenes of the California coast, Rocky Mountain landscapes and depictions of the springtime flowering of the Texas Bluebonnets , Robert W. Wood probably painted more works of the landscape of the United States than any artist in the annals of American art. This painting is a perfect representation of Robert Woods classic American landscape. The trees are starting to turn yellow and gold as a small river rushes down through Topanga canyon...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century City Architectural Winter Scene
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: City Winter Scene
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
watercolour and gouache painting with charcoal on artist's paper, unframed
Sheet: 9.75 x 13.5 inches
Intriguing painting by the...
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Charcoal
"Sundown" Western Shoot Out, Mid Century Figurative Action Scene
Located in Soquel, CA
A dramatic mid-century western figurative action scene depicting a shootout in an old western town by Randy Steffen (American, 1917-1977), 1947. Several ...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
“Paris”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a Parisian street scene done in post impressionist style by the Portuguese artist, Hilario Roberto. Street scene complete with iconic Parisian flo...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Melbourne Australia - Orange Cityscape
Located in Carmel, CA
Scenic view of Melbourne City Australia by David savage
On wood.
Like the 70’s then this would be perfect!
Category
1970s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1977 Vintage Modernist Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Coastal Horizons
Located in Bristol, GB
COASTAL HORIZONS
Size: 46 x 58.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A serene mid-century modernist coastal landscape that captures the essence of a tranquil shoreline, executed in oi...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Sea Cliff" Mid Century Modern Coastal Cliff Seascape in Acrylic on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
"Sea Cliff" Mid Century Modern Coastal Cliff Seascape in Acrylic on Masonite
Expansive seascape by notable California artist Farren Jensen (American, 19...
Category
1970s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
1940s Original Oil Painting of Boulder Canyon - Colorado Mountain Landscape
By Irene Fowler
Located in Denver, CO
This vintage 1940s original oil painting beautifully captures the essence of Boulder Canyon, showcasing the stunning Colorado landscape with majestic mountains and vibrant Aspen trees in their autumnal glory. The piece highlights the rich fall colors of gold, orange, and red as the Aspen leaves turn, reflecting the serene beauty of Colorado's mountainous terrain. Presented in a custom gold frame, the outer dimensions are 25 ¼ x 21 ¼ x 1 ½ inches, while the image size itself measures 22 ¼ x 18 ¼ inches.
About the Artist:
Irene Fowler (1884-1969) was an influential figure in the development of Denver's art scene. Born in Illinois, she moved to Denver where she became a public school teacher and a founding member of the Denver Artist’s Guild (now the Colorado Artist’s Guild). Throughout her career, Fowler painted stunning landscapes in oil and watercolor, most often working en plein air to capture the natural beauty of Colorado's diverse scenery.
Known for her landscapes of Colorado, Fowler expertly depicted the unique features of the region: towering mountains, quaking Aspen trees, and rustic mining towns. Her work is marked by an exceptional understanding of the thin mountain air and luminous sunshine that make Colorado’s landscape so striking.
Fowler was a prominent figure in the Denver art community, exhibiting her works at major venues such as the Schlier Gallery, Chappell House, the University Club...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vibrant Nevada Farm Double Sided Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant landscape of Nevada, Washoe Valley Farm by A. Earl McClanahan (American, 20th Century), circa 1970. Signed lower left. Artist using calligraphic technique (color blocked in f...
Category
1970s Other Art Style Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Vintage Vibrant Taos New Mexico Desert Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderfully vibrant Taos, New Mexico landscape painting by unknown artist , Circa 1940. Unsigned. Unframed. Image size: 6"H x 8"W.
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Cardboard
Fauvist Watercolour and Gouache on Paper, 'Through the Forest Glade'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
1970s fauvist watercolour of a forest glade by Belgian artist André Pierard. Not signed but acquired from his estate along with others of his works.
A be...
Category
1970s Fauvist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century Pair of Paintings Notre Dame Paris River Seine
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: Two Views of Notre Dame Cathedral
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
both signed lower right
two watercolour and gouache paintings on artist's paper, unframed
Sheet: each measure 9....
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Large 20th French Impressionist Pastel Painting Provence Valley Village View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence Landscape
signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Wax Crayon
Antique Canadian Modernist Framed Lake Landscape Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Canadian modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring 15 by 17 inches overall and 10 by 12 painting alone.
Category
1940s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Autumnal Sierra Mountains Landscape by Max Higgins
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful vintage oil painting of Sierra Mountains in Fall by Max Higgins (American, 20th Century), circa 1940s. Signed lower left. Condition: Professionally cleaned; minor craquelur...
Category
1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Large Antique American Signed Abstract Sandy Beach Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted mid century abstract beach scene. Oil on canvas. Signed illegibly. Framed elegantly.
Category
1940s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Large Impressionist Opera Scene Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist theatre interior painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Image size, 30 by 36 inches.
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Serenity - Oil on Canvas by Felice Carena - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Serenity is an impressive, giant oil painting realized by the Italian painter Felice Carena in 1948.
Signed lower left.
Not framed, framing optio...
Category
1940s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
1970's French Impressionist Pastel Garden Bench In The Summer Tree Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Wax Crayon
Catalan coast oil on board painting spanish mediterranean seascape Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Albert Junyent Quinquer (1903-1976) - Catalan coast - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 46x38 cm.
Frame measures 59x51 cm.
Son of Sebastián Junyent Sans and Paulina Quinquer, he was the eldest of four siblings (Albert, María, Montserrat and Adelina). He was a disciple of his uncle Oleguer Junyent.
His father, a prominent painter, died very young when he was barely five years old.
With a degree in letters and a diploma from the École du Louvre (Paris, FR), he was a student of Amédée Ozenfant. In Barcelona (1927) he collaborated in the decoration of the Universal Exhibition of 1929, in Montjuich.
He was a correspondent in Paris (1930) for the publications “Mirador” and “El Instante”. During the civil war he rose to the rank of republican captain and once the conflict ended he went into exile in Venezuela, where he was a writer, painter and art critic. He was also part of the group of professors at the School of Plastic and Applied Arts in Caracas, and he also published two important monographs: one on Cristóbal Rojas...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
California Seascape -- Mid Morning Overcast
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous Northern California seascape titled, "Mid Morning Overcast" by Jean Gronbeck (American, 20th Century). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "J. G...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Fingerpainted Landscape in Acrylic, in Diamond-Shaped Frame
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Fingerpainted Landscape in Acrylic, in Diamond-Shaped Frame
Unique landscape by Hollywood, California artist Genevieve"Gen" Matucha (American, 1903-1989). The scene dep...
Category
1940s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Spanish river landscape oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rosendo González Carbonell (1910-1984) - River landscape
Oil on panel - Hand signed
Oil measures 27x35 cm.
Frame measures 49x57 cm.
Painter of the first half of the 20th century, bo...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage Grand Canyon Impressionist Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Grand Canyon Impressionist Landscape
Majestic impressionist landscape of the Grand Canyon in beautiful vivid colors by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). The viewer...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
landscape with bell tower oil on cardboard painting spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Joseph Garí (1922) - landscape with bell tower - Oil on cardboard
Oil measures 33x45 cm.
Frame siza 46x59 cm.
Painter born in Granollers in 1922. Trained in his hometown and at...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Vintage Portofino, Italy Figurative Landscape -- The Day's Catch
By Jackson Craig
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful vintage figurative landscape of fishermen with day's catch in Portofino, Italy by Jackson Craig (American, 20th Century), c. 1970. Signed lower right corner. Unframed. Imag...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hudson River School Style - The Homestead and Grist Mill 1942
By A. Mathieu
Located in Soquel, CA
Hudson River School Style - The Homestead and Grist Mill 1942
In the Hudson River School style by A (K) Mathieu (American, 19th-20th C). Harvest time at the Homestead with a hay wago...
Category
1940s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board, Stretcher Bars
"Figure with Flowers"
Located in Southampton, NY
Signed bottom middle and dated 1978
Category
1970s Post-Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
'Sailing at Kennebec, Maine', Abstract, Whitney Museum, Mills College, ASL, CCAC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Schoener' for Jason Schoener (American, 1919-1997) and painted circa 1970. Titled 'Kennebec Race' (labels, verso)
Previously with M...
Category
1970s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Woodstock in Winter" Cecil Chichester, Modernist Snowy Winter Landscape
By Cecil Chichester
Located in New York, NY
Cecil Chichester
Woodstock in Winter, circa 1947
Signed lower left
Oil on artist's board
12 x 16 inches
Provenance
Private Collection, Rhinebeck, New...
Category
1940s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Fox hunting oil on canvas painting painted with four hands
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Painted with four hands.
Josep Padró Gonzalez (1904-1982) and
Pedro Serra Farnés (1890-1974).
Oil measurements 47x62 cm.
Frame measurements 70x85 cm.
Category
1940s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Autumn River', Large Oil, San Diego, California Artist, Chouinard Art Institute
By Edmond Woods
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Edmond Woods' (American, 1905-1990) and painted circa 1975.
Born in Ogden, Edmond Woods first studied under LeConte Stewart at the U...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modernist Cityscape
By Esther Rollick
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original modernist oil painting by American female artist Esther Rollick.
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Ocean Parkway Beach, October 2" Nathan Hoffman, Brooklyn, Impressionist
Located in New York, NY
Nathan Hoffman
Ocean Parkway Beach, October 2, 1941
Signed, titled, dated on the reverse
Oil on artists board
9 3/4 x 14 inches
Born in Russia, the son...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Windmill. Middle of 1940s, oil on cardboard, 54x65 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Windmill. Middle of 1940s, oil on cardboard, 54x65 cm
Harijs Veldre (Bullis till 1947) (1927.8.III – 1999.6.V)
Harijs Veldre learned in Riga school of applied arts (1942 – 43), in s...
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Cadaques Spain oil painting seascape mediterranean art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Cadaqués from the Olive Grove
Artist: Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 – Barcelona, 2015)
Technique: Oil on canvas board
Dimensions: 16,14 x 12,99 in
Support: Canvas board
S...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Halleluja, A story
Located in Greenwich, CT
Initially read as archaic and simple, Halleluja is a complex celebratory spring painting full of color, imagination, and humor and combines many elements seen throughout her later ca...
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape with Cabins
By Robert Bliss
Located in New York, NY
Oil on masonite. Sign and dated in oil in lower right corner.
Category
1940s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
River Forest Landscape Oil Painting by 20th Century Post War Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of River Forest Landscape in Ireland by 20th Century Post War Irish Artist, Tobias Everet Spence
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
Frame measures in...
Category
1940s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Post Impressionist American School Modernist Cow Grazing Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage post impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, read...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Reflections - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Raymond Thibesart
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1940 by French post impressionist painter Raymond Thibesart. The piece depicts a lake on a grey misty day. There is a bare tree in the front of t...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Snowy Cityscape - Mid 20th Century Italian Cubist Winter Rooftops Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful signed and dated 1977 Italian cubist oil painting depicting snow covered roofs in a city.
Striking and excellent quality work in bright and vibrant colours. Excellent c...
Category
1970s Cubist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Visiting Day -- Mid Century California Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming and bright mid century California figurative landscape with a female figure walking down a verdant and inviting path by William Hiller (America...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Mauna 'uhane - Mid Century Modern Surrealist Hawaiian Visionary Art
Located in Soquel, CA
Hawaiian Symbolism Figurative & Landscape Oil painting of Mauna Uhane (Mountain Spirit)
Symbolic and surreal landscape with a figure of spirit ascen...
Category
1940s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Stretcher Bars, Linen
"Fantasy Bay" Large Scale Modern Abstract Geometric SF Salt Ponds Landscape
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
"Fantasy Bay", Large Scale Modern Abstract Geometric SF Salt Ponds Landscape
Gorgeous large-scale abstract geometric landscape inspired by the San Francisco Cargill Salt Ponds, titl...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Crawling Landscape
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work:
Oil on canvas. Signed lower right; signed, titled, dated along rear stretcher.
48.25 x 52.25 in.
49.5 x 53.5 in. (framed)
Custom framed in a solid maple floater, painted a light gray.
Provenance
Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia
Exhibited
1996 - Locks Gallery, Philadelphia (Warren Rohrer...
Category
1970s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Brighton Beach" Nathan Hoffman, New York, Sunny Day Landscape Impressionism
Located in New York, NY
Nathan Hoffman
Brighton Beach, July 31, 1946
Signed, dated, and estate stamped on the reverse
Oil on artist's board
10 x 13 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Esta...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled
By William Ray McCauley
Located in New York, NY
William Ray McCauley, Untitled, Abstract Seascape, 15.63 x 19.63 , 1972
Colors: White, Blue, Green, Red
Framed Dimensions: 23 x 27
Category
1970s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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