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Landscape Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: American Impressionist
Early 20th Century Carmel Point Lobos and Monastery Beach Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous, vibrant early 20th century seascape painting of Point Lobos looking toward Monastery Beach, Carmel by Rinaldo Cuneo (American, 1877-1939). Signed "Cuneo" lower right. Presented in a giltwood frame. Image, 11"H x 12"W. Dubbed “The Painter of San Francisco." Well received at the Panama Pacific International Exhibition in 1915. Born in San Francisco, California and raised in the North Beach area, Rinaldo Cuneo was a painter of landscape, still lifes, city views and muralist who, commissioned by the Federal Art Project adminstrators, painted murals in Coit Tower in San Francisco in 1934. His studio and cottage in San Francisco, later in his career, had a panoramic view of the bay from Telegraph Hill. His family were painters including two of his brothers, Cyrus and Egisto Cuneo, and several family members were founders of the Tivoli Opera Company in San Francisco. He served in the Spanish-American War and then studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art with Arthur Mathews and Gottardo...
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Board, Oil

Early 20th Century Figurative -- The Paper Boy and His Comics
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful 1940s figurative of paper boy reading the comics by Louise Miller Clark (American, 20th Century). Signed "Louise Miller" lower right. Unframed. Im...
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Cardboard, Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Summer Beach Scene Framed Hamptons Ocean Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century beach scene. Great colors. Nice vintage frame. Oil on board. No signature found. Image size, 12H x16L.
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1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pacific Coast in Spring Watercolor Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant watercolor of Pacific coastal waters crashing in the the cliffs, by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Presented in a dark green mat w...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Laid Paper, Watercolor

Vintage American Modernist Surreal Dry Dock Boat Scene Signed Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted modernist dry dock boat landscape by Karl Soderlund (Born 1962). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
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1990s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lovely American Impressionist Summer Landscape Oil on Canvas ca 1920’s, Unsigned
Located in Baltimore, MD
Although unsigned, this painting is clearly the work of a talented trained artist from the first decades of the twentieth century. The impressionist style and soft color palette depi...
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1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Original Oil Painting of Cheerful Yellow Roses by Nell Walker Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
1940's Original Oil Painting of Cheerful Yellow Roses by Nell Walker Warner Antony Anderson, art critic of the Los Angeles Times, stated Nell Walker Shostrum Warner (American, 1891-...
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Antique American Modernist Framed Cityscape Original Surreal Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modern architectural painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
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1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sunset In Mecox Bay Signed Hamptons Long Island Beach Scene Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive large American modernist beach scene by Barbara J. Sussman. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
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1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'The Seine in Winter', School of Paris, Tonalist, Snowy French Landscape, Mood
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Charles Harris', for Charles Gordon Harris (American, 1891-1963) and additionally signed verso. A substantial and atmospheric landscape showing a view of the S...
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1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Fiberboard

California Farmhouse Landscape in Watercolor on Paper (Two Sided)
Located in Soquel, CA
California Farmhouse Landscape in Watercolor on Paper Original watercolor painting of a farmhouse at the top of a hill by Bertram Spencer (American, 1918-1992). A small farmhouse si...
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1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

'Sand Dunes at Annisquam, Cape Ann', Massachusetts, Gloucester, New England, NAD
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Chas. H. Grant' for Charles Henry Grant (American, 1866-1939); titled on lower stretcher bar, 'Sand Dunes at Annisquam, Cape Ann, Mass' and dated 1894. Born in ...
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1890s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Manayunk, Regional American Winter Cityscape by Pennsylvania Impressionist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Manayunk" is a 8 x 12 inches, oil on canvas, regional, winter cityscape by Pennsylvania Impressionist painter Giovanni Martino. Manayunk is a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The painting is signed "Giovanni Martino" in the lower right. The following is from Babette Martino, daughter of the artist: Giovanni Martino, National Academy of Design* member, was born on May 1, 1908 in Philadelphia PA where all seven brothers and one sister, Filomina, Frank, Antonio, Albert, Ernest, Giovanni, Edmond, and William became painters. They were under the tutelage of their eldest brother, Frank, who in the late 1920s, founded the first commercial art studio, Martino Studios, at 27 South 18th Street. Besides studying with his two eldest brothers, Giovanni also studied with Albert Jean Adolph at La France Institute, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The Graphic Sketch Club, and Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia. In his mid teens he accompanied his two eldest brothers to New Hope searching for subjects to paint. In the 1930s, he also started to paint in Manayunk, a hilly mill town along the Schuylkill River. At this time he signed his paintings M. Giovanni. These colorful impressionistic works proceeded more thinly painted dramatically poetic street scenes of the mill town. These images developed into impasto laden oils in the 1960's with some of the paintings worked with a palette knife. In Manayunk, he was a common sight on the streets and sidewalks, painting on-the-spot with his wife, Eva Marinelli...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Signed Israeli American Modernist Beach Scene Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract landscape painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 1990. Signed. Displayed in a giltwood impressionist frame.
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1980s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Manayunk Houses, Regional American Cityscape by Pennsylvania Impressionist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Manayunk Houses" is a 25 x 50 inches, oil on canvas, regional, American cityscape by Pennsylvania Impressionist painter Giovanni Martino. Manayunk is a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The painting is signed "Giovanni Martino" in the lower right and titled on the stretcher. The following is from Babette Martino, daughter of the artist: Giovanni Martino, National Academy of Design* member, was born on May 1, 1908 in Philadelphia PA where all seven brothers and one sister, Filomina, Frank, Antonio, Albert, Ernest, Giovanni, Edmond, and William became painters. They were under the tutelage of their eldest brother, Frank, who in the late 1920s, founded the first commercial art studio, Martino Studios, at 27 South 18th Street. Besides studying with his two eldest brothers, Giovanni also studied with Albert Jean Adolph at La France Institute, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The Graphic Sketch Club, and Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia. In his mid teens he accompanied his two eldest brothers to New Hope searching for subjects to paint. In the 1930s, he also started to paint in Manayunk, a hilly mill town along the Schuylkill River. At this time he signed his paintings M. Giovanni. These colorful impressionistic works proceeded more thinly painted dramatically poetic street scenes of the mill town. These images developed into impasto laden oils in the 1960's with some of the paintings worked with a palette knife. In Manayunk, he was a common sight on the streets and sidewalks, painting on-the-spot with his wife, Eva Marinelli...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Winter in Manayunk, Regional American Cityscape by Pennsylvania Impressionist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Manayunk Houses" is a 28 x 40 inches, oil on canvas, regional, American cityscape by Pennsylvania Impressionist painter Giovanni Martino. Manayunk is a suburb of Philadelphia, Penns...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Spring - Landscape Oil Painting Red Green Brown Blue White Pink Purple
Located in Sofia, BG
"Spring" is a modernist painting, oil on canvas by Maestro Olga Kashshay . About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Contemporary Edition : Unique, signed Weight: Approxim...
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2010s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Trip to the Lake - Oil Paint by Pauline Minartz - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Trip to the lake is a modern artwork realized by French painter Pauline Minartz. Mixed colored oil painting on paper.
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Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Pierre Charbonnier, The Factory near the River, gouache on cardboard
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre Charbonnier (1897-1978) The Factory near the River Gouache on cardboard 25,5 x 19,6 inch Frame : 50 x 70 cm Born in 1897 in Vienne (Isère), Pierre Charbonnier was predestined...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Gouache

"Cloudy Evening, Dering Harbor" impressionist night view of northeastern harbor
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Cloudy Evening, Dering Harbor" is an impressionist night view of the northeastern harbor. Kelly Carmody’s work has been widely exhibited and collected. One of her major figurative...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Board

House In The Green - Original Acrylic On Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
House In The Green - Original Acrylic On Paper Original acrylic painting depicting a white house in the woods surrounded by greenery by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Two white ...
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1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Lovely American Impressionist New England Shore Painting by Elisha K. Wetherill
By Elisha Kent Kane Wetherill
Located in Baltimore, MD
Although a relatively small painting at just 6” x 8”, this charming scene by well-listed American artist Elisha Kent Kane Wetherill (1874-1929) has just the right amount of summer to...
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1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"At the edge of the pond" by Cesar Bolle - oil on canvas 70x105 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
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Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Midcentury California Mountain Landscape, after Carl Sammons
Located in Soquel, CA
A classic mid-century California mountain scene of Payne Lake near Mammoth Mountain in the Sierra Nevadas, by Clare Shipton Mayhew (Mrs. J.O. Harvey)....
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Cardboard, Oil

Winter Stream
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist landscape of a winter stream by American artist Jonas Lie (1880-1940). Lie was born in Moss, Norway to an accomplished Norwegian engineer and an American mother....
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1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lower Manhattan American Modernism NYC Cityscape Social Realism WPA 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Lower Manhattan American Modernism NYC Cityscape Social Realism WPA 20th Century Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Lower Manhattan 34 1/4 x 42 ½ inches Oil on canvas c. 1...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Vintage Modernist Signed Exhibited Fauvist Landscape Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 24L x 18H.
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1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Egrets
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1942 John Charles Terelak is recognized as one of America's finest living impressionists. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he received formal art instruction at the Vespe...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Pebble Beach Surf Seascape by Abel Warshawsky
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Pebble Beach Surf Seascape by Abel Warshawsky Significant and period early 20th century Plein Air seascape painting of crashing surf at Pebble Beach by listed Ca...
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1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

Changing Leaves
By Joseph Varga
Located in Buffalo, NY
A beautiful antique impressionist painting by American artist Joseph Varga
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

South of San Luis Obispo, California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful, heavy impasto landscape of a scene south of San Luis Obispo, California by Mike Wright (American, b.1959). Signed "M. Wright 17" lower right c...
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2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Cardboard, Oil

"Porch People" - Figurative Composition in Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold composition of two people on a porch by Majel McHugh Logan (American, 1916-1982). Two people sit facing each other on a porch, backlit by warm sun. The piece is sketchy but confident, with thick brushstrokes adding high contrast shadows and highlights. Although the subjects' faces are undefined, there is nonetheless an expressive quality in their body language. Signed "Majel Logan" in the lower right corner.\ Artist's tag on verso with title. Presented in a wood frame with a gold accent. Frame size: 14.75"H x 16.75"W Canvas size: 14"H x 16"W Majel Logan (nee McHugh) (American, 1916-1982) was born in Utah. After graduation from St. Mary of the Wasatch College in Utah, she studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She continued to study at Idaho State University before eventually settling in Santa Clara, CA. Although she was a professional artist at the time, she nonetheless continued her studies at San Jose State University in the 1970s. By the mid-70s, she had won 43 awards in state, regional, and local competitions, including Fiesta des Artes (Los Gatos...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Boats docked in the water
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
I enjoy working on semi-abstract artworks with a touch of impressionism. This is the one of the artworks which was inspired by the beauty of the south of France. I was inspired by ...
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2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Blue Lake
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s. Blue Lake, c. 1940s, oil on masonite, signed lower right, 20 x 36 inches, label and inscriptio...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Mid Century Original Abstract Expressionism -- Sierra Mountains Cabin Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Sierra Mountain Cabin Abstract Expressionist Landscape Original acrylic painting depicting a cabin in the Sierra Mountains by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985), circa 1950....
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1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Antique American Modernist Trompe L"Oeil Window Modernist City View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modernist view thru a window by Alan Peters. Great color and composition. Framed. Oil on canvas.
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1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dmitri Wright - Petite Mind Meadow - Opus Eight, Painting 2024
Located in Greenwich, CT
About the artist: As an American artist, Wright’s travels have taken him to paint and/or teach throughout the United States and visiting over a dozen National Park sites in addition...
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2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Oil

Late Summer, 1924
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist landscape with a cottage by German / American artist Carl Wuermer (1900-1983). Wuermer was born in Munich, Germany, and in 1915, emigrated to Chicago where from ...
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1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gray Day, Gloucester
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist North Shore Cape Ann coastal oil painting by American artist Winfield Scott Clime (1881-1958). Clime was born in Philadelphia, studied at the Corcoran Art School...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting - Pink Tree In Desert
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to P...
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20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

1950's French Modernist Oil Four Men Labouring in Fields Superb Original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Labourers by Jacob Markiel (Polish 1911-2008) oil on canvas , glued on board, unframed board: 9 x 11 inches provenance: private collection, Marseille condition: a very few light ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"Shelter Island Evening" blue and green seascape of a harbor - oil painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Shelter Island Evening" is a blue and green oil painting of a Northeastern American harbor. Kelly Carmody’s work has been widely exhibited and collected. One of her major figurati...
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2010s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Jungle Fantasy #2 - Landscape Painting - Oil on Canvas By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
The flow of botanical splendor bursts in lavish color in the foreground while the palms and trees open the view to distant mountains in this tropical painting. Jungle Fantasy #2 - ...
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2010s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Blooms (Flowers, Saturated, Green, Yellow, Purple, Pink, Red)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jill Opelka Blooms Oil on Canvas Year: 2023 Size: 18 x 14 inches Framed: 19 x 15 x 1.5 inches Signed COA provided Tags: Blooms, Flowers, Saturated, Green, Yellow, Purple, Pink, Red...
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2010s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

Frozen Harbor Gloucester
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional winter marine oil painting of Gloucester Harbor with boats on Cape Ann by American artist Emile Albert Gruppe (1896-1978). Gruppé was born in Rochester, NY, and is ren...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Autumn in New England, " Aldro Thompson Hibbard, Impressionist Marsh Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Aldro Thompson Hibbard (1886 - 1972) Autumn in New England Oil on canvasboard 18 x 25 inches Signed lower right; estate stamped on the reverse Born in Falmouth, Massachusetts, Aldro Hibbard was an Impressionist landscape painter much concerned with light and shadow. He was one of the founders of the Rockport Art Colony, and the Rockport Art Association now occupies his former studio. Hibbard grew up in Dorchester and Boston and spent much time in the summers in Boston and Cape Cod. He showed early artistic talent, an interest he shared with a life-long love of baseball, which led to his becoming a professional baseball player. For his art training, he graduated from the Massachusetts Normal School and studied at the Boston Museum School with Edmund Tarbell...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Board, Oil

The Boat Shop
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist oil painting of the boat shop by Italian American artist Antonio Cirino (1889-1983). Cirino was born in Italy and moved to the United States, attending the Rhode...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1951 Monhegan, Maine MUSHROOMS painting by Morris Shulman ex. Rehn Gallery
Located in Exton, PA
Wild period abstract expressionist painting by Morris Shulman. The painting is egg tempera on Masonite measuring 32" x 22". Signed M Shulman and dated '51 at the lower right. Titled...
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1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Beach Ocean Contemporary Seascape Painting Michael Budden Morning Sun
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Morning Sun oil/panel 9 x 12 unframed, 15.5 x 18.5 framed Morning Sun is a beautiful oil painting on panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases the inc...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Dmitri Wright - Petite Mind Meadow - Opus Ten, Painting 2024
Located in Greenwich, CT
About the artist: As an American artist, Wright’s travels have taken him to paint and/or teach throughout the United States and visiting over a dozen National Park sites in addition...
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2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Oil

Near the sea. Cardboard, oil, 17x27 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Near the sea. Cardboard, oil, 17x27 cm Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not for nothing that the sun always c...
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1970s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

"Orange Clouds" American contemporary seascape with sailboat, evening
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Orange Clouds" is an American Modern contemporary seascape with sailboat, evening. Kelly Carmody’s work has been widely exhibited and collected. One of her major figurative works w...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Board

Sunset Blvd
Located in Columbia, MO
Benjamin Cameron spent 48 years teaching students in Columbia across three different colleges. His own works still hang on the walls around the community and tell a greater story of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Intaglio

Skating in Boston
Located in Milford, NH
A fine winter cityscape with a fun scene of people skating in Boston by American artist (1864-1929). Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Goodwin lived and worked most of his life in M...
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Field with Dappled Sunlight, Giverny
By John Leslie Breck
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist painting of a French pastoral landscape with trees and cows in the distance by American artist John Leslie Breck (1860-1899). Breck was born in the South Pacific...
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Cardiff Docks, 20th Century Welsh Signed Oil Painting, Industrial Scene
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, signed bottom left Image size: 20 x 16 inches (51 x 40.5 cm) Framed This atmospheric industrial view of Cardiff Docks features an enormous transport ship moored at th...
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20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Oil on Linen Painting -- Porches
Located in Troy, NY
This oil on linen painting of a group of three colorful row houses provides a unique slice of the urban landscape in Albany, NY. The highly detailed houses show open porches, startli...
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2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Linen, Oil

20th Century French Modernist Signed Oil Rolling Waves at Sea Turquoise & Purple
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Sea by Louis Eugene Glasser (French b. 1897) signed oil on board, framed framed: 22.5 x 29.5 inches board: 17.5 x 24.5 inches provenance: priv...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

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It could be argued that cave walls were the canvases for the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict and elevate natural scenery through art, but there is a richer history to consider.

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.

The popularity of religious paintings eventually declined altogether, and by the early 19th century, painters of classical landscapes took to painting out-of-doors (plein-air painting). Paintings of natural scenery were increasingly realistic but romanticized too. Into the 20th century, landscapes remained a major theme for many artists, and while the term “landscape painting” may call to mind images of lush, grassy fields and open seascapes, the genre is characterized by more variety, colors and diverse styles than you may think. Painters working in the photorealist style of landscape painting, for example, seek to create works so lifelike that you may confuse their paint for camera pixels. But if you’re shopping for art to outfit an important room, the work needs to be something with a bit of gravitas (and the right frame is important, too).

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