Albert Van Nesse Greene

Red Schoolhouse, Pennsylvania Impressionist Landscape, Pastel on Sandpaper

"Pont Des Arts Paris" is a city landscape by the Seine River in Paris, France. The painting was created by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene in the early 1920's. The painting is a 9.75" x 13" pastel on paper, matted, framed under glass and signed "A V Greene" in the lower left. Provenance: Private Collection, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Image: Portrait of the artist Albert Van Nesse Greene. Courtesy of Historic Yellow Springs, Inc. Chester Springs, PA, The Moore Archives and Roland Maynard. Albert Van Nesse Greene was born in Jamaica, NY and moved to Philadelphia in 1917. He served during World War I and was severely injured during his deployment. In the 1920s he traveled to France and studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. He painted sailboats and harbors in Concarneau and became friends with other American painters such as, Edgar Payne. While abroad, Greene was greatly influenced by the work of Claude Monet and Edgar Degas. The French Impressionists influenced Greene's strong use of pastels; evident in the palette of his artwork. While abroad, Greene learned the technique of using flint or sand paper as the ground for his pastels, a practice widespread among French draftsmen. Albert Van Nesse Greene lived for his art and loved the Pennsylvania landscape...

"Afternoon at the Market" is a town market scene by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene, featuring women gathering, talking, and shopping. The painting is a 9.75" ...

"Spring Barn" is a colorful and lush spring landscape by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene. The painting is an 8.5" x 10.5" pastel on paper, matted, framed behin...

"The Golden Hour" is a colorful and vibrant fall foliage landscape in a warm autumn color palette by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene. The painting is a 11.25" ...

"Hallman's" is a landscape with figures and farmhouse, by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene. The painting is a 13.5" x 19....

"Landscape with Houses and White Tree" is a colorful but quaint springtime landscape with a predominant pastel color palette by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene...

Beautifully vivid early 20th century Pebble Beach, Carmel landscape. Signed illegibly lower right. Condition: Good. Presented in vintage frame with new mat. Image size: 7"H x 10"W.

A nicely executed view of the Boston Public Garden by American artist Arthur Clifton Goodwin (1864-1929). Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Goodwin live...

Beautiful pastel print master of California mountains and valley by Michael Swinnie (American, 20th Century). Signed and dated bottom right corner "MP Swinnie '96". Label on verso st...

A fine pastel winter landscape of Dublin, New Hampshire looking east toward Pack Monadnock by American artist Alexander Robertson James (1890-1946). James, nephew of writer Henry James, was born in Cambridge, MA, studied painting while living with Abbott Thayer...

Wonderful pastel of early Avalon, Santa Catalina Island by Guy Bedford (American, 1866-1916), 1898. One of two estate pieces purchased one was signed and t...

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