Jim Rodgers

Hilltop Above Florence, original 24x20 Italian impressionist landscape

Tucked into the coastline of the famous Italian region of Tuscany, province of Luca, you drive through the picturesque rolling fields of emerald, forest and lime green to discover th...

As the southern Rhone Valley grapes from the lush Vaucluse Vineyards of western Provence in the south of France ripen you find yourself blinking your eyes at the iconic vineyards, farms and estates actually surrounding you. Your mouth thirsts for a lunch of gruyere, ham, bagette and a glass of Chateau Neuf du...

Poppies in the famed French region of Provence is pure magic! The lush, brilliant red flowers suddenly appear just as they will demure when poppy season has run it's course for the ...

With a mixture of oil and acrylic paints plus 40 years of experience, artist Patrick Antonelle evokes generations of the sublime rural dreamland that...

"Poggio alle Mura" American Impressionist landscape of Tuscan countryside. Painted en plein air at a vineyard in Siena, a beautiful sunny day enchants the verdures natural vibrance....

This Italian landscape is an oil on canvas, framed behind glass in its original gallery frame, by Susan Isabel Dacre. A superb painting, painted circa 1888. Dacre was an early member of the Feminist movement and a member of the Manchester arts community. She travelled with Lord Leighton and exhibited widely. This work shows influences of early British impressionism. The painting depicts an Italian landscape with a road sweeping around a hill with dwellings and trees. The brushwork and palette are superb. An excellent example of a 19th century women artists work. Signed lower left. Provenance. Family collection. Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 13 inches by 10 inches. canvas in original excellent condition. Housed in an original gilt frame 20 inches by 17 inches approx. and in good condition. Susan Isabel Dacre (1844 – 1933) was an English female artist of the Victorian era. She was born in Leamington, Warwickshire, and was educated in Salford. For the decade of 1858–68 she lived in Paris. After a winter in Italy (1869), she returned to Paris, and was present during the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune. She returned to England in 1871 and began studying art at the Manchester School of Art, where she won the Queen's Prize in 1875. She began a lifelong friendship with fellow artist Annie Swynnerton; the two women pursued their art studies in Rome and Paris between 1874 and 1880. Around 1872, Lord Leighton dictated notes and observations on his methods of painting and composing his pictures to Susan Dacre during a stay on the island of Capri. From 1877-1880 she was in Paris at the Académie Julian with a fellow - pupil Marie Bashkirtseff...

"Roussillion, Provence" by Richard Boyer is an original oil painting, with a dark wood frame and gold accent decorative molding. A picturesque French countryside landscape suited for...

Original Oil on Unstretched Canvas 32 x 38 in, Signed by Artist Good/Fair Condition-shows signs of wear due to age and handling.