Jim Rodgers

Nestled in Chianti, original impressionist Italian landscape

An afternoon in Provence, France, with the subtly glistening water and the reflections of times present that are indeed centuries old. The soft colors of summer further invite you to contemplate a moment in time to be remembered. Artist Blanche McAlister Harris...

Dimanche Cote d'Azur, Sunday on the French Riviera, is forever bathing in glowing sunlight, reflecting the sun's golden rays throughout her storied landscape and azure blue waters. It is indeed one of Europe's most adored waterfronts. Artist Dmitri Wright, Director of the Weir Farm National Historic Site Art Academy, where he teaches art in addition to teaching painting at the venerable Florence Griswold Museum, both of Connecticut, punctuates this contemporary oil painting with impasto paint, highlighting the joy to behold relaxing along the renowned French coastline. Wright studied art at Cooper Union, the Brooklyn Museum Art School and the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art. His work has been exhibited at three museums among other notable venues. In 2008 Wright taught a series of painting classes at a private estate in Cap d'Antibes, one of the most exclusive spots on the Riviera...

Venturing down California's famed Highway 1 with it's spectacular views, Carmel appears. Home of long time Mayor Clint Eastwood, Carmel is also home to the vintage and timeless Mission at Carmel. This original landscape with it's classic impasto layering, strong and confident brush strokes, created a la prima, with colors that are true to the baking sun, defy the cascading magenta bougainvillea to wilt! If you listen closely, you can hear the bell ringing in the bell tower! All hallmarks of artist Doreen Tighe...

Known for it's timeless charm, the quaint Cotswolds of England are what dreams are made of. Snows Hills exemplifies the warm and inviting feeling of the surrounding landscape resplendent with aging shrubs, mellowed stone, worn pathway as does this Barbizon influenced impressionist original oil painting. by legendary artist John Phillip Osborne...

With lush, green marsh grass, under a sunny sky with bleached powder and periwinkle blue waters, the rowboat sits at anchor. It must wait ever so patiently! But it is indeed a lovely spot to relax and contemplate the future. Joyous memories and plans abound in this large scale 40x60 original marine landscape. To further the open and expansive feeling of the piece, artist Doreen Tighe...

The glow of the sunset at the iconic Brooklyn Bridge of NYC radiates out upon the Freedom Tower and the East River. As the renaissance of Brooklyn, New York is blooming, the connecti...

"Houses And River" Signed A. Huntington (English School) Oil on canvas Measures: Canvas - 60x110 cm (Gilt Wood Frame - 76x126 cm) Private collection. Framed

This delightful turn of the century (early 20th century) oil on canvas painting represents an Italian landscape with one of the most famous squares in the world: Piazza San Marco in ...

Everyday fishermen life is captured in this wonderful Italian impressionist late 19th century oil painting on thin board titled fishermen ashore. We love the neutral and natural colo...

Woman in a garden. Oil sketch on cardboard. Unsigned. This work will be recorded in the catalogue raisonné of the work of the artist currently in preparation. Jules Van Biesbroeck was the son of Jules Evariste van Biesbroeck, a painter of Ghent, but was born in Italy, in Portici, near Naples, while his parents were staying there. (In the 19th century many artists made educational trips to Italy). It was a long visit: the child was two years old by the time the family returned to Ghent.[1] After a short period of practice with his father, van Biesbroeck was enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. His first painting, "The Shepherd" (French: Le pâtre), was sold at the Triennale in Ghent. In 1888, when he was only 15 years old, he made his debut at the "Salon des Champs-Elysées" in Paris with his monumental work "The Launch of the Argo" (French: Le lancement...

Cloudy landscape. Oil sketch on cardboard. Unsigned. This work will be recorded in the catalogue raisonné of the work of the artist currently in preparation. Jules Van Biesbroeck was the son of Jules Evariste van Biesbroeck, a painter of Ghent, but was born in Italy, in Portici, near Naples, while his parents were staying there. (In the 19th century many artists made educational trips to Italy). It was a long visit: the child was two years old by the time the family returned to Ghent.[1] After a short period of practice with his father, van Biesbroeck was enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. His first painting, "The Shepherd" (French: Le pâtre), was sold at the Triennale in Ghent. In 1888, when he was only 15 years old, he made his debut at the "Salon des Champs-Elysées" in Paris with his monumental work "The Launch of the Argo" (French: Le lancement...

'Agay, le château et le Sémaphore'. Oil on canvas. +/- 1922 Signed lower right Measurements : 60 x 73 cm. This painting will be recorded in the second volume of the Catalogue Raisonn...