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Style: Impressionist
Medium: Oil
Antique American Impressionist Seal Rocks California Coastal Seascape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted early American impressionist seacape painting by Elmer Ellsworth Garnsey (1862 - 1946). Oil on board. Framed. Signed verso. Image s...
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1910s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist New England Coastal Seascape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist coastal seascape oil painting. Feels like a Maine scene with a bustling dock! Nicely framed. Oil on canvas. Signed illegibly. Image size,...
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1920s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Barcelona and Its People oil on canvas painting Spain spanish urbanscape
By Juan Roig y Soler
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Barcelona and Its People Artist: Joan Roig Soler (Barcelona, 1852 – 1909) Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 19.7 x 13.8 in (50 x 35 cm) Support: Relined canvas Framing: U...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Paris Art on a Spring Morning
Located in Soquel, CA
Paris street scene by a French street artist signed lower right. Label on verso "Angelo Ponza" Art Gallery Naples, Italy. Image, 16"H x 20"W Frame, 20"H x 24"W
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1970s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting Reflections of Venetian Splendor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Reflections of Venetian Splendor by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) signed oil painting on canvas, unframed dated 1984 canvas: 21.5 x 26 inches condition: very good provenanc...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

19th Century Original Hudson River School Landscape - Fishing in Sierras
Located in Soquel, CA
1880s Century Original California School Oil Painting of Native Americans Fishing in Sierras by Ransome Gillet Holdredge Wonderful landscape of Sierra Mountains in Hudson River Scho...
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1880s American Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Raw Linen, Stretcher Bars

Whispers of a dream in bloom
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I capture the delicate dance of wildflowers against a serene sky. Through the blend of impressionism and realism, using oils, I explore the tranquility and subtle v...
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2010s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Impressionistic Rural Farm Award Winner Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
"Springtime, Windswept Farm" oil/panel 12 x 18 image size 16.75 x 22.25 framed, won the Best Farm Scene at the 2020 Chesterfield Art Show 2020 and is a beautiful impressionistic lan...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Beach & Ocean Impressionistic Seascape Oil Painting Michael Budden Summer Sky
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Summer Sky oil/panel 6 x 8 unframed, 9.5 x 11.5 framed Summer Sky is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beautiful day at t...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

American Impressionist Rockport Artist Aldro T. Hibbard Venice Landscape
Located in Rockport, MA
An early work by American impressionist Aldro T. Hibbard, “Venice, 1914." Painted during his travels abroad, Hibbard renders sunlit stone, weathered boats, and the figures of local f...
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20th Century American Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Flowers in a Glass Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Flowers in a Glass Vase By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 9.5 x 7 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on board, unframed Co...
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20th Century Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Mayday on the Annan - Scottish Victorian art landscape oil painting Scotland
Located in London, GB
This superb Scottish Impressionist Victorian expansive landscape oil painting is by noted Scottish artist David Farquharson. Painted in 1887 it is entitled verso Mayday on the Annan....
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1880s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Edinburgh Town circa 1930
By Charles Eddowes Turner
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Famous Edinburgh scene with the foggy Castle on the Mount from the North Bridge, and a bustling city scene below. Impressionist style, dating to mid 1920s/1930s, presenting a glimps...
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1930s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Street Market
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Street Market" c. 1975, is an oil painting on canvas by noted Dutch artist Johannes Josephus Hovener, b.1936. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork (canvas) size is 24 x 32 inches, framed size is 33.5 x 41.5 inches. Framed in original wooden gold frame, with fabric liner. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Johannes Josephus (Jan) Hovener (1936) Johannes Josephus (Jan) Hovener was born in Rotterdam on 14th August, 1936. Hovener enjoyed the study at the Rotterdam Academy. After his studies, Hovener won the Talens Prize in 1959. It was therefore Willem Sandberg, director of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, who wrote the following about a self-portrait by Hovener: As someone who could do something and had an incredible vision. Especially for someone of twenty years old. Hovener initially started as a pottery painter with Delft blue at the Porceleyne Fles. Meanwhile, Hovener has more than half a century of experience and has become a all round...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Roy Henry Brown NA American Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting 1879-1956
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
A landscape mountain hillside oil painting on panel by artist Roy Henry Brown possible western scene. Painting is under glass. The image measures sight siz...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Farm Rural Road Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Rural Road Along Rt 616 Study An oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beautiful country road and farm landscape study. The im...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

American Impressionist Landscape Painting, JG Cochrane - St Lawrence River Scene
Located in Baltimore, MD
Born in Connecticut near the end of the Civil War, Josephine Granger Cochrane went abroad and studied in Paris at The Academie Julian. She toured Europe, painting mainly in France an...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

French Autumn Landscape Oil Painting of Riverside Mill with Reflections
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Autumn Landscape Oil Painting of Riverside Mill with Reflections By Fanch Lel Size: 15 x 18.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condition: The pa...
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20th Century Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

George Boyle Impressionist oil painting, Barbizon School of cows grazing
Located in Harkstead, GB
A superb example of a Barbizon inspired landscape painted by the "Catford Corot" from the late 19th Century. This very striking image shows the artist at the absolute peak of his abi...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Mid Century Figurative Landscape -- Aptos Village Apple Shed and Market
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century figurative landscape of Aptos Village Apple Shed and Market by listed California artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Aptos is just south of Santa Cruz,...
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1960s American Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Woodland Shadows -original realism landscape oil painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Woodland Shadows is an evocative and contemplative oil on can...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Sunset Over El Capitan', American Impressionism, Yosemite, California Landscape
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'C.B.' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1925. Framed dimensions: 14 H x 11.75 W x 1 D inches N.B. The artist initials show more distinctly under (365n...
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1920s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

"Autumn Landscape" Colorful Pastoral Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful impressionist pastoral landscape in the Autumn season with beautiful color tones throughout. Waltsak has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and h...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

California Rocky Cove - Pacific Coast - Big Sur - Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
California Rocky Cove - Pacific Coast Seascape in Oil on Canva Gorgeous seascape of Big Sur coast by California artist Kathleen Murray (American, b. 1958). The brilliant blue Pacifi...
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2010s American Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Chasing The Breeze - Impressionist Floral Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sabrina Zhou’s Chasing The Breeze, a radiant 13.5-inch square framed oil painting on canvas, captures the dynamic movement and fleeting beauty of a blooming floral arrangement swayin...
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2010s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dramatic Coastal Seascape with Stormy Sky Expressive Textured Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Coastal Seascape by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) signed oil painting on canvas, unframed dated 1965 canvas: 21 x 26 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large p...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

'Olive Groves, Mallorca', San Jorge School, Barcelona, Catalonia, Majorca
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Ventosa' for Jose Ventosa Domenech (Spanish, 1897-1982) and painted circa 1950. A very substantial oil showing a luminous view of the isle of Mallorca with ancient olive groves and mountain cliffs bathed in warm evening light beneath clouded blue skies. A large and rare Mallorcan landscape by this notable Catalan painter. Born in Barcelona, José Ventosa Doménech first attended the San Jorge School of Fine Arts in 1911. He then undertook an extended trip to Brussels where he studied Vanguard painting before returning to Barcelona where he continued his studies with the Realist, Martí Alsina. In 1922, Ventosa worked alongside Eliseu Meifren and Domingo Soler in Ripoll. From 1924, Ventosa exhibited in Barcelona as a member of the "Nou Ambient", the Catalan art...
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1950s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Board

Shaded Path
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel was inspired by gardens throughout his painting career. Before moving to Dallas, as a student at the Art Institute of Chicago in the late 1930's, Vogel's studio was a block away from Chicago's Lincoln Park...
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1980s American Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel

A Tree on the Bluff, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A eucalyptus tree stands sentinel along the edge of the Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve, a beloved landmark on California’s central coast. Rendered in oil on a cradled wood panel, the composition invites viewers into a sunlit landscape where clouds drift above the calm Pacific Ocean. The brushwork conveys both the tranquility and vitality of this coastal haven, evoking the gentle warmth of a clear day and the timeless beauty of nature.


About the Artist
Artist Elizabeth Garat paints impressionist landscapes, seascapes, and scenes from her travels that reflect her deep connection to the natural world. “Exposure to nature early on planted the seed of landscape painting in me,” says Elizabeth. Raised between California and Colorado, she spent her formative years outdoors—exploring her grandfather’s sheep ranch, walking beaches with her grandmother, and discovering California Impressionism in the galleries of Laguna Beach. She later studied with noted photographer MacDuff Everton at UC Santa Barbara and trained in plein air painting with Maddine Insalaco and Joe Vinson in Italy. Elizabeth works from a bright studio converted from her home’s detached garage, complete with barn wood walls, a skylight, and a Dutch door...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

IN THE SHADE OF THE TREES.EDGAR VINTERS 1914_2014 impressionist
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Born in Riga, Edgars Vinters was the only child of the facade and decoration painter Hermanis Vinters (1874–1939) and his wife Anna, née Kalniņa, (1879–...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Young Woman by the River oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
### Technical Details - Title: "Young Woman by the River" - Artist: Roman Francés - Technique: Oil on canvas - Dimensions: 66 x 46 cm (unframed) - Style: Figurative impressi...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Olive trees Soller Mallorca Spain oil on board painting spanish landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Olive Trees, Sóller, Mallorca Artist: José Ventosa Domènech (1897-1982) Technique: Oil on panel Unframed dimensions: 15 x 18 in Framed dimensions: 23.6 x 26.7 in Signature: Si...
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1950s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Russian American Impressionist Constantine Westchiloff Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Rough Sea oil on canvas board, image 9 x 12 signed LR, 14.75 x 17.75 framed Constantin A. Westchiloff 1877 – 1945 was an impressionist painter born in Russia. He emigrated from Sov...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Lavender Bouquet Painting Thick Brushstrokes Expressive Floral Artwork
Located in Zofingen, AG
A beautiful lavender bouquet painting, crafted with bold, textured brushstrokes. The vibrant colors and rich layers give it a lifelike feel, bringing a touch of natural elegance to y...
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2010s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Antique American Impressionist Framed New England Coastal Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted American impressionist coastal landscape painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed verso. Image size, 13 by 16 inches.
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1930s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French art painting by Alfred Smith - Bordeaux, a Tramway, collector piece.
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions : Minor retouching on the upper part, original canvas with frame. Currently Under Restoration by Museum specialist for Alfred Smith paintings....
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

French painter Léon Augustin LHermitte harvesters children in the countryside
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really charming little oil capturing an idyllic snapshot of farm workers and their family harvesting in the sunshine Attributed to Léon Augustin L'Hermitte (1844-1925) Harvesters ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Antique American Impressionist Winter Landscape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive American impressionist winter landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 9H by 11L.
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1930s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Rivers Edge
Located in North Clarendon, VT
The River's Edge a beautiful American Impressionist oil on canvas attributed to William Baxter Closson. Housed in a period Foster Brothers frame. Born October 13, 1848, in Thetford,...
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1910s American Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Antique American Impressionist Framed Winter Landscape Rare Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive early 20th century impressionist winter landscape. A view of the Palisades. Great color and a panoramic view. Nicely framed.
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1920s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Summer Whispers
Located in Zofingen, AG
Step into a sunlit field where wild poppies and daisies sway gently in the warm breeze. This original oil painting captures the magic of golden-hour light, bringing warmth, romance, ...
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2010s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Mid Century Carmel Valley Figurative Landscape -- The Roadside Grocer
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous figurative landscape of a Carmel roadside grocer by Edda Maxwell Heath (American, 1874 - 1972). Signed and dated lower left corner. Presented in giltwood frame. Image, 20"H ...
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1950s American Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Illustration Board, Oil

Beautiful Seascape and Sand Dune Painting by A.H. Nordberg
Located in New York, NY
A.H. Nordberg (Swedish-American) Untitled, 20th Century Oil on canvas 24 x 36 in. Framed: 28 x 39 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. Signed lower left A.H. Nordberg was a known Swedish painter who was...
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20th Century American Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Crashing Waves - Mid Century California Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid-century seascape of turquoise and lavender waves crashing on coastal rocks by California artist Lee Ervast (American, 1916 - 1975), c.1950s. Si...
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1960s American Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

A Winter Scene - Snowy 1930's Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene winter landscape of a snow covered hills with a frozen creek and far off house in the distance by Frederick Wagner (American, 1864-1940), c.1930's. Signed "F. W." lower right....
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1930s American Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Crossroads at Pawlet
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Vermont landscape by American artist Ogden Minton Pleissner (1905-1983). Pleissner was born in Brooklyn, New York, and remaining a resident of New York, Ogden Pleissner became...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1950's French Signed Post Impressionist Oil Country House Gates & Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, mid 20th century Post Impressionist work in beautiful, original frame typical of the Montparnasse style. signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 14 x 15.5 inches canvas : 9 x 11 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound condition Montparnasse picture frames...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Open Sails
Located in Soquel, CA
Richly colored landscape of sailboats on the water at Gloucester Harbor, Massachusetts. Signed "De Geno" in lower right corner. Presented in a gilt wood frame. Image size: 17.5" L x ...
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1960s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Cottages in Late Summer Landscape, impressionist late 19th/early 20th century
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Peaceful pastoral landscape by Abraham Hulk, the Younger (1844-1922), renowned for his landscape paintings with Dutch and English training. With his Dutch father as an artist, Hulk l...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Girl with Aperitivo Florence Impressionism 16 x 12 2024 Duomo
Located in Houston, TX
Girl with Aperitivo No. 2 Oil on canvas panel 16” x 12” This Florentine painting by James Crandall was painted in the summer of 2024 by the Duomo in Florence. It is oil on a cotto...
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2010s American Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Cotton Canvas, Panel

Post Impressionist French Harbour Scene of Saint Servan with Boats and Church
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Post Impressionist French Harbour Scene of Saint Servan with Boats and Church By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 9.5 x 13 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed C...
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20th Century Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Locmariaquer - France Impressionist Brittany Beach Coastal Landscape Painting
By Willem van Hasselt
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A very beautiful 1930's impressionist oil on board depicting the beach at Locmariaquer in Brittany, France by the important Dutch painter Willem van Hasselt. The work has exceptiona...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Vintage Oil painting on canvas, seascape, Sailing Ships, T. Orcelli, framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an original vintage oil painting on canvas depicting Sailing Ship in the stormy sea. Presented in a nice wood frame. Frame has some scuffs and scratches. Painting overall is...
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2010s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

The Gardener - Mid 20th Century Modern British Figurative Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1950's Modern British oil on canvas depicting a gardener with a ramshackle shed. The work is very similar in style and execution to the paintings of Cedric Morris from ...
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1950s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Two Figures Walking Through A Quiet Village Lane French Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunlit Country Roads Signed by Fanch Lel Size: 13 x 16 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board , unframed Condition: Good condition overall with minor surface handling marks a...
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20th Century Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"Lazy Days Blues" TEXAS BLUEBONNETS, NICE LARGER SIZE LANDSCAPE CIRCA 1950
Located in San Antonio, TX
Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 25 x 30 Frame Size: 34 x 39 Medium: Oil on Canvas Circa 1950 "Lazy Day Blues" Texas Bluebonnet Biography Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) Porfirio Salinas was a self-taught artist who painted landscapes of Central Texas with an emphasis on the vast bluebonnet fields that grow there in the springtime. Born in 1910 in Bastrop, Texas, he attended public schools in San Antonio. He also observed works in progress by the director of the San Antonio Art School, Jose Arpa, as well as landscape painter, Robert Wood. Wood is said to have paid Salinas five dollars a picture to paint bluebonnets because "he hated to paint bluebonnets". Salinas served in the military from 1943 to 1945. Although he was assigned to Fort Sam Houston, he was allowed to live at home. At the fort, Colonel Telesphor Gottchalk assigned him to paint murals for the officer's lounge and various other projects, and Salinas continued to be able to paint during his entire conscripted period. Even before he achieved notoriety among galleries, dealers, and museums, Salinas was widely followed and appreciated by many Texans, including former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who may be considered responsible for launching Salinas popularity beyond the boundaries of Texas. In 1973, Texas capital, Austin, honored Salinas for having "done much to bring the culture of Mexico and Texas closer together with his paintings". Salinas died in April 1973 in San Antonio, Texas. From the years of the Great Depression through President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society of the 1960s, Texan Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) remained one of the Lone Star State's most popular artists. Today, his works remain popular with Texas collectors and those who love landscapes of the beautiful "Hill Country" that lies in the center of the state. One of the first Mexican American painters to become widely recognized for his art, Salinas was a favorite of President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, as well as of Sam Rayburn, the longest-serving Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Texas Governor John Connelly. In fact, President Johnson was so enamored with his Salinas paintings that the artist will forever be associated with America's first Texas-born President. Works by Porfirio Salinas is in a number of museum collections, grace the halls of the Texas State Capitol and the Governor's Mansion in Austin, and are included in virtually every major private collection of Early Texas Art. Porfirio Salinas was born on November 6, 1910, near the small town of Bastrop, Texas, about thirty miles from Austin. His father, Porfirio G. Salinas (1881-1967), and his mother, Clara G. Chavez, struggled to make a hardscrabble living as tenant farmers, but eventually were forced to give up farming. The family moved to San Antonio, where Salinas' father was able to get a job working as a laborer for the railroad, but the scenic area around Bastrop, with its pine trees and the wide expanse of the Rio Grande River, would forever remain a touchstone for the artist. For the rest of his life, Salinas and his brothers went back frequently to visit their grandmother in her little farmhouse. When in Bastrop, Porfirio painted on the banks of the Rio Grande or in the groves of pine trees. The Salinas family was close-knit, and Porfirio was the middle child of five children, so he had an older brother and sister as well as a younger brother and sister. His mother was a native of Mexico, so throughout his childhood the family made the long drive to Mexico to visit Clara Salinas' family. As a child growing up in the bi-lingual section of San Antonio, Salinas drew and painted incessantly and by the time he was ten, he was already producing work that was mature enough to sell to his schoolteachers. Many years later in an article in the New York Times he was described as a "boy whose textbooks were seldom opened and whose sketchbook was never closed." Instead of studying, the young artist spent his spare time watching artists paint in and around San Antonio. As an aspiring painter, Salinas was fortunate to grow up in the historic city, which had the most active art scene in Texas. It was his exposure to older, professional painters that encouraged the precocious young painter to leave school early in order to help his family and pursue a career as a professional artist, despite his father's inability to see art as a career with any future for his son. When Salinas was about fifteen he came to know the artist Robert W. Wood (1889-1979). He met Wood while he was employed in an art supply store and he soon began to work as an assistant to the English-born painter, who had moved from Portland to San Antonio in 1924. Although the diminutive Englishman was already an established professional artist, he did not have a great deal of formal art training and so he was then studying with the academically trained Spanish painter Jose Arpa (1858-1952) in order to augment his knowledge and give his work a more polished look. Salinas was an eager young man, and while working in Wood's downtown San Antonio studio he learned to stretch canvases, frame paintings and to sketch in larger compositions from small plein-air studies for the English artist. He began to accompany Wood and Arpa to the hills outside San Antonio, where they painted small Plein-air studies of fields of blue lupin - the state flower, the famous "Bluebonnets" of Texas - in the springtime and scenes of the gnarled Red Oaks as they changed color in the fall. He was soon assisting Wood in the tedious work of painting the tiny blue flowers that collectors wanted to see in the landscapes they purchased of central Texas. According to a 1972 newspaper story, "Legend has it that one day in the 1920s artist Robert Wood decided he could not bear to paint another bluebonnet in one of his landscapes. He hired young Porfirio Salinas to paint them in for him at five dollars a painting." Whether this story is accurate or apocryphal isn't clear, but the ambitious and independent young Salinas wasn't destined to be anyone's assistant for very long. The formative event of Porfirio Salinas' teenage years was the Texas Wildflower Competitive Exhibitions, a Roaring-Twenties dream of the eccentric oilman Edgar B. Davis (1873-1951). These competitive shows of paintings of wildflowers and Texas life were mounted in San Antonio from 1927 to 1929. Held at the newly opened Witte Museum each spring, the exhibition featured large cash prizes donated by the philanthropic Davis, which were an inducement for artists to travel from all over the United States to paint in the Hill Country of Texas. The "Davis Competitions," as they were known, helped to cement San Antonio's reputation as an art center, a legacy that remains with the "River City" today. The shows generated a great deal of excitement in the area, helping to make celebrities of the some of the artists who had already settled there and encouraging others to make San Antonio their home. Over the three years that the wildflower competitions were held, more than 300 paintings were exhibited, and many thousands of viewers saw the paintings at the Witte Museum and on tours throughout the state and in New York. Each year Davis would generously purchase the winning paintings and then donate them to the San Antonio Art League. Young Porfirio Salinas would have been able to not only watch his two mentors - Robert W. Wood and Jose Arpa - paint the works that they entered in the Davis Competitions, he would have been able to see Arpa take several of the major prizes, receiving the judge's accolades for "Verbena," "Cactus Flower" and "Picking Cotton," works that are still on view at the San Antonio Art League Museum today. Unfortunately, Davis eventually put his donations to work in other charitable endeavors, bringing to an end the wildflower events, but only after they inspired Salinas and other young painters and had helped to make wildflower paintings the most sought-after subject for traditionalist Texas collectors. In 1930, when he was only twenty, Salinas hung out a shingle and began to paint professionally, augmenting the sales of his easel paintings with what little business he could garner by painting signs for local concerns. It was a struggle for the young artist to make a living, as the effects of the Great Depression were settling in. His early works are very similar to those of Robert Wood's, both in subject matter and treatment. Salinas did small paintings of Bluebonnets for the tourists who visited San Antonio to see the famous Alamo as well as paintings of the Texas missions...
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1950s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"Utah" by David Shingler - Oil Landscape Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Shingler’s "Utah" (2015) is an original oil painting on wood panel, measuring 5 x 5 inches. Known for his dynamic landscapes rendered through bold and expressive brushstrokes, ...
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2010s American Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Winter Serenity
Located in Zofingen, AG
In crafting this piece, I used oil paints to embrace the cozy yet imposing essence of a winter-kissed landscape. Integrating styles of impressionism and realism, I aimed to capture t...
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2010s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Provence Landscape Fine French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Red Roof Houses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Guy Benard (French b.1928) signed lower corner. Painter from Rouen, Normandy, exhibited throughout France. Title: Provence Medium: signed oil on canvas, unframed ...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

The Midnight Ocean. Contemporary Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
It is the middle of summer and a strong southerly kicks up the sea so that it pounds against the shore. On a balmy, moonlit night in July, spray fills the air and a silvery reflectio...
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2010s Impressionist Oil Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Oil landscape paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Oil landscape paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add landscape paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, green, orange and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Vahe Yeremyan, Michael Budden, Marc Dalessio, and Marilina Marchica. Frequently made by artists working in the Impressionist, Contemporary, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Oil landscape paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available

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